[at-l] Re: Gluing on Pole Tips

[Cosmo.A.Catalano@williams.edu (cosmo catalano, jr.)]

Could be crampon marks Mara, but most of the rock marks here are more 
random than the crampon marks I've seen in the Whites.  The 
"roto-tilled" trail you describe was very prevalent this season. 
There were 100s of continuous yards on a section near Upper Goose 
Pond this "winter" that had to have had ice crystals 6" deep/tall. 
Very S-F looking, like some alien fungus pushing up out of the ground.

BTW, once you mentioned a good loop hike in the Whites (Pemmi 
Wilderness?), mind describing it again?  Just trying to plan my 
summer...


Cosmo


At 10:38 PM -0400 5/1/02, Mara Factor wrote:
>Hey Cosmo...
>
>Are you sure you aren't seeing crampon scratches?

<snippage>

>  But, in the winter/early spring, to look at the trail, you would 
>think there were thousands of hikers there with sharp pointy poles.
>
>When the muddy trails get into the freeze and thaw cycle, the 
>forming ice as the water freezes does more "damage" to the trails 
>than I have ever seen any hiking poles do.  The entire trail seems 
>as if it has been roto-tilled.
>
>At the right time of year, this phenomena is evident in many places 
>where muddy trails freeze.
>
>Just another perspective,
>
>Mara
>Stitches, GAME99
>
>>From: Cosmo.A.Catalano@williams.edu
>>Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 20:46:49 -0400
>>
>...
>>What irks me it the scratches carbide
>>pole tips leave on the rocks (they won't go away for many lifetimes...
>
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