Kevin_Matlock

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULFqnZEMLVg Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nlBBClK5hk

where are you located?

Portions of the outback @ skibowl were no better. SUPER hard ice mogul spears. yippee

ok, so spill it! directions, beta, approach notes, etc etc etc. never been, but like to at least scope it. thanx!!!

I was up there on Tuesday. Not a chance! There hasn't been enough melt/freeze cycles to allow water to freeze up on rock surface. If you want ice at skibowl, might I suggest the outback ski runs.... they were a bucket of crap the night I was up there.

I suspect I'll get shit for this, but I've sewn some of my own. I have an industrial machine and for reslinging my aid cams (and some hooks) this works fine. No, I don't bar tack them. No, I don't do the fancy little X pattern. I usually just run 5 to 7 stitches of several passes each and it's held my big butt. I just wonder why a fella couldn't use just any sewing machine... can't say I've done it so you'd have to experiment on your own. And let me stress, I AM talking about aid gear with the idea mostly of body weight placement (and may a single placement drop). Not sure if I'd place one of my homemade jobs on a run out lead.

It was a joke dude. it's all fun and games until REI puts an eye out.

Don't know if the bibler would be overkill. You said for backpacking and maybe some snow. This doesn't sound like "full conditions mountaineering" so maybe something a little less bombproof might work for ya. Many tents are pretty water tight these days (just do a little research) and you could probably save quite a bit of $$$ by not just going with a full-on climbing tent. If you want something that's going to be dry, just look for a bathtub floor design and a full fly. If you are out backpacking in warmer conditions (I assume you aren't going to be exclusively in shit conditions, are you?) then you will like the flexibility of a removable fly. Guess it would help if you said what types of trips you were doing.

also timmy, if you go please post pics (of the falls, not of any of your customers w/ their sauasage on a stick)

and will you also be painting charactures of people on route? i'd like to be drawn with clown shoes-N-pons please.

thanks for asking the question... you beat me to it!

Saw Steve House when he was in Salem talking about the Rupal Face climb. He talked a little about how he makes his own double bags. Found a little blurb related to this... http://www.getoutdoors.com/goblog/index.php?/archives/1083-Saving-Weight-in-the-Mountains-Nunatak-Half-Sleeping-Bag.html

Alex, I recorded it (tape). Was planning on importing it onto my pc and maybe put it up on youtube. If I get this far I will see if I can make a dvd for you. I'll PM you if it turns out.

Hey dude; long time! Good call.... according to the OPB website - this Sun at 2:30am and 6:30pm. I think I'll stick with the latter since I don't have a tivo. Too bad is right. When (if) we get any gorge action, you up for another session? PM me if so.

bump Played again this eve... just caught the last few minutes of it. Looked pretty good, wish I caught the whole thing. Just gotta love those 2 year old repeats.

Was just at Tahoe/squaw 2 weeks ago. Not much pow, and according to the squaw's snow history they usually get their stuff later in the season. Haven't been keeping tabs on their conditions since my trip, but I would expect "a couple, to a few feet" in a lot of places. When we drove through Donner, the snow machines were working overtime to keep the runs open. Have fun though!

Bifogals by North Face, pocket protector by Mountain Hardware.

Yep, too warm, but i'd be interested too. This is over by Tom,Dick,Harry? Where? I have also been keeping an eye on the top of the cascade chair there at ski bowl (really the top of multorpor mountain). This is the chair far left that's not open too often. At the top of the chair look up and to your left and you should see the mass. It's not huge, but it might be fun and in the right conditions it should go.

my toggle is the print screen button. also try cycling the device... ours is always crapping out so we have to 'boot' it somewhat often. good luck finding an answer in this forum, next time post it in the "ice climbing/kvm switch" area.

who cares about the words.... AWESOME pics! good job. Hey Oleg, nice going

Got the visual... that's a good one. Yeah, my stance is definitely on the wider side too; mainly because I'm just a "so-so" skier. So when I do the odd B/C run it doesn't come as too much of a tramatic event since I'm already in "BC-mode". Makes sense... thanx. Figured their might be some differences somehow.

Ok, I'll bite.... how about Ramona Falls? Tho at something like 3k', probably not. Anybody know?

After your first trip to a resort, did you find it weird/hard/super-easy? Your point about starting in the B/C has me wondering if there are techniques or habits that don't translate very well to a groomed slope. I can't really think of any, but I could see the potential for it. Sorry for the drift, but I'm just wondering...

Was there about 6 mos ago and didn't see it as a problem by the normal approach off the road. The tribes don't want the public trashing and/or disrespecting the land so I'd just stay on the trail and don't gawk. When I was there, there were families, people with dogs, and a couple screwing! I sorta think the least of their worries is a beanie wearing gumby if he/she plays it cool and RESPECTS the land. I think it's the rest of the idiots that are really the problem. What a shame. But.... I don't speak for anybody but my dumb ass... guess if it's offically posted (as indicated above), then so be it.

wfinley, Did you get the part where he mentioned that he has never really skied before? Would you take someone who has never skied and point them down a backcountry slope??? I sure wouldn't. Remember when you first learned how to ski... you likely did the little rope tow thing. There aren't many who, first season out, are going to RIP down a black run very well and in control much less a raw, uncut slope with variables like crust, ice, corn, powder, trees, etc etc etc. I dislike resorts as much as the next guy (probably more) but I think you really need to at least learn how the gear works before you try and take a crash course (litterally).