To_The_Top

quote: Originally posted by Norman Clyde: I can't pass up a pub club so close to home, but what if I can't get there until after 8? How long do these events last? Sometimes til closing time. Some show 8 or 9. TTT

Will, Sorry to hear of the loss. I remember that one. The person who you saw in Treys car posts here often, and is out climbing right now, up in Alaska. TTT

Yah I saw some protests in the climbers signout, and totally agree that the sleds should pay a fee too. We camped out of the festival camping area on sat night and we got buzzed by a sled at 11:30pm, talk about a surprise. I wish that if we paid they should too. Luckily no 2 stroke smoke the next day, but damn, even a mile away they annoy. I think that all should enjoy the backcountry them included, but we all have to support the fees or none at all. It was funny in the morning that the local sledders couldnt believe that we were going for the top by hiking up and skiing down in dresses. It was funner than heck. I would like to write someone who cares, like the state legistlators or whoever. I cant drive down there to attend a meeting, but would write the house or Congress. I even talked to the Sheriff who was enforcing some that where going up on sleds, and they thought that it was unfair. Write Congress! In fairness they helped out a injured climber last year after a rescue from the top, we got them to the campsites and they took out the injured from there.

And Sunday the zoo continued...looked like the hike to Muir on a good day. Snow was good, skiing good, no snowmobiles but lots of people skiing in dresses and several dogs hiking the mtn. Oh yah, a naked guy too--sheesh TTT [ 05-12-2002, 11:27 PM: Message edited by: To The Top ]

Wow, page top too, now thats funny.

Yes, a joke is only funny if there is some humor in it, instead of personal attacks... TTT [ 05-09-2002, 09:49 PM: Message edited by: To The Top ]

Well as of last year it was $25 and it was from the time you bought it and good for a year from that date bought (climbing fee). I dont know of the entrance fee, but they make it easy for those that live near the Park and go there more than once a year, so $15 one time and $25 if you feel like going up there over and over, which means you can climb it 5 times for 5 bucks a time in a year, if you are into that. TTT

Nacho? Nacho? Nacho! Nacho!?!....Oh my!!! Watch out for running Gerbils!! [ 05-07-2002, 11:10 PM: Message edited by: To The Top ]

Nacho I couldnt make it either, and by the way thanks for the $5 for buying your Mickeys. TTT

What about the guy that flew in his lawn chair with balloons attached, and went to 16,000' over LA, or since he survived it really isnt a Darwin award.

quote: Originally posted by pope: Tuesday's Club Pub should be dedicated to Mighty Thor! Yes, he was a great adventurer, Dwayner was talking about Thor at the last one. TTT

If you do take up the skiis you can go down a colior that faces west to the Colchuck col and ski down the Colchuck glacier, and avoid the crap at Aasgard Pass. Otherwise would agree that going up TC with skis would not be worth the hassle, but the glacier would be a fun ski after the climb if you want to deal with it. TTT

This statement is a good invite for an audit, as the IRS does not recognize the credits. "Reparation tactics being used these days are in the form of tax credits. I think about a 1/4 million people claimed it last year." TTT

On the way to the Pubclub I saw a Sub' with a fish (you know the one) that had "N'Chips" inside where Darwin was. TTT

Forget the face, the guy at the bottom left looks like the Cingular Guy! "I was there on a O.B.E. and it was choss" [ 04-15-2002, 09:56 PM: Message edited by: To The Top ]

I climb best when having an O.B.E.

quote: Originally posted by projecthex: and after a long weekend of climbing all the little cc.comers went to bed early, with their pals PROJECTHEX there to tuck them in safe and sound. And that was the end of the story............................................................................................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................or was it the beginning of the nightmare?

Sounds like you had a good trip. Did you decend the ledges? I heard there was a short steep ice section above the ledges, did you encounter this? TTT

Get the NRA sticker. They figure you are crazy and wont wait for the police to come around. Sorry to hear of your loss and I went out and cleared my (crappy) climbing stuff out of my hatchback. PS the Pubclub was good. TTT

No Toes, my understanding is that these people are only allowed on the Easton and up to the crater, at 9000+, The rest of the mountain is wilderness, thus off limits to sleds. These gear heads always wonder why their rights are taken away. Duh! Go outside the national Rec area and into wilderness, aka off limits, people complain, and no more snowmobiles. If it matters I know of three seperate incidents where they lost the sleds in crevasses. Tell the snowmobiler club that it is off limits, and if they dont listen tell the ranger. TTT

quote: Originally posted by JERRY SANCHEZ: Going down Mt. Si in my plastic boots with tons of people going up and blocking your way. The worst is when people run down the trail in their tennis shoes and almost knocking you over. JERRY, GET THE HECK OUT OF THE WAY. IT IS BETTER TO RUN UP AND DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN IN RUNNING SHOES THAN YOU OR OTHERS IN PLASTICS!!TTT [ 03-28-2002: Message edited by: To The Top ]

Speaking of stickers, one of my climbing partners only sticker on his Trooper is a NRA sticker, Keeps the locals from thinking you are an enviormentalist or liberal and it has never been broken in with 100's of trailhead parks, even when others got broken into. [ 03-27-2002: Message edited by: To The Top ]

Is that a blunt???

Kautz is nice, but I would also look at the Emmons route. You start out in a forest, then a meadow and then a snowfield, then either rock 3rd class or a glacier. I like the Emmons for a first time up recommendation, but the Kautz is worthy, but can get a little icy above the icefall and it can be a long slow snow slog to basecamp (dont stay at Hazard, but lower on the Turtle at the ridge). TTT

Blackice rapidfix, do a search for Charlet Moser and there are a lot of hits including bentgate mountianeering.com. Simple is better, and consider antibot plates, to keep snow from balling up when it gets warm over mixed downclimbing or traversing.