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Just a note on the loggers, they were extremely nice and to let us through was more than we expected. The machines they were operating were masssive and once they shut them down and let us past we swam through logging debris so deep I started wondering if they let us past just to see us drown in this madness. After 10 -15 min we finally hit the road again but kept moving becasue the fallers were dropping huge trees that just roared as the fell and we were scared! On the way home we were pleaseantly surprised to see the road cleared for easy passage but monster logs littered the enbankment. What an amazing hunk of rock!!

Crown Couloir near Grouse Mt, approach as for Widomaker. 3rd - 4th class and you can take the gondola.

Thats freakin awesome!!!!!!

what about police horses that poo all over the streets who cleans that ? bunch a pigs

Thanks for the offer BOB I forward to climbing some routes with you this winter so I can better myself, Ill be in touch. Maybe the line on Joffre you climbed last summer.. Cheers

Environment Canada's wasnt great cant remeber but what I do remeber was that after all the mumbo jumbo at the end it said this forecast is not statistically better than chance so...who cares. Its probably gonna rain like it always does with one friggin weekend where hope freezes and theres a bunch of cars at the bottom of the mouse trap getting geared up when another car clearly too late to get in line pulls over and jumps out of their car already geared up including boots and run up the trail before any one Im training right now for my ice season, I am going to climb ever day of the season, all 10 days of it!

Thanks alot for your awesome map and approach info. The gate has been locked since last year as you probably know. I talked to the forestry company at the beginning of the summer and they said if they could fix the road it would take longer than the summer to fix it and even if they were going to fix it they dont have the money to do it as a number of bridges need to be replaced: either they have been damaged or are now not rated to hold any weight. So i doubt it will be open at all in 2005 and I doubt they will do any thing before this winters snow. I told them that the places I want to access are before the washouts/ broken bridges and they still wouldnt give me the key and they definetly wont move the gate further up the road. I doubt any one got up Habrich this year and the walk sucks, I once walked from the gate to Habrich in winter and it sucked big time!

Didnt it just snow like a foot up in them parts ?

Not only did the rescue team get there first but the TV team following them was there first as well. Barbaras qoute was quite amazing : This guys was good :

Notice the title of this thread, its not mid week weather AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 905 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST WASHINGTON LATE TONIGHT THEN LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND . THE TROUGH WILL PRODUCE CLOUDS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. Cheers

I meant good as in its a well done forecst not that I like the showers. There is an upper level low situated mostly over washington which is why there is a better chance of showers south of the border as opposed to Squamish.

Its a good forecast, Id be slightly worried about the hills but I wouldnt cancel a trip, sunday doesnt look as good. The forecasted showers for tomorrow are optimistic maybe a slight chance in the late morning.

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I think Klenke is just verbalising probably what a lot of other people are thinking and you shouldnt let it take away from your climb, and it sounds as if it hasnt since you dont climb for nothin but fun. I think the great debate of summitting and accomplishng a major portion of a route and claiming FA's will always be an area of debate. But probably better to take that to another thread and to keep this one about your major and awesome accomplishment Cheers

I dont think blaming people who stayed behind is correct, I think leaving the poor behind was poor form and I think the people who run Louisiana are to blame and not Bush. According to Census only 37% of New Orleans population is black yet I have not seen one white person on TV. I thnk that is the sad part and i dont know how you can blame bush for that.

Gord if you find yourself looking for someone to head down there gimme a shout i have a bunch if vacation days that I would like to use before the new year. Cheers Jesse

Environment Canada's seasonal forecast for the winter will be out sept 1st. On that note next week looks more summery so dont give up hope yet although today feels like freakin October

King of New York all time favourite

If your thinking abut this route you may want to check road conditions, I think there is a key bridge out but I may be wrong.

why not attach it to a regular cable wire and run it to your roof that should be long enough? you may have to choose cable when setting your tv options, worked for me.

http://retrospection.net/videofiles/hurricanekat.php

shitty, well I geuss you have to hike that greulling road bob

A while back I asked Maxim about the route and he said he has taken clients to the base via helicopter a few times.

1000$ an hour plus GST includes gas, from nearest airport and back.

thats because tht approach sucks big time, hes proly buried in mud