Carrying kayak up and down steep bank for a launch

The closest spot for me to fish is the Sacramento River which has a steep and rocky bank.  It's hazardous just to walk up and down.  I am thinking the safest way to get the kayak up and down is to use a rope and lower it down and pull it up.  I think an easier method than this even would be to use a lever.  I could use the rope and wrap it around a guard rail, tree, or my vehicle in some way.  Can anyone point to a thread or website on how to best do this safely? 

Find a new/better location ... seriously.  Are you planning on just sliding/pulling it up & down a rocky slope?  Don't get me wrong ... I've seen pictures of our guys hauling yaks up/down some SERIOUS slopes & trails along the coast and it is a team effort that is worthwhile to those who deem it to be such.  If you do, more power to you.  Be safe.  Sounds like the publications you would be looking for are centered around rock climbing & safety rescue types of setups.  Check out products like Gri Gri, Rope Clutches, Figure 8 descender; rock climbing & tree felling gear.

Find a new/better location ... seriously.

+1 Not worth the pain.

Find a new/better location ... seriously.

+1 Not worth the pain.

Alternatives for such a location might be an inflatable kayak, a much smaller/lighter kayak or a belly boat.  It's hard to imagine that there isn't a better launch location within a short paddle of your destination fishing location.

+1 on finding a better spot...

FWIW though...if you really wanna get crazy..this is the gadget I used to use when climbing big walls and hauling up a super heavy haul bag full of gear and food and water....

http://www.mtntools.com/cat/bigwall/pulley/rockexoticawallhaulerpulley.htm

Attach this to an anchor....run a rope to your yak and through wall hauler...attach yourself to the rope on the other side using ascenders and push your self down and the yak/load will come up...then ascend back up rope and repeat...and repeat...and repeat. 

http://www.petzl.com/en/Sport/Ascenders/ASCENSION?l=INT#.VbgLWYcw-po

 

But easier just to find an better spot to launch.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

+1 on finding a better spot...

FWIW though...if you really wanna get crazy..this is the gadget I used to use when climbing big walls and hauling up a super heavy haul bag full of gear and food and water....

http://www.mtntools.com/cat/bigwall/pulley/rockexoticawallhaulerpulley.htm

Attach this to an anchor....run a rope to your yak and through wall hauler...attach yourself to the rope on the other side using ascenders and push your self down and the yak/load will come up...then ascend back up rope and repeat...and repeat...and repeat. 

http://www.petzl.com/en/Sport/Ascenders/ASCENSION?l=INT#.VbgLWYcw-po

 

But easier just to find an better spot to launch.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Must have dropped the kayak ... I don't see it dangling below you Jim 

How about rigging a zip line across the river? Then you could attach your kayak with a quick-release mechanism and drop it (with yourself in it) at the desired location?

I haven't quite got the uphill part figured out yet, but I'm sure it'll come to me...

I gave this a thought a few years ago and came up with the idea of finding the "smoothest rocky slope" then putting down a length of old carpet or astro-turf then using a winch or come-along, or pulley attached to my bumper or guard rail - sliding the yak on the carpet or pad.

also envisioned using a extension ladder with some kind of carpet as a makeshift launch ramp.

in the end I just went to a normal launch site

I gave this a thought a few years ago and came up with the idea of finding the "smoothest rocky slope" then putting down a length of old carpet or astro-turf then using a winch or come-along, or pulley attached to my bumper or guard rail - sliding the yak on the carpet or pad.

also envisioned using a extension ladder with some kind of carpet as a makeshift launch ramp.

in the end I just went to a normal launch site

+1, I had a bunch of carpet remnant that would have worked, never thought about the ladder, but in the end never did it.

Sounds tiring ...

Two more options.

Two more options.

my idea was to take a plastic slide of some sort, cut in pieces with hinges, then fold out and fold back.  now thinking about it, some sort of quick attachments between the segments of the slide would work too.  i also thought of an inflatable slide like a slip n slide, but not sure if they would work on the rock levees without popping, those things are made of real cheap plastic.

Do it too much and those rocks will gouge the snot out of your kayak.

What!  Nobody busted out "what about a quadcopter?". Lol. I was waiting for it.

Funny.  I'm not talking about getting a kayak from the rim of the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River.  It's just a steep levee and about 20 feet down.  I don't think kayaks should require a boat ramp.  I've seen videos of drift boats being lowered down the bank by rope which is where I got the idea.  If they can lower a drift boat I certainly can get my kayak down.