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    [TR] Hood-Wand - Vernal Venture up the V Slot of Luetholds 4/23/0

    in Oregon Cascades

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    A hard to forget trip.

    Thanks to the glorious Ivan for the laugh and full entertainment value! :rawk:

    As if it could be any different.

     

    A couple of comments on my behalf.

     

    Over the last week, Ivan's fatal attraction to the Stone Soup at the glamorous Baconwand was shattered with the positive weather outlook for Hood. However, my naive offering to do a speed ascent of the well covered Yocum Ridge a la Ueli Steck did not meet much of his enthusiasm cuz he does not like "to be compared to aliens" :). So, "speed" in our case would not mean "faster", but rather "shorter".

     

    Our delightful arrival at First Gendarme at 8600' was accompanied by the Ivan's profound Shakespearian recitation from Macbeth (if I am not mistaken?), which abruptly ceased as we progressed further. A thought crossed my mind that he might be getting sick at that point or how else would you account for him being silent for once? :)

     

    All that and the perspectives of his wife suing me if something was to happen to him (although he did smartly upgrade his life insurance by then :) ) made Leutholds a more viable variation of Yocum :grin:.

     

    The Legendary: Yocum Ridge

     

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    Oh, and the 2 lbs of bacon from the Dakota-sized pack came in very handy.

    Japan

    in Spray

    Posted

    The Hanford Nuclear Reservation, in the far northwestern corner of the continental United States, is the most contaminated nuclear site in the Western Hemisphere.

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    The Western Hemisphere's Most Contaminated Place

     

    Yup. Conveniently positioned UPSTREAM of Portland on the Columbia river. Oh, and by the way, we have had 19 BIG earthquakes over the last 10,000 years (~1 in 500 years, range 180-1,000 years). The last BIG one (8.7 to 9.2) took place at about 9 p.m. on January 26, 1700. We know about it because the Japanese have chronicled the arrival of a giant "orphan" tsunami (i.e. tsunami without an associated earthquake).

    So, yes, come visit... :grin:

     

     

    From Mr Gadd

    in Ice Climbing Forum

    Posted

    The pictures of a climber sawing a 30ft ice pillar in Leavenworth was just frightening to me, and it also showed that the leader was way over his/hers ability.

     

    Hey! If that scares you so much that you can't sleep at night and keep bringing this up at every occasion, why don't you quit climbing all together to stay within your ability? Give us a break dude!

     

     

     

     

    FS: BD Punisher ice gloves

    in The Yard Sale

    Posted

    For sale: Never worn (w/out tags) BD Punisher ice gloves, Mens X-small, black.

    Got it for myself in the smallest available sizing but still too bulky.

     

    So, I am better off stocking up on Prophets before OR ingeniously discontinue them.

     

     

    $50 including shipping.

     

     

     

     

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