Alpinfox

The Mtn Loop Hwy is washed out just north of the Vesper Peak (Sunrise Mine, Forest Road 4065) trailhead turnoff. This came as quite a surprise to my partner and me as we were driving towards the Sloan Pk trailhead on Friday night. A strand of pink engineer's tape strung across the road was all that kept us from a 15-20' plunge in the Subaru. In other news, there is enough snow and verglass on the N. face of Vesper to make it unclimbable for a wimp like me. The NE ridge on Vesper is a nice scramble.

There are two different log crossings at Eldo trailhead. One is about 9" diameter and is a little slimy. That one is the first one you come to when coming from the car parking area. The other is a hugemongous tree about 3' in diameter, but requires scrambling over the root ball. The trailhead sign is by the bigger tree. In other news, the Mtn Loop Hwy is washed out just north of the Vesper Peak (Sunrise Mine) trailhead turnoff. This came as quite a surprise to my partner and I as we were driving towards the Sloan Pk trailhead on Friday night. A strand of pink engineer's tape strung across the road was all that kept us from a 15-20' plunge in the Subaru. In even more other news, there is enough snow and verglass on the N. face of Vesper to make it unclimbable for a wimp like me.

HEY! You said $6/hr earlier!?!?! Inflation!?!?

Have you done much caving in WA? Where? I've done some in CO, but not out here. Edit: Oh. I see you are in AK. Well anyone else know of cool caves in WA? Share?

Interesting Mary Lou. I may do that in the future, but my guess is that the recycling company throws it away because they a)consider it hazardous material b)don't know what the canister is made of. MSR (or snowpeak or whomever) should take them back and refill/resell them. They could also have refilling cylinders at major retailers like REI. It's really stupid that those canisters are one use only. And now, to really get the thread drift going: "Washington state should implement a bottle/can deposit". This gives homeless folks a source of income, reduces litter, and results in more recycling. Move it to spray maybe?

Features of the Svea 123? Here are the excerpts... Blah... Blah... Blah... Blah... Blah... Weighs JUST 19.5oz!!!!! Blah... Blah... Blah... Blah...

Oh yeah... Hehe... I knew that.

I disagree with the GAZ stove rec. Those cartridges are even harder to find than the screwthread kind (MSR, snowpeak) and their fuel doesn't work as well in cold/high altitude as the MSR iso-pro fuel. If you wanna actually cook shit with your stove, I think the white gas ones are the best. I don't own one of these because I don't like carrying them (heavy, bulky, messy) and I've seen white gas leak all over the place too many times and shit gets set on fire when they flare up and... I could go on. Whisperlite (classic, dependable, repairable, fincky, flareup, bulky, heavy) Dragonfly or XGK (high altitude, noisy as hell) For cartridge stoves, I like the really small and light ones that aren't good for much except boiling water. They are extremely dependable, small, lightweight, and don't cost too much: Snowpeak Gigapower MSR Pocket Rocket Etc. For winter use, I like hanging stoves: Markill Something-Or-Other I think... Bad things about canister stoves: Hard to tell how much fuel you have (takes practice) In very cold temps, need to warm canister before use Sometimes hard to find canisters in boondocks Can't recycle/refill canisters (I've talked to folks at MSR about this, maybe they will listen to me someday) ARE YOU LISTENING MSR!?!?!? I ain't no gourmet in da woods. I like to heat water and pour it on some instant noodles or make hot chocky or snizzle like dat. Save the fancy shmancy cookin' fer when yous at home yo.

33% warmer!?!?! SHIT! That is not good for my ice climbing fantasies. Anybody wanna start a scrabble club?

p.s. I look forward to the "Alpinfox is an asshole" thread.

Perhaps after a proper grieving period, we can begin to analyze this event so that we can figure out what went wrong and thereby learn a valuable lesson about how to prevent future accidents of this sort. Personally, I think his mistake was the part where he stabbed himself in the chest, but I don't want to be too hasty; all the details aren't known yet. In any case, my condolences to friends and family.

If I were feeling more energetic, my response to this post would be to photochop the gollum picture and paste Erik's mug on there.... Anyone else wanna adopt the project? SEND SEND SEND!!! That's the one.

If I go to photo gallery and look at photos from last 7 days, the first page loads up fine. When I click on page two, the first few pics (up to my Denali pic) load up fine, but the North Sister 3.03 pic posted by Trashador and all the pics after that (the willstrickland Zodiac pics) won't load up. Maybe the sheer majesty of my Denali pic is wreaking havoc? Now that I have been to the gallery, all my graemlins are fucked again. I think it has something to do with some of the pics in there.... edit: read my location I'm at "Yo Momma's House!"

restart your pooter. And don't go to the gallery, it seems to be cursed. HOLY SHIT YOU HAVE EXACTLY 2X AS MANY POSTS AS I DO!!! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!! ARMAGEDDON! damn... I need a

I have DSL. Same shit happens to me as BG, ML, et al.

nice pics We've got the same shoes! WOW! Freakin' amazing!

They showed some pics of Hwy20 on the news tonight. It's pretty fucked in several places and they claimed there were 4 new landlides on it today!

Pssst... so are most of the posters on this website. See the "Smith This Weekend" thread...

I blame that goddamned Gollum pic. I bet it's the new GOLLUM VIRUS!!! EEEEEeeeekkkk!!!!

I had the same problem and had to restart my machine. Things are fine now, but if I try to go to the photo gallery, the same thing happens again. Maybe some kind of killer photo in the gallery? Weird.

Hey Mr. Persistent-and-painful-erection-due-to-spinal-injury, You started quite a revival. I just checked "Who's Online" and 8 out of 20 lurkers were reading "Learn to climb slab with experienced instructors". Way to go. Interestingly (or maybe not) none of the registered user's were looking at that thread. Hi Lurkers!

Time is relative. Try putting your computer in your car and driving very fast on the highway for a while... that should help.

Hey Klenke, What the hell is the diff between .jpg and .jpeg anyway? Does it matter?

ehmmic, I had the same problem. Click Tools, Internet Options. On the "General" tab, click on "Delete Files" and "Delete Cookies". This will fix the problem, but will cause websites that "recognize" you when you visit to not recognize you anymore. For example, if you have it set up so that cc.com recognizes you as ehmmic each time you visit without you having to sign in, you will have to sign in again the next time you visit cc.com. It does work, but I don't know why. I ain't a techie computer nerdy folk. Nice meeting you at Smiffy by the way. Cheers -AF

Hey Nonanon,