snoboy

Wow, somone's still carryin a grudge...

Climb: Sky Pilot Mtn-West Butt Date of Climb: 5/23/2004 Trip Report: I made it up this route a couple of years ago ( See TR ) after a couple of attempts, and had thought to myself that it would be the perfect first alpine outing for a newbie. Well the long weekend was here, and my friends wanted to go do something. The original plans for a MTB ride had somehow dissolved, and I racked my brains for a good alternative. My first thought, Tricouni, was liable to be overrun with drunk snowmobilers, so I figured Sky Pilot would be a good alternate, and as the gate had recently opened, it would not be an epic slog. The cast of characters: [all photos courtesy of this ^ guy] That's me, hiding from the paparazzi. One of the washouts low on the Shannon Creek Branch: A late start had us walking up the perfectly good, but innaccesible road in the hot afternoon sun. They say it was raining in WA that w/e. We camped in a spot with a so-so view. That's Habrich in the background for anyone who is wondering... That evening I went looking for running water, and ended up kicking steps to the top of the bowl/base of the "Stadium Glacier." Just as well because it froze up pretty nicely that night. Next morning we got a happy alpine start ("I'm in the alpine, I'm starting" - who said it??) and headed up here: Last photo is a pic of the "fourth class step" mentioned in the guidebook. The only problem is that there is a 3rd class way around it just to the left, and it is marked in the wrong place in the photo topo. [topo from Alpine Select, McLane, 2001] We went the hard way because it was easier to manage the rope. To make a long story short, we didn't go much further than this, but AGTWHBA, and I got a blister on the hike out... Gear Notes: 50mx9mm, 3 cams, piolets Approach Notes: The Shannon Creek spur is getting less and less driveable each year. This is due to a combination of factors. The FS has actively dissuaded peeps from driving past 9km from Hwy 99, and last winters rains have been instrumental in making the lower part of the road a lot rougher. If you have a HC 4WD, you will still be able to get to the FS blockade at 9 km. The Unimog got us over the blockade, but now you are only able to drive to just past the point that the kids drove off the cliff 10 years ago (for those who know the road.) The road is also gated in the winter (opened May 21 this year.)

Dru giving advice on skis... never thought I'd see the day. Yeah, I'd go in Cerise too, I dunno why anyone would go in via the lakes, unless they wanted to see the lakes, but it sounds like you want to climb.

I'll be here, unless I am somewhere else...

You can get them done in Squamish too, BD or Wild Country cams. Nothing custom though, other than length...

it will happen... along with an up to date report on the condition of the Shannon Creek branch.

Try Escape Route in whistler?

Dru, I think Mr. Wild has a pair of those Kayland thingies, you might wanna ask him about them.

Your good friends were spotted in downtown Squishy today! I was like LOL OMFG!!!!!11 IT"S THE VAN! LOL

Well, just a tease really. I'm too tired tonight, but we should definetly have a sesh this week, K? You know who I'm talking too, I see you online...

More or less... I think.

I would say more like "it depends"

Check out my link 8 posts up. Tabbed browsing is way better for me. I also like to be able to resume where I left off... I can save a set of windows as a session and go back there any time I want. I can have a folder full of bookmarks, and open them all at once with a few keystrokes. Great for getting all your weather links in one place. Nicknames for Bookmarks rule. I type "cc" and the last 25 posts come up instantly. I type "sw" and I have the weather report... No PopUps. Built in Google (and other) searches. Download manager that allows you to resume downloads. I like the Email client, many don't though. "Notes" are a handy feature. I like being able to modify menus so that things are where I want to see them. eg. I put a "Closed" window option into the right click on pagebar menu. Let's me reopen windows that I have closed... "Spatial Navigation" is great when you are using a laptop with no mouse and you hate those little touchpad thingys. Being able to remove page formatting with one click, or a keystroke is very useful for those awful websites that have (for example) yellow text on a black background. If I was on dial-up the option to not load images (or load them selectively) would get used a lot. "Zoom" zooms the whole page, not just the text. Try dragging an image from a page onto the pagebar... Cool huh? Middle click to open page in background... couldn't live without it any more. Mouse gestures for back and forward... That's a few of the things I like.

It's better in so many ways... as is Firefox. It's all in how you set it up, I wouldn't call this too much junk:

That's a matter of opinion...

Like this one. Scott, maybe you're not so bad after all.

I just deleted 60 PM's. Fun! You should all do the same. it frees up disk space too.

Pop up??? what's that??? (hint: www.opera.com )

Just started raining here.

and a pink one at that

I think it would look different if it broke into little pieces...

The climbing gear buying season had been on pause for a while...

KFR, that's what I heard too.

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