GPSGuided wrote:On the emergency equipment discussion. Wayno, with your bivvy bag, do you also carry a sleeping bag with it? Knowing how cold NZ Sth island can get, is a single layer from a bivvy bag of sufficient help?
wayno wrote:always have a sleeping bag
wayno wrote:depends what you mean aboutcould a rope have helped
one method of using a rope is to tie it to your waist as you cross a water course while someone on hte river bank holds the other end .... as already commented thats a contentious method of crossing a river and can be very dangerous...
safer way is the person crossing to possibly hang onto the rope but that can easily end up unbalancing you.
or have a rope as backup to throw to someone if they get into trouble crossing..
You also need to pick a site where the current will push you to a safe landing spot if you do fall - this may vary depending on which side you belay from.RonK wrote:wayno wrote:depends what you mean aboutcould a rope have helped
one method of using a rope is to tie it to your waist as you cross a water course while someone on hte river bank holds the other end .... as already commented thats a contentious method of crossing a river and can be very dangerous...
safer way is the person crossing to possibly hang onto the rope but that can easily end up unbalancing you.
or have a rope as backup to throw to someone if they get into trouble crossing..
Depends on the river of course but the pendulum method works if you have a good length of rope. The belayer needs to be as far upstream as possible.
GPSGuided wrote:Would a 3 person combined crossing method (as seen on some Youtube video) have worked in this case? Or are the foot stepping rocks only accommodate one person at a time?
photohiker wrote:The river could not possibly have been 2m above normal level when they were crossing it. If it were, no one would have made it across.
wayno wrote:photohiker wrote:The river could not possibly have been 2m above normal level when they were crossing it. If it were, no one would have made it across.
they werent crossing the river they were crossing a side stream, i'm just saying knowing how high the river was running would put me off even attempting side streams, as a local guide commented on radio when it rains its like water pouring down the side of a bath, the watter runs off the mountains rapidly
wayno wrote:ron. that green structure on the left of the photo is the end of the bridge.
there are various photos on the internet labelled pompolona creek, some show a creek with a larger permanent bridge, some show this creek... i havent come across anyone i know who can emphatically say which creek it is...
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