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    Terrorists

    in Spray

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    I'll be flying in a few days. Not looking forward to the actual process, but the end result will be good. I'll be leaving this horribly flat place called "Minnesota" and coming back to Washington.

    Best cell provider for backcountry coverage?

    in The Gear Critic

    Posted · Edited by els

    Are you asking in case of emergency purposes? If so, then maybe carrying a long-range talkabout, CB radio, or sat phone would be more reliable.

     

    I have Verizon, but never had to use it in the backcountry for an emergency, so I don't know what the coverage is like. I did try to make a call out while at 11k on Denali to tell a guy I wanted to accept a job so they didn't give it away, but since I got very little reception, they gave the job away.......

     

    Dannible, what emergency did you have on Black peak?

    I say this becasue two years ago, I was up on Hood and we saw this older overweight guy yapping on his phone having a conversation for 30 minutes about an upcoming trip to Hawaii, talking so that everyone else could hear him. My buddy got so fed up with him, he knocked the phone out of the guys hand and tried to kick it down the Cooper Spur. It didn't go off, but the guy got the message.

     

    I think I'll take up this sort of mentalityl if I see folks doing this unless for emergency purposes too!

     

    If all you want is good cell phone coverage to call your non-climbing buddies waking from a drunken stupor the night before to show how cool you are then 1) You are not that cool, 2) Climbing peaks like Black peak or mt. hood is not hard, nor technical so there is nothing o brag about in the first place, and 3) if you are so insecure that you need to receive kudos from people who know nothing about climbing so that you can make yourself feeol better, go get help, don't ruin my experience on the summit.........

     

    Sorry for the rant.......... the_finger.gif

     

    I was with Dan on this climb. We were doing Black Peak in a day, and the second half of the approach took longer than we anticipated. We reached the summit in time for a spectacular sunset but we still facing an easy scramble down and fairly hefty hike out (there's a good sized bolder field that you have to cross). We called those who were expecting us back soon to let them know that we're going to be quite a bit longer than expected.

     

    I dislike cell phones in general especially while in the mountains. We were the only people on the summit, and were on the phone for something like 30 seconds. There's no way I'd brag about climbing in general, let alone while on the summit. That'd ruin it.

     

    As far as Black Peak not being impressive... well it's not technically hard, but it's a good climb nonetheless. You're obviously much cooler than us... rolleyes.gif

    Mt. Erie Fun Times

    in Rock Climbing Forum

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    Erie is the shit. I didn't really know it until I moved to Olympia, and now all I have near by is Fossil Rock, which I went to for the first time today. It doesn't come close. I like Erie better than a lot of other climbing areas that I have been to in Washington.

     

    I agree. We've had a lot of good times on Erie. It's pretty fortunate to have that much climbing so close to home. I defiantly miss it now that I moved away. City life sucks though, so I'll be back in just a few days. I can't wait to be back in a state that actually has mountains and start making up for lost time.

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