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    climbers and subarus

    in Spray

    Posted

    [Wazzup] What do you mean? Nothing reveals your true badass nature like a cartoon taking a leak. You're lucky I don't have room on my duelie's window for more of 'em or I'd put one up with you on it, right under my nascar sticker. I'm built Ford-tough just like my rig. I burn $40 in gas getting to work each morning and proud of it. Chevy sux, and I'll piss on it whenever I damn well please.

     

    [ 04-15-2002, 03:27 PM: Message edited by: imorris ]

    Mark Twight Fan Club

    in Climber's Board

    Posted

    Anyways, back to the Twight topic:

     

    I use a cable survival saw for my gear sling. Padding on the gear sling is unacceptable and I'll personally kick the shit out of anyone who uses gear slings with metolius patches on them. And if any of you pansies have flowers on your gear sling you'll get what's coming to you.

     

    Oh yeah and I have a halva I.V. going right now and I slab climb with crampons in summer.

    Dru? Don Serl? (anyone else?)

    in Climber's Board

    Posted

    Hiking up Swan Creek to Fairy Meadows in the summer is supposed to be "character-building" (mosquitoes, switchbacks, mosquitoes, etc). The helicopter makes sense (and a short flight in summers to FM or Great Cairn). In winter Palmer Creek (approach to Sandford) is apparently a severe avalanche terrain trap.

    I think it's great that there isn't a play-by-play guidebook to the area. The climbing is much more of an adventure that way, and you can read the old CAJ entries to get route info (there is a good collection on Sir Sandford in the Great Cairn Hut).

    The traverse from FM to Great Cairn is fairly straightforward, but we ran into some difficulties descending Azimuth Ridge (mainly avalanche danger). Adamant Meadows is another option for a base camp which puts you in striking distance to the Adamant range and Sir Sandford. Unless you want a hut. Great Cairn is in a beautiful spot but it's a haul to most of the climbing in the area.

    Oregon pub club

    in Climber's Board

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by sketchfest:
    What's PRG charging now for the honor of pulling on plastic at their little piece of climbers paradise?

    You must be certified for pulling, and wear your pulling card at all times while in the gym. It's $20 up front for the card, and then $1.00 per pull after that.

    TR: Selkirks - Adamant Range

    in British Columbia/Canada

    Posted

    B.C. SELKIRKS - ADAMANT RANGE

    Just got back from 10 days up in the Adamants. We were helicoptered in to Fairy Meadows in overcast conditions. Next day it dumped six inches of new snow. Skied the trees. Next day was clear, so we skied out to Pioneer Pass over the Granite Glacier. Icefall is visible but crevasses were mostly buried. Next day we skied through Friendship Col and climbed Pioneer and Sentinel peaks. Both had spectacular views of the rest of the Adamants (often called the mini-Chamonix of the Selkirks). If you want big walls to climb in an outrageous alpine setting, you'll find them here. Skied from the col back down to the meadows. Following day was spent yo-yoing some slopes, then a friend and I traversed the Adamants through Thor Pass, across the Adamant and Thor glaciers, over Azimuth ridge, and down to the base of Mount Sir Sandford to the Great Cairn Hut, where we weathered out a few storm days waiting for a break to get a helicopter in to get us out of there. Southern aspects were dangerous (deep faceted layers under a crust, and now loaded w/ new snow). A spectacular trip, good weather when we needed it.

    Three Sisters Marathon?

    in Oregon Cascades

    Posted

    Originally posted by TIMM@Y:[QB]homeboy took one liter of water and some gorp, and was going light and fast. he was last seen on the summit of south, and they never found his body.QUOTE]

    There was a confirmed sighting at the col between North and Middle. That was the point last seen for the climber. Most presume he is somewhere on the west face of N. Sister at this time.

    Avalanche Transceivers?

    in The Gear Critic

    Posted

    I don't think the range of the Tracker is nearly as important as some have suggested. It is a fine beacon that produces fast recovery times. I think the range measurement is highly overrrated. The main issue is how fast and how reliably in the real world are people finding their buried partners, and in that respect, I think the Tracker performs admirably.

    [ 03-25-2002: Message edited by: imorris ]

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