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    Where to resling gear?

    in Climber's Board

    Posted

    Northwest Garmet and Gear in Fremont will re-do them...They are great shop, dont be intimidated by all the dance wear up front, Carol is a wonder with a sewing machine.

    Custom work, alterations, repairs to any outdoor gear, she can do it!!!

    Trying to lighten the Load...

    in Climber's Board

    Posted

    *****************PRESS RELEASE************

    The Team Gander Mountain R&D department is pleased to announce the Home Hydrogen Kit. The HHK is a cylinder filled with Hydrogen, an array of adapters to fit just about any need today's expedition climber can throw at it.

    The HHK can be supplemented with the trail version, which comes complete with battery pack and leads, and a smaller vessell to capture the hydrogen. The travel kit works by energizing plain water, breaking the atomic bonds of the water molecule, creating not only hydrogen, but OXYGEN. So the THK not only provides for hydrogen to make your gear lighter it can provide you with much needed oxygen at higher elevations.

    The HHK and THK are utilized by filling any enclosed cavity with hydrogen. Hydrogen being lighter than air helps make your gear lighter. Some example that we have found to work exceptionally well are food bags and ice axe handles. The wieght savings is proportional to the amount of hydrogen that can be inflated into the cavities.

    But yet there is more!!! The THK can be adapted using the HSK or the Hydrogen Stove Kit as well, to provide for fuel for your stove. Again lightening the load that you have to carry.

    WARNING: Team Gander Mountain will not be responsible for any "accidental" or any other misuse of this product such as filling of human orfices...

    ******************************************

    The things that I found the cheapest and easiest to dump wgt on were: stove, pump, headlamp. I have the BD LED type lite, it was much brighter than I had anticipated. I havent tried it on the snow yet, but it MAY perhaps be bright enough for moderate glacier travel. Especially in the boot track like on Rainier...

    PCT in a weekend?

    in Alpine Lakes

    Posted

    I did from Snoqualmie to Cathedral Rock a few years back...

    Go north young man...the trail's layout seems to favor this aspect...more gradual uphill, steeper downhills going north...It's no as steep as you think, the hills are pretty flat but in that tend to run-out longer, which can be aggrevating as you just want to hurry up and top out and quit all the fartin' around switchbacking....

    You can also cut off a portion of the PCT past Spectacle Lk, and not have to hump the entire portion of Waptus...Cut over to Pete Lk then to Waptus...you'll see it on the map...

    Oh....yeah according to the pros out there...better rope up and carry an ice axe for the harrowing Kendall's "Katwalk"...wow that has to be like a 5.12b sketch-fest...

    I think to make it in a weekend you would HAVE to press to Waptus in a day...That's about the halfway point (as I try to remember what the map looks like)...From Waptus I think is some of the steeper section to gain elevation up to Deep Lake and then again out of the Deep Lk valley up toward Cathedral Rock....

    Have fun wacko!!!

    North Face Nuptse Jacket...?

    in The Gear Critic

    Posted

    Watch sierratradingpost.com or campmor.com to name a couple.

    I purchased two TNF Baltoro 700 fill Dry Loft parkas for $580(normal retail is about that price) from STP.

    I have changed somewhat how I pack. I pack to one extreme or the other, it's either moving and staying warm or sitting and staying warm. All I bring lately is the Baltoro for sitting and staying warm.

    My thinking is pay a little extra for a Dry Loft shelled parka and then you dont have to worry as much about it getting damp from snow or misty/cloudy conditions, or pack something to put over your parka if it does turn to wetter or windier conditions. The Dry Loft parkas seem a tad warmer too.

    The North Face Dry Loft jacket is the Summit and the TNF Dry Loft Parka is the Baltoro.

    Deception Crag exit 38 car prowlers

    in Climber's Board

    Posted

    I've added you Cap'in, SeanHalling mentions you are worthy...

    You know you are right...The design is simple, requires minimal set-up, simple tasks to complete, I think that taking down the system is even shorter....You're right. What the hell, we're going full production.

    [This message has been edited by Backcountry (edited 08-31-2001).]

    My GAWD...we'll all be killed...Rainier Mud/debris flow...

    in Climber's Board

    Posted

    Having lived in Orting and now Bonney Lake for the past 21 years...I really enjoy all the grandstanding about the potential hazards of the mountain. Uh, DUH...really????you mean that thing can blow?

    It was odd that I lived in Orting from about '79 to '91 (parents still do) and nary did we ever hear a word about our imminent doom...Seems some persons of political minded intentions suddenly became very interested....

    Rumors have that Orting was near hysteria the other day with the media's initial and misinformed reports...

    The NPS Morning Reports this:

    A high volume of melt water flowing out of the Kautz Glacier combined

    with soft soils in the Van Trump basin to create a debris flow down

    Van Trump Creek into the Nisqually River on August 14th. Fluctuations

    and surges continued through the night, ceased for a while, then began

    again during the heat of the day. The winter snow pack, which normally

    would have absorbed much of the melt water which accumulates at this

    time of the year, was lower than usual, resulting in an increased flow

    of water into the loose, soft soil. Park personnel, assisted by

    officers from the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, temporarily closed

    the road at several points and monitored Kautz and Tahoma Creeks

    throughout the night. No campers were asked to leave the park or the

    campgrounds. The largest flows of water tossed small rocks and dirt on

    the roadway. The flows ebbed for periods of over an hour, then would

    increase substantially for periods of more than a half hour at a time.

    On August 15th, several additional surges traveled down the river

    during high water. Hikers were evacuated from the trail to Comet Falls

    and Van Trump Park. This trail will remain closed until further

    notice. Four USGS geologists flew over the debris flow area yesterday

    to assess the hazards. All other park roads and facilities remain open

    as usual. Regional and national media interest has been very high.

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