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The owner is looking for his skis http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=21417.from1310180579;topicseen#msg91674

It sure was groovay climbing with you and Steve. And of course it's always a treat to be out with Pope. I've put up some photos on my website. Ingalls Peak, East Ridge, September 3, 2010 at KeithHenson.net

Loved your picture of the road sign pointing to your objective. Road sign pointing to objective

Dan You are a true cascade hard Manimal. Next time I watch your totally awesome and riveting video I'm going to put my skis on in the living room and pretend it's me. "I skied with a smile down to about 10500 where the first sections of exposed glacial ice were, packed the skis and headed up for another lap." Like I said...

I believe it is called "Cat Eye" lake.

The way I spoke about puts you on the ridge above Spruce Creek and you are hiking in beautiful park lands on the ridge--very similar to the Sahale Arm--strolling. Unfortunately and admittedly, you are going south for many extra miles as opposed to the direct eastern approach via Spruce Creek.

As I recall we exited the Ptarmigan traverse by going to canyon lake via Ross Pass, totem pass, down the canyon lake trail to the miners ridge trail, (joining it just east of Image Lake) and hitting the Agnes Creek Trail at Suiattle Pass. We chose to exit via Holden Village. The section from Dome to Suiattle Pass was really spectacular Hope this helps.

"Any comments from anyone on that tower in the picture. Rosebud or Jaberwocky?" Jabberwocky Jabbewocky

Army helicopter lifts injured climber off Mount Rainier STACEY MULICK; The News Tribune Published: July 2nd, 2008 07:58 AM | Updated: July 2nd, 2008 11:14 AM An Army Reserve helicopter crew and park rangers helped rescue an injured climber off Mount Rainier this morning. The climber was taken to Madigan Army Medical Center shortly after 7 a.m. for treatment of possible internal injuries, the U.S. Army Reserve reported. The man was injured Tuesday when he fell into a crevasse on the east side of the mountain, the Army reported. He was part of a five-member climbing party. A physician also was in the climbing party. The Army got a call about 9 p.m. Tuesday requesting a helicopter rescue at the first opportunity this morning. The climber was lifted off the mountain using a helicopter hoist. In addition to the helicopter crew, rangers from the National Park Service and a Central Pierce Fire & Rescue paramedic participated in the rescue. The condition of the climber was not known this morning. To see photos of the rescue, go to the Lights & Sirens blog.rescue pictures

Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end (Whymper, 1871)

I have a permit for next wednesday to camp at the lake and will climb it on thursday, weather permitting. Previous post indicated that crampons were needed in the early morning...

Jim Yoder told me that he built his rack by soloing Outer Space on Monday mornings when he was lived in Leavenworth and seldom left without at least one left piece.

Not to denigrate the great climbers mentioned, but the climber I most admire is Fred Beckey. Not only is he an outstanding mountaineer, he is also a scholar, writer, and explorer who has dedicated his entire life to his pursuit. He is a seriously interesting personality.

Jim Yoder just informed me that the 3rd ed of the Frenchman Coulee Guidebook will be available on Thursday and can be picked up at Marmot, Feathered Friends,Backpackers Supply and other fine locations.

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Boyne sux. Plain and simple

No, he was on the left on Chain Smoken and his friend was giving him belay lessons as we arrived. His friend could really climb and led the 5.10c. I didn't have to straighten him out as his buddy impressed upon him the seriousness of what he had done. The guy who grabbed the rope was totally apologetic and humble. He got it. They were very nice guys.

Yesterday on the route hurly-burly at exit 38 I had just reached the anchors and clipped when I felt a tremendous tug on the rope. The guy next to me was top roping another route, fell, pendulumed and grabbed the first thing handy to get control--that being my climbing rope! Really makes you think. Anybody ever been actually pulled off a route like this?

While a criminal conviction and incarceration may not be appropriate, a judgment in a civil court may be in situations where the financial loss of a killed bread winner causes hardship to the remaining family by the act of an ignorant--though not malicious--person.

I had the pleasure of climbing at exit 38 on saturday with Fletcher Taylor. He tells me that "back in 1992 there was a referendum [issue 119] for a terminally ill person to elect ... voluntary euthanasia. It almost passed. From a distance the climb looked like a form of voluntary euthanasia. A climb up a virtually featureless wall. It ended up being fairly easy. The name was both a joke an awareness campaign to at least address the difficult philosophical question. The idea had its merits, but the language of the law-to-be was terminally flawed, allowing doctors opinion to be too heavily weighted....." Fletcher and I did the first ascent of the Linear Accelerator on the Molar Tooth in 1992.

from this morning's TNT ‘I’d do anything to change it,’ hiker says of deadly rock toss The Associated Press Published: August 30th, 2007 07:01 AM CASPER, Wyo. – Tears in his eyes, an Iraq war veteran recounted for the first time publicly the desperate remorse he felt after tossing a large rock off a cliff that killed a climber below. “I’d do anything to change it,” 23-year-old Luke Rodolph told the Casper Star-Tribune in a story published Tuesday. On Aug. 11, Rodolph was sitting on the rim of a canyon with three others when he picked up a 20-pound rock the size of a bowling ball and looked over the edge. He said he didn’t see anyone below. “I picked up a rock and threw it off,” he said. “Looked over just a little further to watch it fall, see where it was going to hit, you know, kinda leaned out further than what I was comfortable with normally, and watched it hit Pete Absolon.” There was no time for a warning, Rodolph said. He said he didn’t see Absolon, 47, until the rock hit him in the head. The group called 911 on a cell phone, then rushed down to Leg Lake Basin. Steve Herlihy, a National Outdoor Leadership School instructor, had been climbing with Absolon, the school’s Rocky Mountain director, and asked Rodolph and his group what had happened. “Luke looked him dead in the eye and said, ‘I threw it,’” said Luke’s brother Aaron Rodolph, who was with him. “I’ll never forget, as long as I live, that Steve looked Luke dead back in the eyes and said, ‘I forgive you for that.’” “It’s unbearable for them to have to go through this. It’s my fault,” Luke Rodolph said. He stayed with Herlihy and Absolon’s body in the basin overnight while the group went back to their campsite. “Steve and I just talked for a while, sat around the campfire,” Rodolph said. “I told him I’d go into town with him and talk with the sheriff and give him a statement, and whatever happens, happens.” The morning after Absolon’s death, Rodolph spoke with Fremont County Attorney Ed Newell and an investigator before returning to his home in Casper. Eleven days later, Newell announced that Rodolph would not be charged. He cited several factors in his decision, including the fact that Rodolph took responsibility for his actions, was extremely remorseful, didn’t intend to cause harm, had no criminal history and served in Iraq. Absolon is survived by a wife and a daughter. Absolon’s widow, Molly, said in an e-mail that she didn’t have a comment on Newell’s decision not to charge Rodolph. Copyright 2007 Associated Press.

On Sunday Then I'll finally have some time to do some touring... Nice variety there Keith! What did you think of Silver Mtn.? I'm kinda thinking of going there next week before they close. Only at Silver one day and it was pretty foggy. Chair 4 was was closed which was disappointing, though because of visability it was hard to tell what we were missing. Twenty minute ride up to the mountain on the gondola instead of driving was very convenient. Since only chair 2 was open on the upper mountain we were forced to ride the lift beside the terrain park. My note to Silver is below... At the Silver Mountain web site comments are invited so I submitted the following: >>> "Keith A. Henson" 2/22/2007 7:29:42 PM >>> My son and I skied at Silver on Valentine's Day and enjoyed the skiing very much. There were few people on the mountain that day, the snow was pretty good, and there was a bit of fresh powder. One thing though that detracted from our enjoyment was the loud and unavoidable music blaring from the terrain park. Believe me, nobody, even someone who might enjoy tunes while riding/boarding, enjoys hearing "I want candy" and "Jeremiah was a bullfrog (Joy to the world)". Loud, crumby pop music seriously marred the beauty of being in the mountains and is inconsistent with the alpine experience. People who want tunes have MP3 players. "I want candy" is definitely not hip--even by virtue of its complete unhippness. Turn it off and groove to the sounds of silence. thanks Keith A. Henson Puyallup, WA Since I don't have permission to post the email reply, I will supply the gist of it was: thanks for the feedback, terrain park riders want tunes, and maybe they will pick other selections. ______ Good tree skiing. Here's a short clip of my son at Silver in the trees fEUghUmT1zU I'll go back, particularly as you can stay cheap in Kellogg at the marginal but adequate Trail Motel. Have fun. Also, Lookout Pass is very close and is recommended on Thursdays as it is closed on Tue/Wed. However, I would not go there unless there is powder as the chair lifts are very slow. But really nice tree skiing at Lookout.

Day 57 at Stevens on Tuesday. Leaving for Utah on Sunday for a week. Doesn't look like I'll get 100... Places and days: Crystal (28), Big Sky (5), Moonlight Basin (4), Brighton (3), Schweitzer (3), Big Mountain (2), White Pass (2), Stevens (2), Lookout Pass (2), Silver Mountain (1), 49 degrees North (1), Bridger (1), Alta (1), Snowbird (1), Solitude (1) Brighton in March Get a haircut, get a job...

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I was at Crystal Saturday. Drove up yesterday (Sunday) and the parking lots were so full I came home. Were the lift lines as bad as I thought they would be? Saturday was unbelievable. The driest, lightest powder I've ever skied at Crystal--though a bit foggy Here's a little clip of my son in the glade pow Saturday. Plan to go tomorrow...