Sipsey-Bankhead Bushwhack - Fall '08

“Discuss :)”

“Any tentative trip plans or areas of interest? If the weekend stays the same and nothing else comes up, I should be able to make this trip.

If anyone is coming through Chattanooga and wants to car pool let me know.”

“...come one...come all....if you have never been to Sipsey, you need to check it out!!!!
...It is Alabama at it's best!!!”

“I've never been there so I'm really hoping I can go!”

“So....where ya gonna basecamp at?????

...I know a 10 yr old who is wanting to go backpacking!!!!!”

“Tenjen.....everyone who goes to Sipsey falls in love with it!!!...it reminds me of Savage Gulf...only smaller...lol....”

“It is truly a one of a kind place.”

“Sipsey is 26,000 acres
Savage Gulf is 15,590 acres
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“Most people just think of Sipsey as Bee Branch and above. If the blow downs ever get cleaned up, we might actually get to see more if it.”

“And that won't happen except on trails. THey had some Montana firemen in doing maintenance a couple years back.

Doug Phillips: http://www.discoveringalabama.org/ spoke at our local library a year or so ago. I asked about all the downfall and forest fires. He was involved with the original Wilderness designation. He said that a forest fire was a natural event and would thus be part of the experiment too. While that is valid, it would be damn sad.”

“Toph, I'd like to camp somewhere cliff side and very near a big waterfall this year.”

“Sipsey is 26,000 acres
Savage Gulf is 15,590 acres
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dayhiker
11:51:10 AM
6/20/08

smaller rocks!!!....BUT I didn't realise it was bigger in size!!!!....but does size really matter???...lol....


Fall Creek Falls is a great place to came....& a BIG campsite above the falls!!!!”

“Fall Creek Falls is a great place to came...
divinity
3:36:27 AM
6/21/08

Hey...no innuendo”

“and no time warping....”

“and no warping Menudo either . . .

Yeah, one of Dayhiker's trips was at F.C. Falls a few years ago. That's where his son got drunk. . . Dayhiker's got pictures to prove it ;)

There's also what I think is a cool place about a mile / mile and a half up the Sips from FC. It's a pretty deep & steep gully with a over head hanging cave. The cave's big enough to put two or three tents into and hang out in. Down below the cave, you there's still space for more tents, and if you work around to stand aside the water source, you could put yet more tents up there -- or, just put 'em all up there.”

“typo guys....TYPO!!!!...I meant CAMP

There's also what I think is a cool place about a mile / mile and a half up the Sips from FC.

FC????

Hey BIT!!!!....good to see ya!!!!”

“A Likely Story, seeing as how the letters E and P are on opposite sides of the keyboard, � LOL”

“FC. just, short for Fall Creek Falls. . .

but not so short now as I have to type out an explaination. lol”

“how about going back up Braziel Cr. or possibly Hagood Cr. or the intersection of Clifty Cr. and Braziel Cr.”

“holy crap, it takes div talking about coming to get BITPUSHER to speak up


HOW ARE YOU BIT!!!!?

you guys prob know my thoughts on natural burns, prescribed burns and the NF's thoughts on supression....and it might be devestating for a few years...but i hope the bankhead has a few natural lightning strike burns soon.”

“I was mainly speaking to the bottoms burning out and not the ridges.”

“Hey, I didn't even take any alcohol on the trip and he still had his photo taken with a cold one.”

“A Likely Story, seeing as how the letters E and P are on opposite sides of the keyboard, � LOL”
tiltTiltBLAM
10:53:53 AM
6/21/08

Hey...I can't type....

holy crap, it takes div talking about coming to get BITPUSHER to speak up
OPIE
6:10:05 PM
6/21/08

and ya know after all these years, I have only met him once....The Savage Gulf trip...& he had to leave early!!!...maybe I scared him!!!

...I don't think your allowed to camp under the "caves"”

“well then... I've been a baahhd man for sure

Those places are great if you want running water to cook with! plenty of place to sit around too.”

“yes...there is a large one not far from the picnic grounds....we hiked in & it started to rain...we had 2 large tents under it with plenty of sitting room & even a fire ring....but since then I have been told it is not allowed...”

“I didn't want to just throw up your event without asking permission Toph.”

“toph might still be on his honeymoon. The wedding was late June I believe.”

“so its Mrs. Down Booties now huh?”

“godseye - Yes, please add it to the alatrails calendar...all are welcome.

dh and hoi - Got back from the honeymoon last Monday and yes, it is MRS. Down Booties now ;)”

“Now you just need to train her to carry all your gear through the Eye of the Needle. It's tradition here on TT.”

“Hmm...I'll pose the question but am not holding my breath.”

“Ha Ha!

Congrats toph!!!”

“question, you don't question it. You just pack your $h!t in her pack, and her light stuff in yours, and tell her you have to move to the campsite on the other side.



JUST DO IT!”

“Interesting challenge...we shall see ;)”

“20 signed up already...I swear...set up a Sipsey trip on TT and people just come crawling out of the woodwork. ;)

I've gotta get to work on somewhere new that'll hold this bunch...gawd.

Bama...Wayne...help!
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“actually I'm crawling out from under a rock...

'32oz”

“If the date changes, I will plan on going. We're going to Ft Wayne for family thing the weekend of the 26th.

285 miles - not bad. Almost a straight shot down I-65. Looking forward to hiking in Alabama.”

“It varies from year to year as to how much actual "bushwhacking" is involved but typically it'll be a relatively short hike into a specific area that'll support a group of this size for a basecamp and then off trail exploration of the area over the course of the weekend. Last year, I think we may have put in 3-4 miles whereas a couple of years ago on dayhiker's spring trip, we did around 8-9 up Parker Branch from Quillan and back. How much you want to do is up to you...some folks never really leave the campsite and take the opportunity to just relax. I'll have a general plan that the group can do but it's always open for revision...”

“stomper, you did the kentucky trip a little while back, and, to compare, you can do sipsey too. It's not anymore strenuous than CB's trip, and probably much less so.

Toph's selections are fun and suit everyone, even a gojo dog or two.”

“�20 signed up already...I swear...set up a Sipsey trip on TT and people just come crawling out of the woodwork. ;)

I've gotta get to work on somewhere new that'll hold this bunch...gawd.

Bama...Wayne...help!
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toph
6:42:32 PM
7/30/08


Yeah, but the attrition rate is usually somewhere around 50%.”

“true true...”

“I've probably attritioned and I haven't even signed up yet. My b'day is that week and my wife and I might wind up in New Orleans then. I need to check the football schedules though. That might be UT weekend.”

“Yep, Bama/UT that weekend. I want to watch the game that gets the Fultanic sunk.

***The term Fultanic is the copyright property of one, longlosthiker of parts unknown in Tennessee. All rights reserved.***”

“I can't claim coming up with "Fultanic". I got that from another disgruntled Vol fan. I do claim rights to the upside down power "T" being the international sign of a Vol fan in distress.

Basketball is only 3 short months away.”

“I got restagerd.”

“Toph-
So do you think the date will change?
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“Not very likely at this point but if it does, it will be to the weekend of 11/7.

-toph
last edited: 8/06/08 4:33:04 PM”

“...let us know...as I will be taking some vacation days!!!!!
..woooo hoooooooo
...sarabell....I'm looking forward to seeing you, your hubby & petman!!!”

“Sure enough as soon as I say "not likely", a potential reason to move the date comes up on the homefront.

Would moving it to 11/7 prevent anyone currently signed up from coming?”

“Who is Burl?

toph has a troll, toph has a troll”