Lone Rock, Wahweap, Warm Creek. Not my jet

Status
Not open for further replies.
Big_BobberII said:
View attachment 34843
Click to expand...

IMG_4360.jpeg


IMG_4361.jpeg

Not to be a tape nerd but this was always confusing to me. There is Duct Tape, the heavy duty aluminum foil super sticky tape used by HVAC guys to seal metal ducting and attach to flex ducting to manifolds.

Then there is Duck tape which was developed for the armed services during WW2. They sent out a request and wanted a fiber reinforced waterproof tape that would stick on something even if it was applied under water; Duck Tape was born.

They sound the same in English and they are both tape, so… it’s can be kind of confusing until you know.
 
Last edited:
Lake Bum said:
The Warm Creek side is MUCH flatter. To dig anything much deeper than it is currently, it would need around an additional MILE of digging. It's not going to happen.
Click to expand...
Even if there was resolve (and I wish there was) it’s not very practical to dig because in the end you’d have a trench 60 or 70 feet deep and then if the water drops another 15 feet it would just go dry again, I don’t think we can look for Park Service to spend on infrastructure until or unless they see some long term return in the forecast for their efforts. As long as the trend is dropping lake levels I think they are going to keep their powder dry to deal with the changing landscape
 
Last edited:
Marina Bum said:
View attachment 34853


View attachment 34856

Not to be a tape nerd but this was always confusing to me. There is Duct Tape, the heavy duty aluminum foil super sticky tape used by HVAC guys to seal metal ducting and attach to flex ducting to manifolds.

Then there is Duck tape which was developed for the armed services during WW2. They sent out a request and wanted a fiber reinforced waterproof tape that would stick on something even if it was applied under water; Duck Tape was born.

They sound the same in English and they are both tape, so… it’s can be kind of confusing until you know.
Click to expand...
Thanks for that explanation. I always thought that Duck Tape was just a play on words, brand name for duct tape not a totally different kind of tape as you have shown.
 
Marina Bum said:
View attachment 34853


View attachment 34856

Not to be a tape nerd but this was always confusing to me. There is Duct Tape, the heavy duty aluminum foil super sticky tape used by HVAC guys to seal metal ducting and attach to flex ducting to manifolds.

Then there is Duck tape which was developed for the armed services during WW2. They sent out a request and wanted a fiber reinforced waterproof tape that would stick on something even if it was applied under water; Duck Tape was born.

They sound the same in English and they are both tape, so… it’s can be kind of confusing until you know.
Click to expand...
The original "duck tape" was called that, because the fabric that is part of the tape was called "duck cloth".

Duck tape was used to seal ducts for some amount of time. But it is flammable and creates toxic smoke. So the foil-backed tape (Foil Tape) in your picture was eventually used instead of duck/duct tape.

en.wikipedia.org

Duct tape - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

Screenshot 2026-01-26 104030.png
 
SeaLegs said:
Click to expand...

I really enjoyed this video. :) Great bits of humor, spirit and appreciation for the lake and also the environment he's in. I had a very happy smile on my face when he mentions bio-crust - your casual easterner or person who lives in a less arid place woudn't probably even hear that term or know what it is talking about or why it's important not to disturb it.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top