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Thanks for the info. I think it will be a worthwhile adventure even as long as there isn't too much wood.

I was thinking of kayaking it. Based on topos & the USGS flow gauge there is enough water and gradient to make the rapids difficult enough to be worthwhile but not unrunnable. While climbing at Wa. Pass a few weeks ago I hiked up to the first bridge (a mile or so in). The lower section was flat and full of wood but I suspect that is cleans up a bit upstream. Any info would be helpful.

Anyone out there have any pics of Thunder Creek? THere are two in the gallery, but they are only a mile from the road, I was hoping for something upstream.

BBQ place and Roach Coach in Cashmere are both good. Only problem is they are in the wrong direction. (Unless I'm paddling instead of climbing.

Right on! Thanks for the video, very inspiring. Good luck on the recovery.

I know the west ridge has been climbed at least once in winter. Bill Sumner, Alex Bertulis, Pete Willaimson in Feb of 69.

Me and my gaper friends will in the Icicle (Mountaineer Creek raod TH) at 9am if you want to join us.

13 Days (2 bc and 11 resort-with some out of bounds hiking most of those). Most vert in day: around 15K at Stevens last Saturday

Los Camperos Ducks and Drakes Gustav's Leavenworth Pizza Company Kodiak Pizza Damn, no wonder I'm too fat to climb worth a shit.

'cept for some reason you don't see many skiiers sideslipping down the entire length of a run. You're correct, they snowplow and traverse (making sideways moguls) instead.

Right on Tyee, you understand what it is all about, rippin high speed turns down a steep face. Wanna go get some 1st descents with me? My snowboard is in need of some sickness.

As a long time snowboarder, I have actually come to enjoy moguls (to some degree) but don't see the big deal, Wouldn't we all rather rip big GS turns down an open powder field regardless of what is on our feet?

Two weeks 5 pounds gone. Too bad I have a long way too go.

That is a good deal, to bad the new Goretex is still not as breathable as eVent.

Too funny! You're correct Timmy, Mt Flatchelor would be much more fun if it wasn't so boring. Still, powder is powder, have fun!

At Stevens pass I saw a guy in a 4x4 truck spinning his back wheels. I asked him why he was not in 4 wheel drive and he told me he was. When I asked him if he had engaged his hubs he replied: Hubs?

Index: Virgin on the Ridiculous Smith: Close Shave

If you have the time Baker is hard to beat.

Mt FLATelor is boring

I thought Training for Climbing by Horst was good. If you read the entire book, take the self evaluation, make a plan, stick to it, and repeat, It WILL helop you improve. You may not find everything useful, or agree with all his ideas, but you will certainly find useful info in the book. His general assertion is that training smarter is more valuable that training harder. Also, he implies that there are lots of little things you can do to affect your performance (diet, rest, etc.) and that by doing them you stack the odds in your favor possibly making the difference between sending or not.

They will not email you, but this is the best place to look. http://www.nwac.us/

. I just don't see the link between stove efficiency and stove boiling speed. If I wanted to drive from bellingham to seattle as fast as possible, a corvette could get me there in just over half an hour, but that doesn't mean that it is more efficient than driving my toyota wagon, which would take me at least three times longer, but burn only a fraction of the fuel. The jetboil barely uses any fuel at high power. But the engineers figured out how to get most of that heat to go from the burner into the pot, rather than out into the atmosphere. Here is the link between speed and efficiency. (these numbers are for the sake of agument only) If I wanted to boil 10 liters of water on a trip... Assuming the JB burns say, 5 grams of fuel per minute and boils 1 liter in 10 minutes. The fuel consumption would be: 10 liters x 10 min = 100 minutes to boil 10 liters -> 100 min x 5 grams/min = 500 grams of fuel to boil 10 liters. Assuming the PR with JB pot burns 10 grams of fuel per minute and boils 1 liter of water in 5 minutes. The fuel consumption would be: 10 liters x 5 min = 50 minutes to boil 10 liters -> 50 min x 10g/min = 500g of fuel to boil 10 liters. As you can see, in this scenario the PR with the JB stove would boil the same amount of water as the JB in 1/2 the time using the same amount of fuel. I am not sure what the numbers are in reality (which is why I really need to weigh some cannisters before and after and do tha math to find out) Either way, if you need to save time on a specific trip, I would definitely use the PR and JB pot. Of course, all of this may mean nothing if the Reactor is as good as it is billed.

Some guy paddled it today. http://professorpaddle.com/mediaview.asp?mediaid=601&riverid=586

I used the large JB pot and a comparably sized MSR blacklite pot.

yeah, and based on the river levels (the Sky and Snoqualmie had record highs), this is much worse than that.