Joe_Poulton

Don't forget your N-95 particulate non-rebreather respirator with 15 lpm of Oxygen with a sled to carry your 3000 litre tank so you don't run out...but if you want to explore the fumeroles... Atreides...what do you think....multiple lengths of vacuum ho to venture into the caverns? With a 5000L tank?

Awesome photo...the one above the route photo....

Be careful with those eggs they can shut you down if you inhale too much....No NF beta here...just eggs.

It's good....as of Thursday morning you can skin 90% of the Worm Flow approach. However, I only had 3hrs to kill that morning so I only got to tree line and returned...

He also wrote a cool piece. "interpersonal and group dynamics as a function of Mountaineering stress" (or something titled like that) It's in the B-Ham college library....he climbed a variety of different Cascade Volcanoes with diffent groups and took notes on key functions that pertained to the self and the group....just do a database search for Carlos Buhler and you'll find it up there....at least it was there in 2001. It's a good read.

Be ready for powder sugar climbing once you start linking the rock piles. That's how it was a month ago. I liked going around the mountain when I did it. But if you want the solitude without the sulfur stay on the Northside.

It had four eruptions from 1830ish to 1860ish....it'ill go again. We should have a new Crater Lake soon.

Anyone going to be there Thurs/Fri....that's my weekend.

I really like my Zealots.....you can ride anything with them at any speed! Groomer, ice, deep powder, steeps, trees...whatever....

It's like Rat Creek Trail in the Enchantments....TR 7/2004

This is like Bach's 4:33...if it was indeed Bach. Can't remember. Any musicians here? 4:33 Blank TR Blank Mind Blank piano in a concert and record the voices

I love the Marker Dukes. I put them on 191 BD Zealots at the season start this year. I would not go with anything else. I've skinned up to near Tie-in Rock on Hood a few times and done laps to the top of Palmer on the Southside. Wish I carried around for my Cooper Spur climb last month so I wouldn't have had to walk through the South Crater. I've done the Alpine Trail and White River Canyon with them. I don't mind stepping out to flip a switch to change modes knowing that they won't break. I even lugged them up in October and skied the patches early this year just because I wanted to test'em out. They're not has heavy as I thought they'd be. Of course I won't win a Rando race with them....but damn I can haul ass with no worries. If you want to huck at all go for the dukes or baron in your case. I'm 190 so the Duke is my choice.

How about the Class 4ish on the SW Face?

Sweet!

I spammed them on April 1st. Sent a whole bunch of jibberish to their tech support.

Do you clean it first or take it RAW?

Score!

Damn...that sucks.

Thanks Water and Luvshaker... Luvshaker sounds like the Sulfur Dioxide turned to Sulfuric acid and gave your eyes a serious issue. Did you visit the ER or just let things take it's course? Can you still see well? How long did it take to heal?

OffTheSteppe you're talking to Water, not me. Water's buddy went in the hole.

Thanks Water and Ryan, Although, building up a tolerance to this crap can't be good. However, it does all depend on how much of a concentration is pocketed there for one to breathe in at any given time. I know in May 1999 the last time I walked down the Southside I didn't even smell the sulfur or see any active vents for that matter. The mountain is a bit more active. Has anyone done any scientific studies of Mount Hood's output and it's composition?

I'm just wanting to conduct a little research. On my recent trip from Timberline around the Eastside of Mount Hood and up the Cooper Spur. I experienced a painful reaction to the sulfur venting in the crater area on the Southside while descending. When I got home I tried to eat and drink water immediately...well I couldn't. Instantly, I felt like I couldn't down anything including air. I tried to drink more water, then my airway felt like it was burning away. So, I decided that I might just be super dehydrated and in an attempt to hydrate in a less obtrusive way I hopped in a Hot shower and took in all the steam I could...that fixed it momentarily, but I was able to drink more water and then eat in a few more hours. Then, today in my EMT-B course we lectured about poisons and toxins of the various sorts. I got thinking, descending through the South crater I was getting tired more rapidly then normal...less oxygen because it got displaced by the Sulfur Dioxide I was breathing. Then I did some research into the effects of inhalation. It can cause pulmonary edema over an extended exposure period. It reacts with water to cause sulfuric acid, um my throat burned after adding water... Before you take the time to read the rest of this post. I want to know if anyone else has experienced any similar reactions? FACTS I have found "Colorless nonflammable poison gas with highly irritating pungent odor. Irritating and corrosive to exposed tissues. Inhalation of vapors may cause dangerous retention of body fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema) and chemical pneumonitis. Corrosive and irritating to the upper and lower respiratory tract and all mucosal tissue. Initial symptoms of exposure include nose and throat irritation, becoming steadily worse, suffocating and painful. The irritation extends to the chest causing a cough reflex which may be violent and painful and may include the discharge of blood or vomiting with eventual collapse. Other symptoms include headache, general discomfort and anxiety. Chemical pneumonitis and pulmonary edema may result from exposure to the lower respiratory tract and deep lung. MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: May aggravate pre-existing eye, skin, and respiratory disorders. Smokers and persons with pre-existing respiratory, nasal, and cardiovascular disease may be more susceptible to effects of sulfur dioxide exposure. INHALATION: The irritant action of sulfur dioxide is believed to be caused by the formation of sulfurous acid when the gas dissolves. Bronchoconstriction caused by sulfur dioxide is concentration related. Fifteen humans which inhaled 1, 5, or 25 ppm sulfur dioxide for 6 hours (nose-breathing) exhibited reduced forced expiratory volume and forced expiratory flow at all concentrations. Significant reduction in nasal mucous flow rate was seen following exposure to 5 and 25 ppm." These were excerpted from BOC Gases MSDS found here in PDF. Thank you for reading all that. I hoping to turn some info from this into my EMS paper for my EMT-B course at NWRTC.

Revelstoke has some awesome ice that few know about or bother to find. Like said previously, cheaper.

That spot should be a historical BMX spot... It was there when I was growing up 20 years ago...