maykov

The tent is sold

This is the most bomber and larger from a family of Bibler tents. Bibler tents (now owned by Black Diamond) is a tent of choice for many climbers in PNW. Eldorado is a slightly bigger variety of the original ITent. As any Bibler type tent, it is a single wall 4 season tent, which is fast and easy to setup in any conditions. Eldorado is made of ToddTex which is a wind and waterproof material. Unlike the FirstLight or HiLight varieties there is no condensation problem with this material. And did I say it is slightly bigger which means you won't be crammed in. The price on BlackDiamond.com is $700. I will sell it for $350. You will get: - The tent - slightly used, no tears, ready to go - Poles - Stakes - Stuff sack - Lots of extras - Manuals and a tube of waterproof goodness Extras: - The vestibule ($179 value!!) - A set of snow stakes Call me at (425)681-0237, email maykov@gmail.com or PM

Found a backpack full of climbing gear on Guye Peak. We did the West Face route and saw a bag lying at the base of the tree ramp. It was lying there for a while. It might've been a few years.

Trip: Mt Hood - South Side Date: 7/4/2012 Trip Report: Departed from a parking lot at Timberline at 1:30am. Skinned up/walked to the middle of the Palmer Express ski lift and had to switch to crampons due to too much ice. At one point while we were walking on a ski run, a snow cat stopped behind us. We traversed to the snowcat track on the right. It seems like a designated walking route. There is a snowcat track at the top of the groomed area. At this point, we continued walking straight up. A shadow from the mountain. Skiing area runs. Got to the crater rock/devils kitchen area when it was completely light. From this point, you can see your options for the ascent. You can go up the snow ridge called Hogsback and then either turn left, continue straight up and up the couloir, Old Chute route. Or somehow go around the bergschrund and travers to the right and up the couloir called Pearly Gates. The former is the route recommended as the easiest one. But most people take the former route now. We saw people were downclimbing very slowly, facing the wall. We've roped up on the top of hogsback, traverced it to the climber's left and climb up the wall and up the couloir. It was very icy. Some rolling ice which only increased the sun started coming out. Might've been very hard to self-arrest. Most people went unroped, some without ice axes. On the summit. Got there at 8:30. Up the couloir. Downclimbing towards the crater rock. A view towards hogsback, crater rock on the right. Fumerolas on the left and right of Hogsback. Very icy descent from down below Crater rock to the point of being unskiable. It got better as the steepness decreased.