Camilo
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Turns out I know one of the climbers. I should see him tomorrow and get the story from him. Here's the article:
After more than 24 hours on Mount Hood, stopping only for a restless nap under an emergency blanket, climbers Chris Muldoon and Sterling Merrill saw a sign that everything was going to be OK: a sawed-off tree trunk.
That, they knew, meant a trail maintained by the U.S. Forest Service must be near.
"It's one of those things -- I'd never imagined I'd be so happy to see a tree stump," said Muldoon, 26, of Northeast Portland. Like his 22-year-old friend from Hillsboro, he was chilled to the bone but uninjured from the ordeal.
Within a few hours, they emerged at the Ramona Falls trailhead, started walking down a paved Forest Service Road and encountered searchers who were part of a multiagency effort launched Thursday morning to find them.
Muldoon and Merrill, both experienced mountaineers, had started climbing Mount Hood from the Timberline Lodge parking lot at 5:15 a.m. Wednesday. They trekked 5,235 feet upward, reaching the summit at noon under gorgeous blue skies. After snapping some photos, they began their descent.
In less than 10 minutes, a storm blew in. When it lifted at about 6 p.m., they realized they didn't know where they were.
Each year, an estimated 10,000 people climb Mount Hood, making it one of the most summited mountains in the world. A common mistake on the descent is following the fall line -- the natural path of the terrain -- that leads climbers to the west of Timberline Lodge and into Zigzag Canyon. That's where Muldoon and Merrill found themselves.
But Merrill had climbed Mount Hood before -- as recently as December -- and he knew that if they walked to their left, they had a chance of hitting Timberline's ski slopes or even Mt. Hood Meadows. If not, and they kept walking, they'd encounter the Sandy River and follow it to U.S. 26.
They conserved food, splitting half of a peanut butter protein bar for dinner, and water, collecting glacial runoff just in case.
They stopped only for a 90-minute nap on a bare patch of soil in the early-morning darkness, shivering under a single emergency blanket.
Soon after they resumed walking at daylight, they spotted the stump. Then some old cross-country ski tracks. Then the trailhead, the road and a day hiker.
"He gave us a can of Coke, peanuts and two cookies," Muldoon said. "That made him our hero."
Then, finally, the friends encountered searchers.
Muldoon knows they did plenty wrong: failing to bring a GPS unit, a map, a compass or a mountain locator beacon. They also didn't register at Timberline Lodge because they didn't realize they could during any hour of the day.
But they did things right, too: They told friends to expect them back in Portland Wednesday evening. When they didn't show up by 10 p.m., friends found the climbers' car in the Timberline parking lot and alerted authorities at 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
Muldoon said their determination to keep going also helped.
"We refused to give in," Muldoon said. "We were out of gas, we really wanted to sit down, but we didn't. We kept going, and that's what kept us warm, and that's what got us out."
The climbers were also filled with gratitude to rescuers, who were up on the mountain as early as 5:30 a.m. Thursday.
"I mean, to take a day off to go up to the mountain and look for strangers?" Muldoon said. "That's really impressive."
Let the armchairing begin. . .
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credit: josh big sexy dellinger
Nice pics! Are those your highmarks down below in the last pic?
You getting something together for OR spring ski-in this year?
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Anybody want these? I paid $132 and I'll sell for $90. Gift for my brother, but he can't go. They're PDFs so I can email them as soon as you want them. Great seats.
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Check your email
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Boycott France
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Did you post this on telemarktips.com?
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n. oregon cascades zone forecast is looking pretty redunkulous:
Tonight: Rain in the evening...then rain and snow after midnight. Breezy. Snow level 6000 feet lowering to 4500 feet after midnight. Snow accumulation up to 15 inches. Pass winds south 15 to 25 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight. Gusts to 40 mph.
Funny how a slightly different forecast page says 21 inches tonight. Either way, this might call for a little dawn patrol this week.
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Under the Vista Bridge? A guy landed next to my mom as she was driving under the thing about 10 years ago.
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Nothing like a thread on sexual frustration to bring out the sprayers in force!
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umm just to be clear...nothing of mine.."hangs out"!!
There's no man in your canoe? You poor, poor girl.
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Come on fellas, there are more difficult birds to hunt. Try finding a cute, available rugby chick (with all of her teeth).
There are a couple on the Portland team. And they play in Seattle pretty often
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In college there was a fat guy running around in his tighty-whiteys for a bit at a game. Outran a couple of security guards and just kind of stopped by the end zone. Another security guard was feeling heroic and tackled the shit out the poor bastard. Everybody booed the guard. Streakers are good entertainment.
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Nice work, copping an attitude with balls of meat/testosterone with legs.
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Btw, does my avatar look like it's in fast forward to everyone else too?
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Wow. I never knew Chuck Norris punched a girl. I guess I didn't read the facts thread closely enough. I'd denounce this, but then he'd kick my ass.
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I've got some once-mounted (Fritschi) Tua Crossride 110s I can let go. Good shape, no core shots, $140 with skins. Also check www.telemarktips.com
Edit: Length is 185.
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What this kid has is NOT clinical depression.
thank you Dr Phil. Time to get real
I agree with Carl. My mom sent me to a psychologist in middle school, and it was stupid. I was just a typical teenager and didn't get on ritalin or anti-depressants. But there's just as good of a chance that he might be depressed. If you go to a family therapist (especially one that your son might respect or look up to i.e. a cool, young guy) and have both group sessions and 1 on 1 sessions something good might happen. Or you could do what I did and just stare at the psych's nostrils all day and nothing bad will come out of it.
But what the hell do I know? I'm neither a teenager nor a parent, but young enough to remember how it was.
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Overbearing parents can be as big a pain in the ass as neglectful ones. If he's a teenager, he probably just wants some space and for you to leave him alone. Probably sucks for you, but that's what I wanted at that age.
Oh yeah, and make him get a full time summer job. It'll make him appreciate his leisure time quite a bit more.
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If you don't get into snow and/or mudwallowing sports (skiing, mtn biking, etc) in the fall-spring, you will probably shoot yourself.
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I sample grapes in the grocery store without paying for them.
I do the same thing with the K-Y.
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What's a fuckball party?
call
Owyhee info?
in Idaho
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Here are ChrisG's pics. I'll probably be down there in a couple of weeks for a weekend of rafting, I'll take pics and report on any climbing to be done. It's a long ways getting there from Portland, 8 hours or more.