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Alpy bridge is just from the lower parking lot to the ski lodges. It doesn't have anything to do with the apprach to Chair. You can either stay on the East side of the drainage the whole way to source lake (advised) or venture up via the ski tracks straight out of the far upper lot (quicker but avy exposed.) Time'll depends on whether you fast or slow
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I got down later than planned last year and found a note wired to my drivers side door with the combination to the gate. I didn't need to use it, but I thought that it was nice of them to do that.
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mattp said:
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Did you descend directly off the summit, or first follow the ridge to a sub-peak perhaps a quarter mile to the south? I looked at it from a commercial jet once, and I think there may be a good ski run there (though cliffy at the bottom).
We did descend from the minor peak to the south but only to traverse beneath it and regain the ridge. That was our mistake. I believe the more traditional (and advised) descent route would have been to proceed down to the Columbia Glacier. My guess is it'd be great skiing.
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Yep, i noticed that on the map and on the way out. However, coming off the top and walking along the ridge, I didn't see it as practical to keep going that way. The scramble path probably made more sense going the other way and likely undercut out path... we simply missed the intersection, go figure
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CBS and I did a carry over from Quartz Creek over Kyes earlier this summer and tried to descend that way. I've heard it's a scramble up from Blanca Lake, but we found it super cliffy coming down the other direction and just got lucky finding a gulley that went all the way down to the lake. Just beware, the routefinding may be challenging. If you make it, report back and tell us how it went.
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That's funny
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Closure of Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road be a moot issue now, but what's his position on increasing funding of USFS for maintenance of roads like this? Forgive me if I'm totally ignorant and if the answer to my question above is implicit in his stand on the Roadless Rule. I'm not familiar with it.
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Anybody know if this is open and how far... Hidden Lakes?
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quit blowing my cover asswipe
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trask said:
Iraq Is Officially Toast
Goddammit, I am not
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klenke said:
If Alpentom was about, I bet he'd say Superman was right on too.
hint hint
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Beal makes an 8mm x 30M dynamic rope that REI sells for $57. It packs up small, about the size of a 1.5 liter bottle of water. Not sure if it's rated as a single, though.
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My kid cousin (age 12) is gonna learn to ski this year, but she needs to get geared up. Anybody know of a Second Ascent for kids clothing and gear?
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Dustin_B said:thelawgoddess said:
what's wrong with dirtbags?
dirtbags = no job = can't pay rent
(they are also stinky
) I resent that
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Peter_Puget said:
Ti sucks! I had a bunch (50 maybe) that were left as trash at the base of a moutnain. Tried using a couple and thought "Now I know why they left these at the bottom"
Ti may suck, but you gotta tell us why.
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cool, thanks
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Cpt.Caveman said:
If I have never been on a moderate route I will carry 4 kbs 1-2 lost arros and one baby angle..
KB's come in different lengths and thicknesses. LA's too I think. Do you bring a variety or a couple of the most likely size. If the latter, which? What's a good book or article that talks about these?
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Some of the alpine TR's mention brining along a few pins. Cavey's blanket suggestion of a few knife blades and a few lost arrows comes to mind. In reality the things are kind of heavy. If you're heading out on a winter alpine route (say, tripple c's) what specific ones would you take, how many, and why?
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I think it's something like a third of all avvy deaths are attributable to trauma... like getting crushed between logs or cracked open on rocks. No doubt if I go down in an avvy I'd want one of these, a beacon AND an avalung, but minimizing avvy exposure in the first place probably goes a long ways.
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That Timmy guy, he's good shit
Actually, I had the pleasure of meeting Timmy at a little dinner party last night. After he ran through a preview of his multi-media slide show. I gotta say, he's one funny motherfucker, and this ain't your typical (snoozzzzz) slideshow. Nice work Gary
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UltraMeggaCrack up near the Bobs at Exit 38. It's pretty low angle and the crack is fist size and sprouting weeds for the most part. I don't remember the rating, but it's near 5.5ish.
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Drats, I get two days off mid-week and I have mid-day appointments booked on both days
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Go a little further up North from Sayulita on the public bus, maybe half an hour, to Tepic. Not a lot of tourists there, but it's a travelers town with an honest taste of Mexico and a great market. If you ask around, somebody will point you to the right corner to pick up a lift to Chacala. Chacala is heaven on earth. It really is a sleepy little fishing town on a half moon bay. Sleep on the beach for about two bucks a night, eat fresh fish at one of the palapa restaurants. I haven't been there since '96, but it was truly off the beaten path then, but well worth it.
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Where's the pictures!!
"Touching the Void" movie
in Climber's Board
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Where?