Billygoat

This is funny Lisa, I was just wondering where you were today. I wasn't sure why I have not often seen you here. I figured you had better things to do like go skiing. Sounds good. I wonder if I could get away. Kinda short notice for me. Fri/sat or sat/sun? It is supposed to get sunny and stay that way all week. probably won't be good for the snow. If it warms up tho it might corn up for the descent. How would that affect the crevasse danger and is there a potential for icefall this time of year in these conditions? Is it possible to skin all the way on Baker or would you put on crampons at the Roman Wall?

It is supposed to get sunny and dry out this week up here. I'll be heading down to the local crag to put up some new routes

Same same, but different! True

Trask, I didn't catch that bumper sticker on your back pack " Ass Grass or Gas, no one rides for free"

Plus Aussies are Brit outcasts. Same Same.

You remember awhile back someone claiming to be him posting in search of partners. Who went with him and was it him?

Trask, I want to be your belay slave!

Done with the willis wall so soon?

You got me there. Of course, James Bond has always been played by an American.... Actually, expatriate POMs, the lot of them

He's only the greatest sufferfest master of the world behind Shakleton, another Brit

Doug Scott is British...

Yeah, so why add to this carnage so that we can control access to cheap oil??!!?? I would just as soon pay $3.50 a gallon. The situation would lead to innovation like vehicles that get 50mpg and better mass transit. If we are worried about terrorism lets go and talk to the Saudis If we care about the economy lets go after corporate theives

That's it I'm going! "I know. You dig it the most..."

Has it been unusually warm up there? I was just at Sun peaks with the family and it rained on the mountain the day before we arrived, something the locals say never happens.

What is going on!!!!!!???? Are people forgetting to spread out or is ullarr pissed

Man, that looks great! I will have to research that. That is definitely bettter than a lot of the stuff I am used to. Thanks...

How about exciting and worth a try?? What do you mean "choss pile" Necro (are you named after some French climb)?! Looks like fairly good granite. Are you just trying to keep me away from there Drew wrote up some enthusiatic route description on bivouac.com. The whole area around there looks interesting. Am I wrong. It is a bummer to have it so close to the road but as you all know, if one has to hike more than 15 minutes one loses 98% of the gapers and squids....

Thanks Fern! I appreciate the killer link. That rock looks beautiful. It was hard to make out when I drove past yesterday. The rock seemed like black granite or slate. I will have to do some exploring around there. I take it Dru is Drew Brayshaw. It seems he lives and breathes the alpine

Does anyone know the name of the dark, distinct dome right beside the road at the pass between Hope and Merritt? And what kind of rock it is and who has climbed it

What, did you guys forget they helped us win our independence from the Brits so we wouldn't be a bunch of POMs, plus Gaston is cool...

I did break my voile 3-pin cable a couple weeks ago! I was skiing below Table Mountain and went over a snow covered boulder, caught some air then landed and was about to go over another and all of a sudden stopped dead in my tracks. when I untangled myself I found I had treaded my left ski thru an overturned root ball The impact broke the bail hook bar and I could not clamp it down I was able, however, to tightenup the cables, jam my boot in there and ski down and out to the parking lot in fourteen years of back country touring with voile and 3 pins in general I have yet to be let down. I must say, though, that if those bindings had not been mounted to shims that were mounted to the skis with five instead of three screws, the binding would have ripped out. I am not sure why my knee didn't rip out

Damn Fine! They must have had a good supply of Landjaeger, focus and determination...

Definately I hope they brough lots of Here's to them getting through this

You mean "backcountry" not "British Columbia" when you type "BC"? I hope those people are ok. Any one locate any follow ups?

Well, here we are again. Yes MattP, some time after January first is the soonest I could go. Some associates and I would like to start a Design/Build company with up to ten partners. Any opinions how to set that up? Thanks Mr Simpkins for the detailed info. I will be sure to heed your warnings. Great photo also ! Definately looks like a serious bushwack until some more snow piles up. Itsacarr, if you are in Darrington now, can you get your hands on a digital camera and post a current shot so I can see where the snow is?! Have you done any reconnaisance Alec, sounds good. Where are you? I went up to Table Mountain and did some laps Monday. Beautiful conditions. Had a blast, flailed a bit cause I had trouble getting my powder head on and I am completely out of shape, but on the whole I was totally worked by the end of the day. on the last run I had an interesting thing happen. I threaded my right ski through an overturned tree's rootball. Stopped me dead in my tracks How I did not break or dislocate something I will never know. Broke the hold down for my voile three-pin binding. luckily I was able to tighten the springs on my heel throw to hold me in so I could ski out. There are some nasty things lurking under this late, early season snow cover Got me to thinking about the pros and cons of either going lite and trying to do it in just one day or taking a bunch of gear and enjoying ourselves for a while.