Tony_Bentley

kioti- Good advice my man. I'd agree, Shuksans are a good all around ski. Maybe upgrade when the old ones lose their base or edge. The new ones are cool now that the tips are less pointed, which resemble my Havocs. Have fun on Baker, the resort, the arm and the mountains are the best place to play in snow.

I think we should go back and film it again, with Allyoucaneat and some splitboarder-biochem dude and get more of the terrain park shots. Don't you? We'll have to wait until the science experiments are over with though. My friends are too focused right now to give up the action for the adventure. You guys are too nice. I hope the flick gets you stoked for the season rolling in though.

You are too fast. Try it again.

Climb: Mount Baker -Coleman-Deming Ski Descent Date of Climb: 10/21/2005 Trip Report: Just watch the video: http://www.picketrange.com/baker.wmv 19.5 megs 12 or 13 hours c2c Gear Notes: Crampons

If it makes you feel better, I've hardly climbed in aid mode but I could tell you what A3 felt like. Gneiss isn't granite, thats for sure. Why don't all of you hardmen go out into the North Cascades an put up an aid route with moderate free climbing. Better yet, where are all of the 5.11 gneiss routes? The Central rib on Triumph is 5.10, right? Okay, everyone get out there and climb a first ascent that is 5.11 gneiss okay.

No, stevens sucks too. Better yet, everyone should go to Mission Ridge. Yeah, Mission Ridge. It rocks.

Maybe a different angle? This is on Temple ridge. Black Pyramid is the crag visible on the ridge. I think the crag is D'Artagnan where the red line ends.

Who is everyone? Me?

So this must be Toketie Buttress

I am looking at the CAG right now. Slaphappy, you are right. The image below is the 3 musketeers, not Toketie Buttress.

I thought the same thing Slaphappy. After seeing the other side of the ridge into Temple Canyon, I figured the buttress was the pointed crag directly opposite (South)of Toketie Wall. If so, I think it is a worthy climb. I will get a photo posted when I get home tonight.

Here is a good topic on goosedown. If you want to have something with less insulation but also less bulky, go synthetic. Primaloft is good. I've seen Wild Things Primaloft jackets work well for damp or even wet conditions but down is really warm and packs tight. The insulation cannot get wet though. There are fabrics to prevent most of the water from contacting the down plumage, which is great in terms of greater versatility. Synthetic insulation fits a wider range for warmer temperatures and down fits a wider range for colder temps. There are always seems to be exceptions to these rules though. Maybe someone would be willing to show examples.

The NWAC is losing their funding from MRNP for 2006. They are out another $8000. The parking fees are warranted due to the high amount of tourism and low amount of recreation that goes on at Paradise. What do you suppose the ratio is for outdoor users (climbers, skiers, hikers) vs. tourists (those who walk the cement path or never leave the parking lot)? Maybe it is time to get some busses to shuttle passengers in and out of the park.

slap and revkev eh? When we broke up in 2003 I didn't know you were hangin with HIM! Bitch!

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I like the idea that climbing is only what people do after the approach; sometimes but not always using a partner, rope, protection, ice axe or tools, crampons, etc.

So really the answer is to avoid using the words to describe the endeavor and stick to the universal word, "bushwhacking" which has much more meaning to describe what one does for adventure. I think it well describes what I do for adventure regardless of the endeavor. Sky, I think your example was nicely put. ...and my expample: This morning I had to bushwhack my way out of bed. I think it sounds better than "This morning I had to climb my way out of bed." As if climbing had any real meaning in the sentence. I'll also be bushwhacking back to Maple Leaf tonight. Nicely put eh?

What if you only had arms? Then everything would be climbing to some extent. Climbing is expressed in two methods; first, to define what one does when one explains it to another individual. Second; to use a single word to sum up an entire adventure, i.e.-"I went climbing this weekend" Although skiing can be climbing, it really isn't because when you sum it up in one sentence it becomes, "I went skiing". Without the skis it would normally be considered climbing. I think it relates to the method of communication from the individual and how the individual tries to relate the experience to another individual. Bushwhacking for a flyfisherman is still flyfishing. Bushwhacking for a kayaker is still kayaking.

1999- 47 days of avalanche warnings 2000- 23 days of avalanche warnings 2001- 17 days of avalanche warnings 2002- 21 days of avalanche warnings 2003- 11 days of avalanche warnings 2004- 22 days of avalanche warnings 2005- 5 days of avalanche warnings 2006: Based on the trend, we are either due for an above normal year or global warming is changing the trend to a lower annual snowpack. As a result, the trend is on a downhill slope. I predict an above normal season for snowpack and avalanche warnings. I also predict a higher number of ski-mountaineering acheivements in Washington than the last two seasons.

Go look for deadfalls eh? I think there is an easier way. With hundreds of mills around here there is probably one that has what I am looking for. I remember stopping at one near Long Beach and bought a hundred pound bag for $10 of untreated, dry fir and cedar. I'm looking for another deal like this one.

Ahh yes, cord as in 128 cubic feet.

Anyone know a lumbermill that sells raw and untreated scraps for next to nothing? I'm looking for about a chord. Someone have a source in western WA?

This was the line I remember:

The corner looks good. Slaphappy, you should post the pic. I'd like to climb it if anyone is interested. I am sure it has been climbed but I'm not sure who climbed it. Have at it either way.

Who dat?