robert

Great climb, great story. Thanks for posting. I can't even imagine what kind of conditions could bury a tent fast than three or four people could clear the snow. Glad you all made it home safely.

I wonder if the same thing applies to SAR in other parks and National Forests. Can Seattle Mountain Rescue try to talk a climber down? What about the Chelan County Sheriff?

It looks like it is too late for that. A choper picked them up this morning. King5.com At least the rescue is over. Hopefully the search and recovery will be quick and incident free.

This is a really important point. The only time that I have been dangerously close to an avalanche was this winter. I was snowshoeing on the approach to the North Face of Abeil and I had tweaked my hip flexor. The pain was so bad that I couldn't lift my leg without grabbing my pants and pulling up. It was all I could focus on. My partner said that he was nervous about the avy danger, but I just ignored it. I was just focusing on the next step. Five minutes later I triggered an 18 inch deep 75 foot lond slab. It didn't catch us, but it could have. If I had been there mentally I never would have ignored the concerns of my partner. Mental focus is absolutely critical.

Any route where the primary danger is a crevase fall.

They report a freezing level when there is no forecast for precip. If there is then they report a snow level. Here is from the current NWS Cascades forecast. THURSDAY NIGHT...CLEAR. FREEZING LEVEL 11000 FEET. EAST WIND IN THE PASSES AROUND 15 MPH. FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 9000 FEET.

That is exactly it. I don't want to climb the ice with skis on my back. That means that they would stay at high camp and I would still have to slog the C-D.

We are headed for the North Ridge and decided that snowshoes would be better than skis. One member of our group was up on C-D on Memorial Day and said that skis would not be helpful enough to justify the added weight.

You may have accidently entered your waist insead of your wrist measurement. And the sadest part is that I never learned how to read.

I hope so. I will probably bring snowshoes for insurance.

What is up with that calculator? It said my ideal chest size is 208 inches.

I am headed up there this weekend. Did anyone make it up there this past weekend? How are things consolidating?

Come on. I just measured my spindly little arms and I have a 13in bicep. Surely the vaunted lummox must have 20in guns.

She got the MRI results back today and the doctor was right about the Meniscus, but she also torn her ACL. So the full activity after 6 weeks is out the window. It looks like she won't be back on the trail until next spring.

I have heard that biking has helped a number of cc.comers recover from knee problems. Thanks for the reminder.

I love my Olympus C-700 Ultra Zoom. It is a 2 mp, but there is a 4 mp version out now C-740 UZ. I really like the 10x optical zoom. It is not one of the super compact models, but it is very easy to use even with gloves on. It is also quite durable. I have gotten it wet on many trips and after I dry it out it is just fine. If I were going to go out and buy a new cam it would be the C-740.

Thanks guys. I figured that she would bounce back pretty quickly, and it looks like that should be the case. I don't think that she is going to watch the video though. The thought makes her sick.

My wife just found out that she has a torn left medial meniscus. She will probably have arthroscopic surgery in the next two weeks to remove the torn area. Has anyone out there had the surgery? How was the recovery? We have a friend who had it and his recovery was much slower than what I have been reading online and what the doctor told her. The Dr. said walking without crutches two days post-op. My friend didn't walk at all for three days and had to use crutches after that. He was out of the hills for three months, but the Dr. said that most people are back to full sports activity within 6 weeks. What has been your experience? Thanks.

After three years on the board and a scant 38 posts I see likely to live in the shadows. So, I thought I pic of my shadow would be appropriate.

I think also that the self weight of the rope would cause quite a bit of stretch prior to any load being applied. Most of that stretch would occur on the top half of the rope. This of course assumes that the friction of the rope on the slope is not greater than its own weight. I agree that the belayer would never know that there was a fall.

The worm flows route is just left of the long single lobe of debris in the center of the image.

Thanks for the link. It is good to hear the other side to the legend of Harry Truman.

I agree Dru. I hear all the time that people who climb are addicted to the thrill of cheating death. I tell anyone who will listen that for me, and the people with whom I climb, it is about challenging yourself mentally and physically.

Doubt is what keeps me alive. If I was sure I could make that sketchy move or that the serac was stable I might not be here today. When I stop worrying about making it is when will stop climbing.

Well said Hikerwa. This is exactly what I have always thought. If I didn't climb I wouldn't be the same person. The more I think about climbing the more I remember the reasons that I climb and that just makes me what to get out and climb. I can't wait for the weekend.