Ursa_Eagle

Thinker: was it the new Gemini? I use an old one (single LED) for caving, and I supplement the LED with an Aurora. I'd like to get the double LED to use as my primary light (rather than supplementing it with an Aurora) Also, for caving, I don't think I'd like the different angles of the LED and incandescent of the Myo series.

don't forget northern Jersey (especially Newark), definately gives Texas a run for its money Troy, NY can hold it's own on the list, but I don't think it's quite of the same caliber (it at least has a few redeeming qualities) Texas blows chode!

yeah, we saw some of those slings you were wondering about, but nothing really looked good (unless you like wet, downsloping choss with some overhangs.) We reached the large rock outcropping the middle of the face, and didn't feel like continuing to traverse on the 50 degree snow slope without the right gear. We figured the route followed that snowfield to the top, then ledges and snow fingers up from there.

so then what's Jack Mtn doing up by Ross Lake? Is that his schlong?

Nice recovery! Keep it up!

pears? although I've always associated guys who have so much fat that it droops down with that term...

not just the Andes are affected by the changing climate... http://swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4039782

I don't understand why the same rights that you chose to violate (by committing a crime) are now supposed to protect you... just cut off his schlong and balls. problem solved.

The standard approach to climbing Hood is to walk from Timberline. If you deviate from this standard (by taking the cat or the chairlift), I think you'll have a harder time convincing some people that you actually climbed the mountain, mainly because by the standard defination, you didn't. You rode half-way up the mountain, then climbed the upper part. but the bottom line is, he was up there while we were at work, so props to him! Good job! (and at least you admitted that you used aid)

I just found a in my backyard

We saw a large (1.5' - 2' in diameter) snapper trying to get to a cave in VT once. We gave it wide berth. (The caves were insurgances, but we went in anyway. The other two guys were wearing wetsuits, but I only had polypro. Wet caving without a wet suit!) When we went by the same area a little while later (you don't go wet caving without a wetsuit for very long), the turtle had moved on.

OK, 0 for 2 at this point. This year at least we made it to within 1500 feet of the summit (better than turning around 3500 feet short last year). Who has actually made it to the summit, what routes did you take, and when did you do it? The guidebook seems like it would be better used as toilet paper. Two other parties up there this past weekend agreed with us. So far I've tried the Little Jack route (last year) and the Jerry Lakes route (this past weekend.) The gulleys on the south face that we traversed under this past weekend were nothing but extremely steep and loose choss, including some overhanging stuff. We tried to get out onto the snow, but were expecting a rock scramble and weren't prepared for a 45-50 degree traverse on soft snow with a cliff for a runout. It looked like if we could have gotten across the snow, we could have made it up from there (the west side of the tall part of the south face.) I can provide photos of where we went and where we think the route went (they're on another computer right now.) Also, what about the glacier on the north side? How's the approach, how's the exit? Oh yeah, Jerry Lakes

there's a path through the avy debris this year. So long as you stay at the same elevation (there's a herd path that goes up the middle of the debris, DO NOT take it), it takes literally 5 minutes (I timed it) to get across the first (largest) debris. Hardly worth losing any sleep over. Thanx to the people who did enough work on it to get it to this point, but I think it's fine the way that it is at this point.

<after 10 minutes> There *is* a waterfall back there! woah! I gotta get back to Eagle Creek if that's what the local fauna looks like!

why is Multnomah off-limits? Tourons would want to try it, get hurt, and sue?

so I assume you're going in through Depot Creek. Hehehehe, have fun. Seriously, the approach isn't that bad, you cover most of the elevation by the falls on a talus slope. If you want any beta for the NE Face of Redoubt, let me know! (We had planned to do Spickard as well, but that didn't happen.)

I thought they were gonna be "What Would Trogdor Do" bracelets...

Although my Kearney book is currently MIA, I believe the severed rope was on the actual N face of Buckner, and the nasty traverse is on Boston to get onto the Boston Glacier. (I believe he severed his own rope, the rope was going down to a client.)

what kind of mileage does one of those things get?

they look fine from 100 meters, but...uh... wouldn't touch that beef wit a cattle prod you telling me you got standards? yeah, it has to go "moo"

this pirate walks into a bar and he has a steering wheel on his crotch. the bartender says: "hey, you've got a steering wheel on your crotch" the pirate replies: "Arrrr, and it's driving me nuts"

I can see some trees outside if I stand up, otherwise, some tables of useful numbers, a picture of a friend who died in a cave diving accident 2 years ago (reminding me not to be stupid), and a pic of Forbidden that I took 2 weeks ago.

not that I have a whole lot of places to compare it against, but I'd have to agree with JoshK about the Leroy Basin thing. I did Fernow from Leroy Basin last year and I still think it's one of the most beautiful places I've been. I'll be heading back later this year for Seven-Fingered and Maude. edit: oh yeah, great job!

watch out! erik will take you up on that!

hell, I'd steer clear of Aeroflot if only because of the name!