Joe_Poulton

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where's yer tr's dawg? show us how it's done! Yes, perhaps I should contribute; here goes: Today I went to Vantage--it was SICK! On the way to Vantage I stopped at the gas station where I was like, "Should I fill up with Unleaded or Premium. Hmmmm. Well," I thought, "you only live once!" so I filled 'er up with premium unleaded...SICK! Next, I stopped in North Bend where I stopped and bought a breakfast sandwich, a cup 'o joe, and a maxipad; the sandwich was to DIE FOR; the coffee was HOT; and the maxipad, oh so soft. SICK! At Vantage I climbed a bunch of gas ass sport routes--SICK! I took 20 draws (10 with orange dog bones; 10 with pink dog bones); however, I only used 11. I also brought bigbros (did not use); balznuts (did not use); nuts (did not use); pickets (did not use), crampons (did not use), plastic boots (used only for the approach), and testicles (DID NOT USE). SICK! The drive home--SICK! Will post some pictures later. All in all a SICK day! Thanks to all my bros and hos--you guys rock; what would I do without you. Oh yeah! And props to Jane for her first lead! Super duper SICK! Utter confusion.... You say you don't care...but you post that fact as if you care....then you TR'd a SICK gasaholic trip up some plastic round up of an ant hill as if you care...again. You have testicles and maxipads for you protection....that's just hemaphroditee of you. Thank you for taking the time to post your hole.

Awesome, post the link when the TR's up on your site.

Get that sledge out and bash the ice off that boat....I never crab fished but I did do some siene fishing in the SE by the waterfall area of Baranof Island...that area is amazing too. Alaska is just amazing. Need to go back! Looks like an awesome trip!

There is a thin strip of land that follows the highway on the outside of the barrier...

Nice photos, looks like a good spot.

Bruce Tremper's book is awesome...thick and packed full of great info. I've read it 3 times through now and each time I remember more and more of the tidbits that help. Great read!

Too bad Ironman's not real.

Crazy that they fixed a rope each season on the Spur. I really like that crevasse crossing technique.

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I completed an enchainment of multiple snow crystals during my traverse of White River Canyon the other week. I stayed on top the whole way with the cornice to my left and the trees to my right....I summited multiple wind developed crests along the way.

When the Wadd traverse was done didnt they drop down to the glacier and hit the last three Serras from there? They didnt actually traverse them like you say above. Does that mean its still waiting for a true Summit Ridge Traverse? From Tiedmann to Serra 1 they stayed close to the ridgecrest...prior to Combatant they did not according to Fifty Fav Climbs N American Tick List...

A guy I know from Boulder Snowboarded about 3/4 of it a few years back and launched a 30ft air at some spot....I plan to ski with my Motocross DOT approved full face helmet...make a few turns at the start and if the snow is good then straight shoot it...because you only fall at the beginning of a turn anyway...so, if I don't turn, I don't fall.....actually, I don't know how I'll ski it until I get there.

RIP

I want to ski the Spur and I will soon. So the descent would not be slow...I've been to Tie in Rock twice on not so good days.

Billcoe, I wanted an excuse to drive my new car....your option is the easier one...however.

Well, I'm glad I decided not to solo Copper Spur...I may have reached out to shake the hand of a monkey and been pulled into the spider's cloud.

I never saw a gate...but then I wasn't looking for it. I think I might have to just go drive over there and see this week.

That truck has been there since the beginning of the season. If you skinned up the Cloud Cap Road, just past the gate, that's where they park the Crag Rats snow machine. That old truck usually stays in the parking lot during the entire snow season, since that is the truck that hauls the sno cat up there. Ah, I just never seen it there before...went up a few times last winter and it wasn't there. Thanks for the answer Frik.

Since this thread is about Hood instead of starting a new thought I'd ask this here. Anyone know what the Sheriff with a snowcat trailer was doing at the Tilly Jane Parking lot....TJ parking area was full on Thursday night so I went around to T-line...were the Crag Rats or PMR pulling drills or was there some kind of search happening? Plus I didn't want to carry my skis...low snowpack sucks.

It might have been...but if it was my partner and I had skis with me I would have done it....if it wasn't a sheet of ice anyway. Good to hear that the Navy got him out...hope he survives.

Too bad nobody had skis...do a Cornice Drop block test on a section away from the climber then ski down and over to the guy...or infact the spot that he fell at would have been sufficent enough to ski down to him....Hope he's still warm.

I guess you mean Vancouver, Wa...or Vancouver, BC? If the first, the fire opened up the Northside of Hood below Cooper Spur. White River Canyon is fun.

O rly? The waist leashes are only good for this style of climbing where a fall is not an option. It's a self belay and keeps you from dropping your tools...which you can't self arrest with anyway...if you fall you die...if you lose a tool your close to death. I only know a few people that can climb 80 degree ice without tools...but for general mountaineering...yep no leash. Most the time I forget to put my leash on my wrist anyway...I've never dropped my axe either.

Sweet!