indian creek rock conditions
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Did it rain at indian creek recently? How much rain? Wait time before climbing? Thanks in advance. |
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Been raining everyday since Saturday. |
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Yes. Quite a bit. Likely raining there right now. Wait time? Depends who you are. We drove out of there yesterday and saw people climbing at Battle of the Buldge in the rain. The whole "How much time?" is a bit of a mystery. A local will tell you 48 hours. Seems to depend on how much rain. It is pretty damn wet everywhere right now. |
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Yup.. what they said. |
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Oh gawd, not this sillyness again. michael s... wrote:The whole "How much time?" is a bit of a mystery. A local will tell you 48 hours. Seems to depend on how much rain. It is pretty damn wet everywhere right now.I'm as "local" as anyone and I say get out there and climb! If it's wet, you won't be able to climb much anyway 'cause it will be slippery. If it's dry, it's dry. wet sandstone |
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Tim Kuss wrote:Oh gawd, not this sillyness again. I'm as "local" as anyone and I say get out there and climb! If it's wet, you won't be able to climb much anyway 'cause it will be slippery. If it's dry, it's dry. wet sandstoneThe problem with your over-simplification is that the sandstone can appear 'dry' but may have absorbed quite a bit of moisture (which in the last week it no doubt has) and can still be dangerous both to the climber and rock. |
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I know in Vegas they scold others for climbing when it's wet, and then rack up and drive to the crag 2 minutes later. |
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Adam Burch wrote:I know in Vegas they scold others for climbing when it's wet, and then rack up and drive to the crag 2 minutes later.Man, I hope Rico makes it through this. :) |
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I've recently asked one of our wonderful MP administrators to include the same warning about climbing on wet rock, as you see for Red Rocks, to be included on the Moab page. It's still in the process of becoming a reality and I hope it does so in a timely fashion. I feel the fact that this issue resurfaces after every rain pleads the case that we need this warning! As a user group we need to collectively exhibit restraint, even though it doesn't necessarily align with our personal agenda and take the time to inform others in a constructive manner. I'm as antsy as the next person to get back on the rock, but they're alternative activities to be had around Moab in the meantime. |
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I agree, restraint is good when it comes to our resource. |
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i just got the wet rock warning up on the moab area pages. thanks for the great suggestion justino, sorry i was a bit slow implementing it. |
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you're awesome! thanks |