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I saw that cancellation of the Polallie-Cooper. Congratulations, I know you and crag had a big part in that.

nice remote sensing. Looks like it's a go!

poor hal.

Yeah! Finally. What is with all the telemarkers though. And portland was worried about west nile virus...

Now I see you were just linking the thumbnails:

Would it still be a fun ski? You need to enclose your images with , and you only need one set around each image link. I was going to post them for you, but the images in the gallery are huge.

I ended up ordering one of these: I haven't seen it for retail anywhere for some reason, nor is it on Ushba's site.

Matt, I would be surprised if they had any cord down in repairs. I went to REI recently and they were out of webbing. The options in the sandal dept, however, remained mind-boggling.

I've found it best not to skimp on materials with the snow anchors and use patches of cordura. No matter how careful I am, I seem to trash the material as I unbury them, since it's usually work-hardened snow and I have to chop a bit. My megamid has a lot of damage around the edge from this. Maybe I should be more careful, but it's hard to be careful after a few days out there.

Thanks for the info shapp. The deputy in charge for the sheriff will view these things from a calculating risk management stance. He is the one responsible for the safety of those involved, and he will take the fire if the dept is considered negligent when it comes to safety of those he assigns to rescue somebody. I am not suggesting it was the right decision, but simply stating how the decision is made. It does appear cold and calculating w/o being there. It is also easier to make when you are not looking down on a wimpering dog. I have no knowledge of the ability of the high angle teams available in that area, but it sounded like a fairly straightforward pick (apart from the raging beast down below). Sometimes a network of friends is the best thing to have. It's how the mountain rescue association came into being in the first place.

There have been 4 dog rescues on Mt. Hood in the past year. If I remember correctly, all 4 also involved rescuing the dog owners who were trying to rescue the dogs. Interestingly, they were all in the same location.

That is an interesting situation. If I was the team I would compromise by setting up a rope system and attaching the willing hero guy to the end, wearing two pairs of carhartts and a flak jacket, give him an frs radio, lower him (so he has both hands free, way safer than rapping), let him bag the dog, then raise him with a mech adv. system. Only the guy who wants to risk it is exposed to the danger, and the op is done in a much safer style than what looks a little out of control outlined above. Of course some serious release forms would be tossed around if the sheriff is involved. Maybe that would work out. Rapping down to a crazed 80lb animal is hanging it out there a bit for sure. What if it were an injured horse down there? Is it still a go?

What were the specs on this situation? The dog was 100ft down from the top, but how high off the ground? How big of a dog are we talking here?

But if they do it's a full-length feature on the evening news.

just caught up with this thread - thnx for the entertainment, nodder.

Arceuthobium spp. dwarf mistletoe

I would head for los alamos and bang on the dungeon doors there.

Not to take over this thread, but which dynafit bindings do you use?

Not a bad idea. You can always go up sunshine too, if the spur looks gross from the moraine. It is longer, but perhaps more interesting (though they are both pretty sloggy). It would be nice if you could report back on coverage of snowdome etc for the skiers. Have fun.

nice, that's totally Alpine Helicopter out of Golden, BC

Climbers seem to as well. It's probably safer to ski down than to walk down in late spring.

I'm sure it is still quite climbable. Get up and at 'em early. Enjoy.

break out the scotch and 12 year olds!

please, the correct term is "furnishing alcohol to a minor"

I think you are mistaking yerba mate for crack