gapertimmy

on these long boring days at work, i do love to gaze out my window at the countless mini vans that drive up to the bachy parking lot. one by one, the gapers file out, they wander around, gape at the trail map, gape at the sign on the windows that saz "closed until July 4". Some even venture out of the 10 yard comfort zone from their car and walk up to the chair lift... and the real brave souls sometimes drive up to my building and yell up at my open window "ANYBODY THERE!? HELLO?!" such brave little gapers, do I reply, no. I just simply empty my piss bucket out the window and say "Golden Shower Hour BEYOTCH!"

i was supposed to go but got derailed at the last moment, would like to know condition of the road to cold springs if anyone has some recent info that would be great. tim

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PLAB!!!!! Becky said that freakin chinook pulled the tent down when you guys walked by. Didn't see you up on BT... we must have been back in the trees by then. Great picts Ben, we want some prints of Sierra, she is hard to catch still. A side note, sierra is chubbin on a dead deer carcass that she found up there, nummers.

thanks for the kind werds. i use an old skewl kodak digital, 2.0 megapixel, but at high res it can crank out a good 11x14 print. The key is to have a fast CF card with at least 256 mb of ram and you can shoot away. if anyone would like a high res file of any of my picts just let me know. it was a great weekend, little cloudy up here today, cool storm last night in town, but gawd what a great weekend.

glad you got to ski in, bummer on the car though. I killed a big ass buck 2 summers ago, and folks up here at mtb hit deer all the time, you really gotta watch dusk/dawn on cascade lk's but don't south sister ?

just got an ordered all finished up with cascade crags, good stuff, nice work fellas

can i it?

it sure is a pretty chose pile though ain't it?

I've noticed an increasing number of bend area sprayers on the board: myself, cletus, boonecounty, wazzumountaineer, others..... what do you say we hook up at the BBC next tuesday night?

Short Corn Report: (for those of ye who don't like the long ones) hiked into Chambers Lakes via Pole Creek Snow started ~6500 Slept, woke up Climbed/Skiied the SE Ridge of Middle Sister Snow still in very good shape, though small shot at the bottom near Saddle is melting fast. Stellar. Corn Report: Middle Sister SE Ridge alpenglow on middle and north sisters Timmay had been eyeing this gem for quite some time. Each morning on the drive into work, there is lil ol Middle Sister, the forgotten sister, the one that just doesn't get as much love as that tramp to the South who lets all sorts of boys climb up her south side. And for some reason little middle gets not nearly as much attention as her ugly sister to the north. Each morning, that naughty lil middle sister would hike up her skirt and show me that tasty little SE ridge, mmmm, very naughty middle sister, very NAUGHTY, GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! I couldn't resist anymore, I had to make a date with this hill and go check out the goods up close and personal. So it was set, and I went forth to get me some alpine love, and left the Pole Creek TH around 10:30ish on 6/16. Silly me for considering that scoring a taste of that sultry corn patch would come easy, negative. Being a lemming, I followed some tracks after the Chambers lakes trail petered out into the snow.... eager to catch a glimpse of my grrrrl, I popped above timberline to find myself headed towards the Hayden. Just then the sun was directly over head, and the lovely flies came out to keep me company for the last few miles to the South/Middle saddle. After a long traverse up and down, up and down little drainages, I finally got to the ridge above camp lake. I decided it was time to find a camp, setup the 'sack, and read a book. So that is how the afternoon went, I attempted to drive away the dirty thoughts I was having about the girl just right nextdoor by reading a book. Soon it was time to chub, and time to sleep, I had a big date the next morning. morning view from camp Visions of plab and corn danced through my head the whole night, and sleep was just too good as I awoke at 5:30 am, I had slept through my alarm. Stumbling out of bed, I was able to snap a few prime alpen glow picts, but the warmth in the air made me realize I had to get my shizzy in the hizzy up in the southeast rizzle. Finally got under way onto a nice refrozen surface around 6am. Made a quick 1k feet up to the base of the ridge, and the snow had started to soften up already. I was a bit bummed out that my date was so wet and sloppy, daddy told me there would be routes like these so I trudged on. SE ridge of Middle Sister Nothing like hittin skinz up some steepish snow, with nobody else around for miles. The solitude, and the surreal volcanic surroundings always get me, I caught myself drooling and before ya knew it i was at the top of the ridge where it intersects the Eastern Face. view from ~9500 The corn sensors were off the charts, the gnar was warm and ready, and the xXx pornos were fiendin for the flava. I glanced over at the summit and decided that rippin the gnar was more important than tagging a summit... the snow was prime, I had turns on my mind so off I went.... gracefully swaying left, right, left right, dancing down the side of the mountain.... views abounded, corn flew, I was shouting with glee at this wonderful line! If there is perhaps one negative thing about skiing a big volcano, the descent ends way too quick. post turn grinnn, anyone got a smoke? I was back at camp around 9:30, and it was hot, and the flies couldn't get enough of my smelly ass. It was time to go, the date had gone well, but I just had to walk away. In fine form (like I always do when i'm out by myself) my "shortcut" on the way back ended up adding more time than i would have spent simply following my route in. Oh well, nothing, I mean nothing could put a damper on this day. Made quick time back to the TH after my "detour", only saw one other person the whole time, at the trailhead, wonderful Central Oregon weekend. Here's to you little ol Middle Sister You'll alwasy be on my mind.

it was a good one

i got some picts from today, ocne i get them off my camera i will post em

don't hate me cuz you ain't me

Sisters Wilderness may receive mountain goats Published: June 14, 2003 By Keith Ridler The Bulletin A herd of 15 to 20 Rocky Mountain goats could be released in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area as early as the next few years if the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's draft Bighorn Sheep and Rocky Mountain Goat Management Plan is approved. "We've done some looking at summer range and winter range habitat and it's our feeling that they should survive their fine," said Steven George, a Bend-based biologist with the ODFW. A public meeting to comment on the plan, which includes other Rocky Mountain goat release sites in the Cascades as well as plans for bighorn sheep throughout the state, is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the main drill room of the Bend Armory, 875 SW Simpson Ave. A copy of the 81-page plan is available for viewing at the ODFW's Web site (www.dfw.state.or.us). A copy can also be obtained by first calling the Bend office of the ODFW (388-6363) and then picking the copy up at 61374 Parrell Road. After gathering public comments in Bend and other areas of the state, the plan with public comments will be sent to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission in early August. The Commission will then vote later that month on whether to approve the plan or make changes to the plan. If the plan is approved with the inclusion of releasing mountain goats in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, George said the release would likely happen within two to three years. Rocky Mountain goats are believed to have been present in the Cascades at one time. According to the draft management plan, mountain goats were extirpated from Oregon at or before European settlement, with possible causes being overharvest by hunters, climatic changes, and impacts of severe weather on isolated populations. "We have evidence that shows that they used to be there (in the Cascades)," said George. "Native American records and there is also some pretty old stuff from diaries that indicate that goats were in the Cascades. Lewis and Clark ... have reference to goats in the Cascades." Currently, transplant efforts dating back to 1950 have helped establish a population of about 400 mountain goats in northeast Oregon. The draft management plan also has a change in strategy concerning California bighorn sheep. Instead of putting sheep in new areas, the ODFW plans to concentrate its efforts on releasing sheep in already established herds. "Supplementing and increasing genetic diversity in existing herds at this point," said Corey Heath, an ODFW biologist based in Bend. "That's probably the major change with California bighorns." Transplanting of California bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, and Rocky Mountain goats is paid for mostly by fees collected from hunters through license sales, and donations by hunting organizations, including the Oregon Hunters' Association and the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep

PLAB WOOO WOOO

the question still remains though, how does snoboy find these pages?

just land on the summit and save yourself the slog.

dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood i just ate lunch, but errr, uhhh, she's kinda hot for a grandma

x2 = good poutine = very good

werd! what you gonna do today?

best part about constance is the hike up to the lake

love it, all the canadians are online, is the weather real shatty up there or sumtin? we just gone makin some turns

bull shit!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where's the screen shot? O---------\ O---------/