gapertimmy

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttt?

i forgot what trade mag it was in, or if i saw it online, but there was an interesting article regarding the lack of diversity in the "internet crop"... high %'s of ms browsers and OS, and how one well written exploit can damage the ecosystem, errr electronic eco-system. pretty interesting.

i'm just sick of spyware/adware and shnat like that running rampant on computers at work here... the fact that you have to buy other software to manage patching POS stuff like IE on windows boxes is fahkin lame. the 'soft is digging their own grave imho.

www.mozilla.org with yet another major security flaw found in Internet Explorer its time to move to a better browser folks. checkout firefox from mozilla and free yourself of billg.

my food choices at work right now: vending machine, or stale corn

SICK, sounds like silverton!

i thought the subject was a Jeopardy answer, and i was going to ask the question: What is cc.com?

i hear bikerfox is a good training partner too!

Is there snow on lots of the high alpine routes? What is the snow like? Is it mushy? Has anyone been on any good routes in the past week that can give me some beta?

the approach was pretty quick, 2.5 hours i think? But forgot the watch. Turns on the way back to the car only. there are some sweet tight little lines off shastina into cascade gulch, those look hella fun, as well as the obvious bigger lines off the top of the west face. as we chatted about, i think the best option would be to bivvy at the TH, go up the dog route early, and ski down the west face. You can traverse over to the bottom portion of casaval above hidden valley, drop back onto the SW side and have an easy traverse back to bunny flats. Lots of elevation, but light n fast, and gaper-ific! when i go back to hidden vallye, it would be best to have at least 2 nights/3 days to spend over there to really explore shizzy. ranger that was camped at lake helen was the one who reported the gusts 60-70+

Climb: Shasta-Hidden Valley Date of Climb: 6/6/2004 Trip Report: gaperfest04 I knew that we were in for an -epic- when i began hiking out of bunny flatz. I was immediately intimidated by the alpine prowess of my fellow climbers on the south side of Shasta... they were obviously more prepared than I for the ojbective hazards of the approach hike... not taking any risks what-so-ever on the firm morning snow: crampons, axes, camo pants, jean shorts, and helmets protected them from the dangers that lurketh around each bend of the trail. But it wasn't just the gear that set them appart, it was the Tom Petty sing-a-long, their battle cry! "NOW I'M FREE, FREE FALLING", the cadence kept them out of harms way as well. A bit shook up, i slogged on, feeling a bit insuficient with my minimal gear, and naked without a full goretex suit on. Quickly i skinned on into the trees towards Hidden Valley, quickly, as to get away from the sneering glares of the well equiped alpinists. Alas, I should have heeded the warning signs as our attempt to ski the west face of this fine choss pile was thwarted by the infamous winds of mt. shasta. 70+ mph gusts on saturday night blew a slew of sand into our tent, and shook our already fragile psyche. Sick lines stared at us from the west face as we skiied out sunday morning, taunting gapertimmy, snickering at my lack of gear, giving me corn blue balls. I will be back, and next time I'll have my COREtex. jlag escaping the south side West Face from Hidden Valley even without the climb and ski this was a great trip. looks like the face will be in for a few more weeks, suncups low on the south side already. go get some

Hey Alex- Maybe a bit more info on the skills of those climbing would be helpful for providing beta. There are routes up both peaks that don't require any glacier travel, but are you looking to travel on glaciers... do the party members know how to hike/climb up steeper snow slopes? The easiest route up South Sister is the southern climb from Devil's Lake TH. From Pole Creek, most folks would climb either the Prouty Glaicer route (steeeep snow and glacier travel, not advisable for beginers) or the Northern Ridge (I haven't done this climb so can't comment but it is more technical than the south side). The SE Ridge of Middle Sister is pretty mellow, as is the North ridge via the Hayden glacier. Don't underestimate either of the peaks, and the snowpack up high has recieved recent snowfall this week, so you should be comfortable diagnosing avalanche/terrain dangers. Timmy

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shred you little powslut! nice work mang!

holy sh!t it does look like dru!

RIP IT UP!

1 part Extremo + 1 Part Jersey boy = BikerFox! possibly NSFW

beware llamas!

ditto lambone, first time i had ever been weathered off by wind on a bluebird day!

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thanks for posted the pics, how was the skiing?

what cinder cone red beer is named after here:

anytime!

nice work loren, great pics. hey i saw that you guys rapped down the bowling alley on the 1st go-round, are there some slings easily accesible up there?