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Holy Jim Falls question

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Holy Jim Falls question

From: cowpost (cowpost@email.msn.com) | Date: 2001-07-22 15:22:50 UTC-05:00
 
I tried to send this directly to Mick, but it bounced.

What do you think the difficulty of this box is--physically speaking? I will be in Newport Beach over Christmas and want to try finding as many local boxes as I can, since there are not many near my home in WI. I am most concerned about the part of your hike that includes "scrambling over rocks". Can you give some sort of rating for that? Thanks. Mona

Re: Holy Jim Falls question

From: (mporter@pobox.com) | Date: 2001-07-22 20:44:21 UTC
Hi Mona,

Yes, my e-mail set up is on the fritz - Hopefully that e-mail address
will be working by tomorrow, Monday.

It's a pretty easy up and back hike, 2 and a half miles round-trip
from the parking area to the falls and back. There's about a 450
foot elevation gain on the way up to the falls, so take your time
getting there; but you can fairly dance down on the way back.

"Scrambling over rocks" is just walking over them, really. I usually
carry a walking stick, but you'll just be walking up a 4-5 foot
incline that has some rocks on it. On a 1 to 5 difficulty rating for
the hike, I'd give it a 1.5.

If you do the hike in December, let me know if that little ballpark
guess-timate gauge was accurate. It's not that difficult at all...

Mick


--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "cowpost" wrote:
>
> I tried to send this directly to Mick, but it bounced.
>
>
> What do you think the difficulty of this box is--physically
speaking? I will be in Newport Beach over Christmas and want to try
finding as many local boxes as I can, since there are not many near
my home in WI. I am most concerned about the part of your hike that
includes "scrambling over rocks". Can you give some sort of rating
for that? Thanks. Mona


Re: [LbNA] Re: Holy Jim Falls question

From: cowpost (cowpost@email.msn.com) | Date: 2001-07-22 17:11:01 UTC-05:00
Thanks! I will put this on my list of places to go hunting! Mona
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> Hi Mona,
>
> Yes, my e-mail set up is on the fritz - Hopefully that e-mail address
> will be working by tomorrow, Monday.
>
> It's a pretty easy up and back hike, 2 and a half miles round-trip
> from the parking area to the falls and back. There's about a 450
> foot elevation gain on the way up to the falls, so take your time
> getting there; but you can fairly dance down on the way back.
>
> "Scrambling over rocks" is just walking over them, really. I usually
> carry a walking stick, but you'll just be walking up a 4-5 foot
> incline that has some rocks on it. On a 1 to 5 difficulty rating for
> the hike, I'd give it a 1.5.
>
> If you do the hike in December, let me know if that little ballpark
> guess-timate gauge was accurate. It's not that difficult at all...
>
> Mick
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@y..., "cowpost" wrote:
> >
> > I tried to send this directly to Mick, but it bounced.
> >
> >
> > What do you think the difficulty of this box is--physically
> speaking? I will be in Newport Beach over Christmas and want to try
> finding as many local boxes as I can, since there are not many near
> my home in WI. I am most concerned about the part of your hike that
> includes "scrambling over rocks". Can you give some sort of rating
> for that? Thanks. Mona
>
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