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Someone posted this on TGR, sounds like a terrible accident with lots of people watching but unable to help: It appears that one of them was injured while skiing on the backside of what most people call Mt. Herman. Technically the true Mt. Hermon is behind to the west. They had called 911 for help with the injury so several people were watching them work their way down. They were coming from the backside of Herman and cutting under what is known as the Widowmaker, just on the apron of it. A slide from above hit them and now both were injured. A second and third slide came down from above them and really messed them up. It is amazing that they were not both fully buried or killed from trauma. These were very large wet slides going on the ground. Widowmaker is very steep and the ground is solid rock slab with no vegatation. We just had a ton of rain a 2 days before this so the water could not drain due to the solid rock. The stability really wasn't that bad anywhere else. I bet these were the only slides in the Mt Baker region yesterday. Strange set of circumstances really. A situation went from bad to worse. They longlined one guy out and left the other due to him being mostly buried, having severe head trauma and it being too unsafe to dig him out. Condolences to the family and friends, hope the skier that survived the slides fully recovers.

This place is a little further from Hyalite but close to the ice in Beehive Basin and Big Sky Ski resort (party)! https://www.vrbo.com/613508 and would comfortably host your entire crew.

We travel to Bozeman 4-5 times a year and have had great luck with VRBO there. Just a quick search turned up this place: https://www.vrbo.com/393844ha#location It's pretty close to Hyalite for $120 per night. Might be worth checking out the rest of the listings around town. Bozeman has a bunch of great restaurants, hard to go wrong with any of them.

I agree with Jason regarding the crevasse risk being relatively low. It may be tough to obtain an overnight camping permit for that zone on a weekend in August. If you can swing a weeknight, you will probably have better odds. The hike and boulder field scramble are pretty steep but at least the bugs will be terrible.

I think this belongs here: [video:vimeo]150121019 Made my stomach turn as he clears the top

As usual, your writing is eerily relatable and spot on. It's been a long time, hope to see more of it around here. Condolences to Doug's family, friends and climbing partners, by all accounts, he was a force to be reckoned with.

Nice Kurt, thanks for the last pic to remind us of the reality of early season touring.

Sounds good Pete. I'll send you an email.

That makes sense. It's pretty warm looking, probably would've fought over it if forced to bivy.

Nice! What kind of animal is that on her head? Looks like fox fur but the ears and face look more like a marmot or something similar.

Might be easier to just find a spouse.

The terrorists have won!

What vintage are you looking for? I have an older pair with the "fangs" that I'd let go pretty reasonably. They look like this: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4043/1652/1600/viper.jpg

Never mind, just saw your other post.

It looks as chossy and nasty as advertised, good job wearing helmets!

Isn't the spray forum and CC.com our "look at me blog" ? Does anyone else watch SNL anymore? This skit was pretty funny. The Millennials: https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/millennials/2916016

Just an idea, before purchasing any additional gear, and since you have skis: Adjust the bindings on the shortest skis you have to fit your mountaineering boots and try descending on them with a good size pack. I performed this experiment 15 years ago and immediately bought a proper AT setup.

First Ascent of Liberty Ridge was late September 1935. What do you guys think of that?

Still not legal on federal lands. Maybe Larry was closing in and they had to ditch the evidence of their terrible crime spree!

Looks pretty sweet and doable in a day for desk jockeys.

Dudes in sports bras are aid.

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Is there some beta for Park Ranger? I'm interested. Never mind, I got off my lazy rear end and found it. Still pretty burly for 5.9, no huge surprise at Index. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10101364913998460&set=pcb.862444070499186&type=1&theater

I doubt it, there wasn't any lightning when it started. Probably human related cause. Dirty hippies...