Ducknut

don't drink the water, fish fornicate in it

24 packs of GU and 4 liters of cytomax per 24 hours

there is always salmon fishing....hmm I love Alaska salmon fishing, especially the silver runs in August

a cry for a climbers help

Damn continental drift! How do we get Mt. Adams back in Washington state? Give it up Oregon. BTW, Iain the corn looks sweet.

I don't know if I'd want to be around her for the next 36-48 hours.........

yes but if the "friend" is breathing she could get most of the single guys on this site. Breathing and has nice cans. C'mon, there ARE standards after all. Or regularly shearable in the winter. you shear sheep in the late spring... not the winter. you might end up with a frostbitten ewe if you sheared ewe in the winter! Sheep sheep sheep Nobody ever wants to a Goat! (actually, I just wanted to keep one of these quote pryamids going...like in the "old days") I miss the old days quit living in the past "it's all the same fucking day" -Janice Joplin All those pyramids are tripping me out. I'm starting to have seizures. Seizure attack! well lets test the system a little further Is this what you want to stop, catbirdseat? Or this? Maybe I got it wrong. Is THIS what you want to stop? What happens when it compresses all the way in the next dimension?

yes but if the "friend" is breathing she could get most of the single guys on this site. Breathing and has nice cans. C'mon, there ARE standards after all. Or regularly shearable in the winter. you shear sheep in the late spring... not the winter. you might end up with a frostbitten ewe if you sheared ewe in the winter! Sheep sheep sheep Nobody ever wants to a Goat! (actually, I just wanted to keep one of these quote pryamids going...like in the "old days") I miss the old days quit living in the past "it's all the same fucking day" -Janice Joplin All those pyramids are tripping me out. I'm starting to have seizures. Seizure attack! well lets test the system a little further

Well actually it was the name on the back of the head lamp. After seeing how how high up you were and what time we finished I wish we had taken the snow cat...Definitely a recovery day today

Climb: Mt. Hood-Sandy Glacier Headwall Date of Climb: 6/12/2004 Trip Report: Decided to take advantage of the weather window and try the Sandy Headwall. Loaded up at 1 am at Timberline. The high point was seeing Iain in his Pattagucci pants and hopping into a snow cat at 1 am. Once underway we slogging up the Palmer to Illumination Saddle. Nice firm snow the whole way. Cold and windy in the Saddle. We noticed 3 sets of skis in the Saddle, so we hoped that ?Iain and party kicked nice steps for us. We roped up and descended the Reid. We noticed a party high up Leuthold's. Nice work. We skirted Yocum Ridge at 8,300 feet and walked on to the Sandy. No crevasse like noted in previous TRs. There does appear to be a 'shrund at the 8,600 ramp. We traversed out on the Sandy looking for a way to the route. The route looked like it was in fine shape. We traversed far to the climbers left to swing around the hanging glacier and 'shrund. Didn't see many open crevasses. Weather appeared to be good and window apeared to be open long enough for the route. You can see that the other volcanos were out and weather was changing but ok for now. We committed to the route. Climbing was good with only minor pebble and ice chip fall. Sorry Ivan no TV sized blocks hurtling down the slopes. Looking back across the Sandy to Yocum it was clear that crevasses were still covered but the 'shrund was gaping. Once we got in the chute we observed evidence of past slab avys. There was a solid ice layer that was covered in 4-8 inches of unconsolidated snow with a light crust. We stuck to the firm ice. Pickets placed well in the solid consolidated snow and ice. Had styrofoam snow lower down, firm ice covered snow for decent crampooning and step kicking. Cool temps and breeze helped maintain conditions. We ascended into a lenticular at Queen's Chair and appreciated the previous Leuthold's party steps inthe 8 inches of new sugar snow. The previous party also laid a nice boot path across the ridge to the summit. Conditions included 8 inches of fresh snow and 30-50 feet of visibility. We tagged the summit and descended to the Hogsback. Lots of new snow since last weekend. We bumbled down to Timberline through the clouds and rain. 6800 feet of ascent and descent, approximately 8 miles of hiking. Gear Notes: Placed one picket per rope length all the way up chute. Second tool was helpful in a couple of spots. Should have used a lot more sunscreen. Double shot of expresso to fuel the drive home. Now sleep

Thats what got you banned the first time.

jjd I am an old fart. I use real stairs. I put on a heart rate monitor and sweat my way up stairs in my office building 2 or 3 times a week. UCD has a few buildings that should able to gice you 10-20 stories of climbing (with 8 inch steps and 10 foot stories, you should get 200-300 stairs per climb). Do that for an hour every other day with a 40-50 lbs pack on at about 80% max heart rate (220-age x .8) and you'll be in shape for alpine suffer fests. Get out every weekend and do 5-8 hour conditioning hikes either over in the Sierra, or Coastal range.

they better do it now

You mean Kodiak grizzlies aren't considered an invasive species on Vancouver Island, when are you guys going to wake up and start issuing frying pans to all of your citizens?

VICTORIA, BC -- In an attempt to get a free meal, what was described as a "very large" bear broke into the rural homestead of a BC college student, who was home on vacation at the time. The student, who would only give his name as Ryan, says, "I had just grilled out some salmon and walked back into the dining room to eat. Just as I had just sat down, it sounded at though someone was trying to break down my door." As Ryan went to investigate, the door burst open and the gaping maw of a northern Kodiak bear appeared inside his living room. Ryan recalls, "It was the scariest moment of my life, right up there with the fishing accident in Sasketoon when I was twelve." As the bear forced it's way into the dining room area, the beast found the grilled salmon it had smelled from what authorities estimated was over a mile away, where they found the bear's tracks around a small cave. Ryan tried shouting at the bear to get it to leave, but the bear seemed to be intent on the salmon it was feasting on. Ryan then proceeded to throw various kitchen utensials at the bear to get it's attention. "I wasn't sure what I was going to do," he said. "After I hit the bear in the head with a wooden spoon, the bear started coming after me!" The would-be bear snack ran to the other side of the kitchen counter as the bear raised up on it's hind legs and tried swatting at him. "The bear was blocking my way to my room where I actually have a gun, so I found the only thing I had that I did not throw at him, my frying pan." he relates. "I picked up the frying pan and shouted, bring it on, bring it on!" Ryan jumped over the counter and started swinging the frying pan. The animal, estimated at six feet tall on all fours and over eight hundred pounds, got back on all fours and started to charge the young man. When the bear was about 1 foot away from him, Ryan swung the cast iron frying pan and hit the bear on the right side of its head. "The bear appeared to be dazed, so I just kept pounding him with the frying pan." "After I hit the bear about fifteen times, the bear fell to the floor, but I dared not let up. I hit him for about another five minutes until he was not moving at all," Ryan says. Only then did he take the time to call for local law enforcement. "When the police showed up, they could not believed what they saw." "It was the craziest thing I've ever seen," said Officer F. Barnes, of the Victoria crime scene investigation unit. "He actually killed a bear with a frying pan." The local wildlife officer showed up and took measurements of the bear, one of the largest involved in a home invasion incident in recent memory. There is no word on what became of the animal's body, but local animal rights activists are filing to take possession of the bear's remains, claiming it was an immoral act of killing, and Ryan should not be allowed to make a bearskin rug out of it. Darcy Morris, president of the local chapter of Animal Rights Abuse Watch (ARAW), says, "This young man should be prosecuted, not praised. The bear was simply following his natural instincts, and had this Ryan criminal left it alone, no harm would have been done. It's disgusting, and he can expect to hear from our lawyers."

We went staight up the Tilley Jane trail. I think it took us about 45 minutes to get to Cloud Cap.

Climb: Hood-Cooper Spur Date of Climb: 6/4/2004 Trip Report: Decided to take advantage of the weather window and full moon. With warm temps and calm winds when we left the rig on the road to Cloud Cap, the hike to Tie-in Rock was pleasant. Winds started in earnest as we reached the saddle heading up to to Tie-in Rock at dawn. Slope was in good shape down low with styrofoam snow. Snow became highly variable the higher we went, going from firm to thigh-deep mush and back every few steps making the 40-50 degree slopes a little suspect. The Elliot was looking fine but the crevasses were opening. The summit was icy, we descended the South Side. The 'shrund was wide open. 6220 feet of vertical and 5300 feet of descent and 8 miles of hiking. Gear Notes: Standard alpine fare, placed about 5 or 6 pickets up in the Chimney and above. Approach Notes: Road to Tilly Jane is open to about 5100 feet. A little snow in the woods and along the moraine.

I climbed Cooper Spur last night /today. Descended South Side. You can drive to about 5100 feet on the road to Cloud Cap. That will save you about an hour of climbing. The snow low on Cooper was wonderful styrafoam. Higher up it is widely variable due to temps, direct sun and avy debris. It goes from firm to wallowing deep powder in the matter of a few steps. Descending Sushine and crassing the Elliot could be really interesting with soft snow from the warm temperatures. How much time are you going to allow for a Cooper Spur climb and Sunshine descent? Thats a huge amount of hiking in one day. I'll bet that you'd need about 15-20 hours total.

Ditto. I keep it stuffed in the bottom of my pack and only pull it out when things really require waterproofness, then turn around and walk back to the car.

Planning a little weekend activity and wondering how soft the snow is up from Pole Creek. Who's got the Beta? Posthole hell?

Paul Safely returned to the wetside. Nice TR and Pubclub. Thanks for taking time out from your duties.

Looks like yellow or maybe yellow and brown tape marking that rack. Do these punks know what they are ripping off? Or are they just ripping off stuff they can get their hands on once they are in the car?

Well I am. Both are cool. Neither will carry off a lamb. They'll wait for it to die and then make a picnic of it. Of course the farmer will blame the eagle for killing it. The northwest Native American tribes hold both species as central to their cultures.