donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 6, 2013 - 04:09pm PT
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After five years of negotiations I have finally come to terms with the NPS on a concession for the spring at the base of Half Dome.
In return for improvements designed to protect the Red Spotted Toad and for developing a website with up to date flow information I will be permitted to charge a user fee- amount of which is still under negotiation.
Improvements, website and fee structure should all be in place for the 2014 climbing season.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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$97.52 per liter sounds about right.
Do you get to build some tent cabins on the HD shoulder for your concession employees? 'Cause I might be lookin for a job soon.
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Snowmassguy
Trad climber
Calirado
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Will the water now have healing properties? Can I bathe in it?
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labrat
Trad climber
Auburn, CA
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Yay!
I look forward to meeting you....
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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The next things to line up are putting in a convenience store and a pizza place.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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will you provide rock-fall protection too?
I hear the red spots clear up after a while...
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
And every fool knows, a dog needs a home, and...
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Pipe it up the wall for on demand drinking. Add in a vodka pipe while you're at it.
DMT
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orle
climber
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Hell, add in any kind of pipe at all
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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so can we have a sushifest up there now?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Yous guys are totally missing where Jim is really going with this.
The real money will come when he gets ordained and can start doing baptisms.
Reverend James' Tis-Sa-ack Temple of the True Spirit (that's a hint for Cosmic or Peter Hahn)
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Uncle:
Is it true that water from the spring is free, but there is a permitting fee to consider?
N' the use permit, is there a fee schedule depending on how much of the muck your willing to sustain in your water bottle ?
I heard those with MSR or some such, water filters pay a premium fee for the free water ?
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Reverend James' Tis-Sa-ack Temple of the True Spirit (that's a hint for Cosmic or Peter Hahn)
Phone call was just made !
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Barbarian
climber
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I don't want to be baptized....I just want to be healed. I have climbing fever!
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Jim,
I wonder what gave you the idea for this thread? Ha, Ha
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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James, I'll send you some money so I can
be apart of this!
wink wink. . .
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
And every fool knows, a dog needs a home, and...
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Donini the Climbtist
DMT
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rurprider
Trad climber
Mt. Rubidoux
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Damn....and I thought Ron Kauk had the sole concessionaire ship on all those springs.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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You can offer two kinds of water:
1. With mud $1.00 a bottle
2. No MUD $5.00 a bottle
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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you suck
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Blakey
Trad climber
Sierra Vista
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When I did the RNWF in 96 with three mates, we were told, prior to the hike that the stream was 'flowing'. Accordingly we hiked up with pretty much empty bottles, planning to fill at the base.
We arrived in the dark and found the 'spring' which was a small muddy pool.
With no option we rigged an ad hoc filter using two pairs of our (used) socks. It took a couple of hours but we eventually managed to fill our bottles with a grey murky and slightly greasy liquid that passed for H20. It had an unusual salty edge to it.
The socks, one thick, one thin (see we had thought it through) worked quite well - only one of us was sick, and heck - he might have been sick anyway.......
When dawn broke, we of course found the correct spring, up and left of where we bivi'd, but by then we couldn't face unpacking and dicarding our laboriously won gloop.
Such fun!
Steve
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