07-20-2015, 09:28 AM
Gentlemen,
So my son makes it to Crater Lake, spends the night, and gets up this morning to climb down to the shore. There is no trail and it's really steep, rocky, and loose. After an hour climb down he is met by two sheriff's officers who arrest him, put him in their boat, and haul him back to the Forest Ranger's office where he is given a $250 ticket because it is apparently illegal to climb down there. After getting his ticket he needed to hitchhike back to his bike and then the rangers would not allow him to climb down the 20 yards to where he stowed his gear. Rangers donned climbing gear, roped up to a big tree and belayed a man down there to get his bag. Must have been pretty steep. Shades of my early riding years!! All the best.
Chip
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So my son makes it to Crater Lake, spends the night, and gets up this morning to climb down to the shore. There is no trail and it's really steep, rocky, and loose. After an hour climb down he is met by two sheriff's officers who arrest him, put him in their boat, and haul him back to the Forest Ranger's office where he is given a $250 ticket because it is apparently illegal to climb down there. After getting his ticket he needed to hitchhike back to his bike and then the rangers would not allow him to climb down the 20 yards to where he stowed his gear. Rangers donned climbing gear, roped up to a big tree and belayed a man down there to get his bag. Must have been pretty steep. Shades of my early riding years!! All the best.
Chip
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