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ropegoat

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  1. I was starting to figure that an ice ax would probably make it through a snowmobile helmet pretty handily. Pink- I'm not really about just random hating, but sometimes certain numbskulls need to get hated on for being fucking stupid and disrespectful of this amazing place we live in.
  2. I think a lot of us enjoy our time in the mountains because we enjoy the quiet, we enjoy the clean air, we enjoy the rewards of working hard all morning climbing to earn a few beautiful backcountry turns in a really special place. It really really pisses me off that snowmobiles are allowed in wilderness areas. Walking off of Adams on Saturday night the forest was literally roaring with the smell and sound of 2 stroke engines. It was a beautiful day, and except for the one guy who drove his sled up to 10000 ft (the boundary BTW is at 6 or 7k) it was largely free of snowmobiles. Getting back to my car was a brutal shock to the system. It makes me sad that we have national pasttimes that present such a falsity of connection to nature. Do you really think anyone inside a snowmobile suit knows what a forest really smells like?
  3. mtnman- thanks for posting, I am planning to use 0 degree and 30 degree 2 bag combo on west buttress this year (going late season), and was curious about other experiences.
  4. Trip: Mt. Adams - South Spur- the really really long way Date: 5/8/2009 Trip Report: So I wanted to ski this weekend, really really bad, but avy conditions friday/saturday were not promising. Dinomyte (Jon) and Whiski (Chris) were of similar inclinations, phone calls were made, and Adams provided good low danger terrain with the possibility of nice turns. I packed the tele gear, met whiski (with AT gear), and we met Dinomyte (Jon, hoofing it with a snowboard) at the "trailhead", about 6 miles down the road from the actual trailhead. (Dinomyte posted some detailed conditions under the thread on this forum). We started walking up the road at 145, put the skins after 30 minutes of walking, and they stayed on until 11,200ft. Jon got shut down by the thin crust over light powder once we left the road (430am). He encouraged us to head on up, and we took a variation east of the regular route to avoid some obvious avy terrain- we saw debris from a size ~2ish avy likely released on Friday. Took a food break around 7 (~8600'), but kept moving, the length of the day was just sinking in with another 3800' to climb. The snow really shaped up nicely above the lunch counter. We took off the skins for the steeper section under pikers, but the snow was still good for kicking steps. The top of Pikers was a total mess- ice chunk crap everywhere, and the ice chunk crap continued to the true summit. We summitted around 1245 in beautiful blue skies with big puffy clouds. We hung out for about 20 minutes, and just as we were packing up, whiteout conditions rolled in. We couldn't make out the ground from the sky, we couldn't see if the ground was angled or where we might ski. I got one quick window to shoot a bearing to pikers before it really cemented in. Ultimate, we took the skis off and followed our boot track all the way to the snowfield below pikers. Dropping off pikers we dropped below the whiteout, found great snow, and had a blast descending to lunch counter- got there around 300pm and had super beautiful views of St. Helens. Neither of us were familiar with the route and we ended up skiing the wrong snow lead out, but realized our error and hiked west over a bunch of rock bands. The snow below lunch counter was surprisingly hard and windshaped, not much fun to ski. Lower, it turned to complete slush, just glop impossible to turn in. Chris and I briefly lost each other in the snowmobile tracks leading down to the road. We eventually found one another and boogied towards the car. We found a few snow leads we missed in the morning and with just a little walking, ended up skiing to within sight of my van. The packs and boots came off at 645pm. Thanks for a great trip Chris. Jon, props for the help and checking in. All: my camera is still buried somewhere in my smelly gear, I will add photos as soon as I find it- but I wanted to get the info on conditions up. Gear Notes: skins required, Approach Notes: pop tarts for breakfast
  5. you interested in a partner on a pair of board that are only half strapped to his feet? I'm fit to suffer as much as you like, but we ought be wary of avy terrain. I'm also in Ptown and game to ride on your timetable.
  6. Anybody down for doing some conditioning? With the new snow and fresh avy conditions, I'm thinking it's a good weekend for a skinning overnight. I'll be touring on tele gear and mostly just looking to be outside. Anyone have a recommendation for a good place to tour, away from avy terrain? Tatooshes? Goat Rocks? etc. I'll be driving out of Portland either Friday night or Saturday morning. PM or 847 ^% 644 %* 5006
  7. where do you live/where are you driving there from?
  8. mountainboy, where are you leaving from. I could be interested, but am in portland, have a car, but was curious as to your location and logistics.
  9. John, You want to go hit one of those great routes this weekend???
  10. I'm headed to AK in June, and taking my skis. Does anyone have a ski bag I could borrow (I don't often fly with skis). I would gladly provide appropriate adult beverages/belay slave duty/cash in return.
  11. John inspires the rest of us to get the fuck off the couch. I only hope my trip north goes so well as that. Props John- Way to get it done right!
  12. I'm lazy and can't figure out how to edit the previous posts- I swear there was an edit feature somewhere.... I would love to find a new home for this pack. It's a great pack, just not the best pack for me. $250?
  13. Big THANKS to whomever put that on- that prevents me from screwing it up (again). Someone took note of the fact that I started this post with "I've never placed a bolt before..."- might have indicated I was not the best person to be doing so. Billcoe- tsk tsk, that looks like a serious owwie. Hope that heals up quick. See you out there.
  14. Billcoe- much thanks for putting the supplies there, I will bring my own torquewrench and loctite. Sorry I haven't been out there recently- stupid professional exams get in the way of climbing... hoping to get it done this Monday. Many apologies to everyone eagerly awaiting it's installation
  15. Props dude, well done. I had beautiful skiing off the summit on Sunday (along with half of the population of the Portland metro area), nice to know someone found some solitude out there.
  16. Now available for $50. Really I just need to get rid of it so I can buy an axe that does what I need.
  17. elliot- I was thining about my situation, and decided to buy a plane ticket. Got a roundtrip from PDX to ANC that fits my needs perfectly for $530. Sorry I couldn't help- but the time was the biggest factor. I'm stuck in a "career" job, so the time is worth more than the money, and my boss already wants to kill me for taking 24 days off. hopefully you can find someone to ride, that would be hella fun.
  18. All- After talking to my partners I realized I reference the wrong route. We were actually on House of Pain, which is quite removed from Masterpiece. My fault to all- everything else stands the title was intentionally not titled "popped nut" cause I knew all you perverts out there would go nuts. Billcoe- thanks for the great info, I'll try to replace it this weekend. 112- yes, thanks for the grammatical correction, I'm not actually as dumb as a type, but I also don't spend all day thinking about the phrasing of my cc.com posts. (joking). Pink- it's clearly Bush's fault, blame is well placed.
  19. hey all, was at Ozone last Saturday (took a while to post this), and climbed Masterpiece Theater (just talked to the partners we were on House of Pain) as part of the day. As we were cleaning, I helf the rap line under tension so my partner could clean the bolts under the small roof, and as he grabbed the draw on the first bolt, the nut popped off. Bolt still in the wall, hanger now on the biner. The hanger looked new, and the bolt seemed solid as we clipped it. while you don't really really NEED the very first bolt, I thought it was nice the the FA party put one there... so spare the commentary on how over bolted Ozone is- I know, I don't care, I just want a straight answer. I've never placed a bolt, so I don't really know the protocol for this sort of thing, but currently the hanger is missing, and I feel responsible for it. I'm happy to replace it, but don't want to do a crappy job, who should I talk to/how should I replace this? What's the standard size for a nut out there (or do I wander out with a whole selection)? Is it kosher to just put a new hanger and new nut on the existing bolt? Thanks
  20. Now Available for $300... going on other forums soon
  21. I've flow with a full trad rack several times. The guys at PDX just laugh and tell me to have fun. In San Diego, I had to sit in the detention area while the TSA person did a chemical swab test on every single piece that had a wire... (nuts, cams, and wired hexes, but not tricams or slung hexes). You'll get all types, but I've never actually had stuff impounded or my flight status denied. I did get fined $250 for having signal flares in my CHECKED bag when flying out for a solo trip. Carry on is the way to go- United lost my buddy's bag with a full trad rack in it, and gave him a check for $400. He figured the rack was worth about $1500.
  22. When are you thinking of going? I need to be in Talkeetna by June 26th, coming from Portland. I can fly, but if driving is cheaper, I'd want to drive like hell- minimum time from Portland to Talkeetna- how fast would you be interested in doing it?
  23. I'm headed up from Portland to St. Helens Friday night to ski Saturday if anyone is interested in splitting gas. Could go Sunday too if the weather looks better then. Thinking to crash in the back of my van and go for it in one day. PM me.
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