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Climb: NE Oregon-Spring Corn Luv Date of Climb: 3/20/2004 Trip Report: warning long drawn out chestbeating about to commence in t-minus 3.... 2.... 1.... we have spray lift off! After securing the time off from the boss, making some last minute phone calls, gathering beta from cc'erz, and having my main homey 'cletus' agree to take care of the mutts, it was time. It was time for a trip of EPIC proportions. It was time to venture off into the fields of corn, into the land that yeilds fertile teenage girls and some of the finest alpine love around; it was time to head to North East Oregon. sat 03.20.04 skizzims and assorted gear is loaded in the family gaper mobile, the dogs howling in protest in the garage, and we are ready to roll out to destination 1: Anthony Lakes. We took the super secret back route out to Les Schwab Land, and continued over the Ochoco into the scenic John Day basin. Perfect weather yielded views of the elusive Strawberry wilderness. I was a bit concerned to see the lack of freshish high on the slops of strawberry mountain, but we continued on. Took a neat little cut-off over hwy 7 just skirting the south end of the elkhorn mountains. The stoke levels reached a morning high when i spotted the first snow capped peaks of the range {8=D}, game was on! The truck pulled into the base area of Ski Anthony Lakes just before 4PM. It was almost like stepping into a time machine at the small resort... single chair... kids playing in a big snow castle... old skool gear... peeps keepin it real, out there skiing just having fun. Stoked. After a quick 2ish mile skin into Hoffer Lakes, we setup camp at the base of some fantastic peaks and a plethora of bowls, lines, and couloirs. Nice warm sunset, horsecock and cheese bagle whichies, and hanging with my favorite girl. I couldn't have been more happy! sun 03.21.04 daybreak from hoffer lakes Morning arrived and with it came clear skies and warm sun. We set our sites for the saddle between Angel and Lee Peaks, a quick tour in the next basin over. The overnight temps firmed up the snow all tasty like, and an old skin track made the climb easy and enjoyable.... the views kept getting better as we skinned higher, I could see the cravin for corn growing on B's face! Becky skinning up the back ridge of lee's elkhorn peaks lookin tasty At the top of our skin we sat down and marveled, gaped, and gawked at the beauty around us.... gunsight, lake's lookout, granite, wallowas in the distance, pretty skier girl all added up to a big corn eatin grinnn on my face. Lakes lookout ?, from lee's peak, resort is off to the right not in pict It was getting warm so we ripped em and made some turns. Perfect corn on the eastern facing slopes, almost getting a bit too warm with rollers already kicking off our turns. sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet and becky after gettin sum more gettin a bit sticky, but still BIG smiles all around The snow was gettin too warm so we had some fun tree skiin back to the lakes and campsite, and then just let it all hang out in the warm afternoon sun. dead sexy The day was excellent. Fantastic. Bliss! This is what being in the outdoors is all about... being with your girl, in the hills, solitude, turns, and sitting in the sun... where's the beer? mon 03.22.04 Did somebody say beer? After this excellent leg of the trip, it was time to treat my special lady friend like the princess she is and at the same time having the finest brew in all of the NW, perhaps all of god's green earth... off to wallowa county for hopefully more skiing and some relaxin. From tent life to bling life, our accomdations in Joseph: Bronze Antler B&B The Inn keepers Heather and Bill treated us like royalty, and was fantastic to relax, read a book, and stare at Cheif Joseph in the near distance.... ohhh and drink TG IPA. tues 03.23.04 After fantastic breakfast (thanks Bill!) we headed out in search of more corn. I wanted to check out the sickness of fergi, maybe do a skin, but by the time we got there things had already really softened up. We decided to don the hat of gaping tourons and went up to wallowa lake instead. Did some nice hiking up nondescript trails, gained some elevation, and sat in the warm sun again. It was nice to just relax and take it easy, felt really damn good. wed 03.24.04 Another fine meal and it was time to head back home to Bend. Non-eventful drive, and i'm back here to do some sprayin..... AND it is snowing in the cascades! Does life get any better? pinch me. Thanks again to cletus for watching the mutts, and a very special thanks to the best backcountry buddy, Becky!!!! congratulations fellow sprayers for actually reading this whole tr, give yourself a pat on the keyboard!

YO

discuss. errr, uhhh, nevermind.

josh it's okay that you bough an inferrior HD player, its okay.... everything will be alright.

$229 ecukashunal discount

just ask jon, i've been a naysayer for so long, but seriously after owning various compact flash mp3 players, a mini disc, this is hands down the easiest to use, best quality sound etc. tunes are very important on trips/climbs imho. i am a dirty yuppy i guess, i didn't shower this morning.

Pink of course!

by far the best darn little piece of techno garbage i have ever had my grubby lil hands on. sound quality is superb, firewire is fast, iTrip completes the package. i'm rawkin out with my cock out now!

mtnfreak- I have thought the same thing myself. I was hoping to build a reporting type system for cc here, but wasn't sure how much it would be used. My idea was to make a structured form (much like the Trip Report application), that would make avvy reports a bit more structured, and searchable than say this message board. My thought was that people could post near misses, as well as data/info they have collected while digging pits or traveling in the backcountry. I think nw avy center is on the right track with their blog idea, but its just like a message board where stuff really isn't structured and info isn't very easy to search in there. But honestly how many folks would take the time to post snow conditions they have found on a trip?

last hour, as if any of you care, gust of over 100 mph.

SICK BRAH! I know what fejas is thinking looking at those cornices. I'll get off my lazy arse and write up a TR tonight.

peak gust on the top of bachy in the last hour 95mph

the "puppy cam" is currently the "cone cam" at work

wind readings from the top of bachelor over the past 12 hours, new data is on the left, old on the right. blue line represents the max gust over the hour, bar is the average. sumtin is blowin in!

wow, just didn't know what to do, but the man came and visited bachelor today. i'm speechless.

so is glopstopper, or skin wax, just plain ol wax? can one simply rub a candle on their skins? i know its cheap but i wanna know.

only problem CBS... i was eating yogurt when you sent the email to check that post out. i guess i don't have to pack a lunch for tomorrow though!

did any of y'all take picts? eye candy is always appreciated.

shred can i come?

when you think that this: is the funniest thing you've seen in the past month

how was the snow? did you ski?

you know one other thing, moving spray gave you pud pullers something to whine about on this fine tuesday morning. so you should be thankful you didn't have to discuss the pros/cons of Hans Blix's new book, or perhpas another exciting thread on gay mairrage, or [insert common spray discussion topic here]

WHORE THIS BeyOtches 8=====D

i suppose i maybe not hard enough, but every trip i have brought my axe on, it has always stayed srapped to my back pack. so what i gather is the whippet is primarily usefull whilst skinning on sketchty terrain, and for gougin yourself when falling on the descent? i'm thinking a light axe might be a better option, maybe i'll deploy the joshk duct tape technique. i think my spelling has gotten very poor since i skied with fejas this weekend.