Gary_Yngve

summit of Forbidden. A TR of that will appear in a few days.

no hammer (no pitons/bashies) small nuts (i seem to remember offsets being nice just above the roof) 1-2 cam hooks 1 sky hook

I'm using my 3rd Canon S400 (one fried itself and one was lost after a ski crash). I think next year I may buy a DSLR (I'd love to have more aperture control, 24mm-300mm ranges, and a polarizer), but I'll still have a point-and-shoot for the more technical/risky routes. Some things I did to get nice colors: -Plan the trip/photos according to the orientation / time of day / light -Exposure-bracket some shots (my camera tends to overexpose sky, water, snow, and granite, and darker vegetation has a more pure color that will shine with some saturation). For some of these, just +0 or -1 stops sufficed; for others I applied a "digital split filter." -Correct any colorcasts in the image prior to boosting saturation. (often you can identify something in the image you want to be gray/white and get it there either by tweaking levels of each channel or my neutralize with match color) Here's one more image that got misplaced:

Climb: Granite Mountain-ridge traverse from Paddy-Go-Easy Date of Climb: 7/25/2006 Trip Report: Dylan answered my request for a "mellow" lakes trip and brought along Tyler and Kim. Knowing that it was going to be hot, we left Seattle at 6 AM. We were pleasantly surprised that it was overcast, and we made quick time to Paddy-Go-Easy Pass (this trail doesn't screw around the way that Cascade Pass, Longs Pass, and Blue Lake do). Wildflowers were great, and the cloudy sky made for great photography. We rested and took a swim in Sprite Lake. Then we started up the ridge, which for the first half, is the rough red rock found on Ingalls. Abruptly the rock changed to granite. The ridge was adventure-scrambling, with the occasional turn-around from a highpoint because it was too darn steep on the other side. Given the others' skill levels we didn't bag all the highpoints (traversed past them) -- apparently there's a mineshaft on one of them. We made camp at some half-melted tarns on the flanks of Granite Mountain. I was happy to have my GoLite Lair2 Nest bug shelter. The clouds started to clear as the temperature cooled, and the setting sun set them afire. I got up before dawn and tagged the summit of South Granite. The register dated from Sept 2005, and the only signers since were a party led by the Goodmans (they're everywhere!). The sunrise was muted, so while pretty and enjoyable, I didn't get any photos that really wowed me. Guess I've seen a lot of dramatic sunrises. I got back to camp and woke everyone up. After breakfast and packing up, we tromped up to the summit of (North) Granite and soaked in the views. Mt. Baring, The Cradle, Stuey, Daniel, Snoqualmie Pickets, and four volcanoes. We hiked down to Robin Lakes, where we took a swim and watched the goats. Then we hiked down to Tuck Lake, following cairns at first to the north (GreenTrails has it labeled but not USGS). At Tuck Pot, we met a group of three and played a cool frisbee game (175 grams -- I didn't skimp!). We stood on rock islands about 100 feet apart and tried to throw the frisbee to each other. The hilarious result was a lot of diving into the water and missed catches. We then hiked out past Hyas Lake, feeling sorry for all the people hiking up in the heat. At the trailhead, we still had a mile of hot dusty road to get back to our car. A kind couple let us hop in the back of their pickup truck. I was amazed by the solitude we encountered on a prime summer weekend. There was a family camped on the other side of Sprite Lake, but otherwise, until we got down to Tuck Lake, we didn't see another soul. Gear Notes: sneakers and no ice axe! Approach Notes: the road to Daniel is much better now, though there's still the Scatter Creek issue

The Trango one is 9oz, according to their website. Camp has a harness that weighs in at 245g that looks more like a traditional harness. The one we're talking about weighs 95g -- that's less than 4oz!

I dunno if the harness is designed to take a carabiner through the two tie-in points. It certainly seems like bad loading to me. But for me it fits well, that is the two tie-in points can become pretty much on top of each other. I'd certainly feel comfortable rapping off a biner clipped through both in that configuration. But for belaying, I'd probably belay through the loop of rope. I'm mainly thinking of the harness being used on glacier slogs and stuff w/ a little rock, like Olympus and Challenger. Perhaps you could belay off of a second biner that's clipped just through one tie-in point? But I dunno how it was designed. The instructions are very unclear regarding its usage.

I'd love to join yall, but I need to grade tonight. That's what I get for playing in the mountains for the past five weekends while still trying to do research and grade 30 hws and projects each week.

I don't think I'd wear it on a nontrivial rock route. The Camp XLH doesn't have much in terms of gear loops. Just two thin straps that fit no more than two neutrinos each. And not the quickest access either. That, and there's no powerpoint for belaying. Clipping through both tie-in points would tri-load the carabiner. I suppose you could clip the carabiner to the loop of rope. Though a fig-8 really isn't designed for that sort of loading.

I bought one of these and tried it out on Baker (Easton) two weekends ago. Worked great for me. I like the compact volume as much as the lightness.

mosquito repellent info: http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/128/11/931

Sssshhh, that's secret!

Yeah, steer clear of the creeps from Gamma Eta Beta.

Climb: Baker-Easton Date of Climb: 7/16/2006 Trip Report: I climbed the Easton Glacier this past weekend with a bunch of cool folks. Having been on four routes on Baker: C-D, NR, CH, and EG, I have to say that the EG and the NR are best of those for views (time the NR so the sun rises as you are on it). We hiked up the RR Grade in surprisingly cloudy weather, given the predicted forecast. Requisite sensitive-guy shot. But the skies cleared up toward twilight, giving nice views to the east and west. We got up early in the morning and reached the crater right at sunrise. As we headed up the Roman Wall, light filtered past the Buttes to the Twin Sisters and San Juans. The shadow of Baker slowly shrank as we climbed up the Roman Wall. Tom, the Basic student, has mastered the art of posing. Darren's pose wasn't as exciting. It's amazing how flat the top of Baker is. The crater looks pretty cool. Some nice views on the way down: And some cool-looking seracs: Gear Notes: We had perfect cramponing conditions. Some beginners had difficulty with aluminum pons. Not sure how they would have fared with steel.

No offense, but you're completely wrong here. http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/dli/white-paper/dli.html http://www.dli2.nsf.gov/

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Sorry, not familiar with Gimp. But Photoshop doesn't call it Gamma either. In Photoshop, go under Levels and slide the mid-gray around. You'll see a number that started at 1.0 get bigger (brighter) or smaller (darker). This is Gamma.

Why'd this thread get sent to Spray? It's been the most on-topic thread we've had in a long time!

No, it's very likely that every nurse, at some point in their career, will accidently prick themselves with a needle. Yes, there are protocols for handling sharps, but if you're only 99.99% foolproof, that might not be good enough.

if it's random, then time of day or night doesn't matter. he said random, not uniformly random

I think all nurses should yell, "Fuck, I hate giving injections! I could get HIV from you and DIE!" prior to giving patients injections.

Often we say "See you soon" when I rap with my partners. If it's with a special partner, then there may be a quick kiss.

I'm not going hiking unless I have my own private army secure a half-mile radius around me at all times. Only then will I feel safe enough. Crap, I forgot about the unmanned aerial drones. They're gonna get me!!! AHHHH!!!

That would be useless against a skilled sniper. What are you going to pack now???

Way to send! Nice!