RocNoggin

nice pics, thanks for the stoke! :-)

still interested in giving this a go?

John, I checked out the Nunatak line and it looks like they have some pretty cool stuff. do you have any experience using there products? so they sleep as warm as claimed? pricey, but light, might be worth it if they worked well.

a working cam at Paradise...may not be the one you want but at least it is working... http://www.zeitcam.com/webcam/paradise

damn that looks good! where's it at?

thanks for posting the TR...though after having experienced it I am not sure why I wanted to relive it by reading your post. over 20 fucking k on a groomed trail in heavy tele gear for 3 turns! what a day. and in the rain no less...

wait till you turn 40. then you will turn your name into Whatisntbroken.

I love Tricams and think they are awesome, particularly for granite...or at least thats where I seem to use them the most...but maybe I am just climbing more on granite...I dunno. and while the littlest ones get the most use I like the big ones too. but that said you will eventually want to get SLCD's too. on certain types of rock/cracks/situations the SLCD's are easier to use. there, is that about clear as mud?! LOL

so far we have about 4 of us heading out of Snoqualmie Pass Sun. looks like we will be heading for Silver Peak. let me know if you are interested in joining us.

nor do I...

I am looking at making some turns on Sun. up and down, not round and round on the XC trails. up at the Pass I would be very interested in skiing the Crooked Couloir or the Slot Couloir.

Sep can be a great time to go and the American Alpine Institute is a great organization to go with. someone else to consider for instruction/training is Dan Mazur with SummitClimb.com. checkout their website and drop him a line if you are interested.

that makes two of us. I have been fighting a cold not quite over it yet but I want to get out and make some turns!

Thatcher, sounds like an interesting trip. what have you come up with so far for maps and route descriptions?

Avenged Sevenfold- "City of Evil"

I would be interested in some BC, what do you have in mind?

sweet! I miss France!

I would second the vote for Hyak (Summit East). it is closed during the week so you can go up there and skin laps all you want in safe terrain. no avy danger, green/blue runs to practice on and easy access.

is anyone up for a climb there tonight?

DAMN! 1981 was a bad year! makes last year look good...

Damn, what a trip! and I thought I was going to have a tough trip just biking from Oly to do St Helens or Adams! LOL

what is a "whippet"? is it just a basketless ski pole?

but does he do it with his tool buried to the hilt in the ice?

67" of new snow in the last four days at the Mt Baker Ski Area and no ones hit it yet? no pics, stories of glory??

I was hoping to go skiing Wed night.