Joe_Poulton

May 13-14 I'm planning on it??

Dustin and Bill, here's my little write up.

I liked the blue collar approach to the climb....didn't read much on here in '08 but cool TR...That's the peak above your house where you danced with the bear on your solo trip right, Marc? I started climbing in warm-ups for $10 from Fred Meyer....did so until 2005.

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?