mikeadam

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Rayborbon found out sock also doubles as toilet paper or so i hear. personally i prefer to use snow or a large broad leaf...

Camazonia-if you worked as much as you climb you'd be able to afford a haircut.

you have to add the canonical or it redirects to an ISP. http://www.jumarnet.com/

Sorry to make it sound overly-hyped I figured it would be eventually anyway. I sponsor myself

quote: Originally posted by AlpineK: I thought that guy who posted here in February got the first descent. Yeah the first "Online Descent"

We know you swing. keep it to yourself

A team of Black Diamond athletes including Martin Volken and Andrew McLean skied the North Face of Mt Buckner yesterday. I think this was the first descent? Mike

Email benmantele@yahoo.com for first hand beta. He did not climb it but reported that surprisingly it was wide open despite the good snowpack from this past winter.

Forest Murphy who posts here sometimes has climbed there. I think his screen name is Forestm or forest_m...????

CB, There are also some more attainable climbs to be had from the parking lot at mile 17 in the middle fork. Cross the river and head up the trail for a bit. The rock is obvious and similar to the types of climbs found at 32/38 and the far side. I tried that thing (Garfield) twice in the winter and I won't be back until summer that's for sure.

We have pictures of it but I think they are on my computer in Atlanta. There are enough dogs and gapers standing around in the picture to launch the Titanic.

That route is called the Si Pillar and goes at Grade IV 5.10+ by Andy Dappen and Martin Volken. Volken was encouraged to not report the climb and encouraged never to return again by DNR. He (Volken) cleaned all the rappel points, but there is a topo for the route at ProSki in North Bend. There is still a bunch of independent lines on Garfield South Face (possibly 18 pitches or more) and the west face of Russian Butte may still be untried.

You're welcome sir! Now I am going to go to EXIT 38 and really crank hard cause I'm all that!

Ask either Gator or Halling. I know Halling has a picture of Kellog descending that route on his wall. It looked like he was about to go into full arrest mode too -- so have fun!

The Tooth is an enjoyable alpine climb with perfect position located deep in the heart of the Cascade wilderness.

turn the lights down low and bolt the door up future is coming future rising up whoa shotgun blast a demon piece of lead with both eyes open i wait up for the kill feel the evil feel the heat as i blast you open death comes ripping and it's going death comes ripping you feel the heat as death comes ripping rip your back out and death comes ripping out flesh and blood too weak for you turning it over a little too late to penetrate death comes ripping and it's going death comes ripping you feel the heat as death comes ripping rip your back out death comes ripping and it's going, death comes ripping you feel the heat as death comes ripping rip your back out death comes ripping and i know that death comes ripping out whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa The Misfits

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The Tooth is a fine alpine climb of character deserving of it's reputation.

Nice job Juan & Bobinc and everyone else. I went to PortLAND. [ 06-10-2002, 11:37 AM: Message edited by: mikeadam ]

Is there a good trail to get up there?

I wish you guys would stop picking on me or I am going to take this all personally and send private messages threatening to kick your asses before I slink down behind my computer screen and register more avatars!!!! GRRRRR!

Peter, et al, I wanted you to understand this was no hair brain stunt done on the spur of the moment. Or motivated by feelings of inadequacy in the realm of the greater climbing community. I know for all of you it's difficult to understand my "summit or plummet" mentality, but I feel that I must be the standard bearer for the future. All balding, thirty somethings will appreciate my efforts. I do train pretty regularly when I'm not lying on the couch. Just last week I cranked off like 4 two arm pullups in a row, then and moved some boxes around. As a reward to myself for making it back in one piece I bought a MARMOT PRECIP COAT AT PROSKI IN NORTHBEND (PLUG ). This will also insure that I look cool, and give the impression that I actually know what I'm doing out there, because I have lightweight rain gear on while hiking the trail.

Jon-I think it was like October 15th of 2000. That guy camping on the summit has a website somewhere. Does anyone know which one it is?

I forgot to mention that I had a MUIR HUT moment at the top (for my homies) which greatly increased my balance and confidence overall. Recommend this medicine for all serious routes!

Last night I summited Mt Si via the exposed and dangerous haystack route. I wanted to share some of my revelations along the way so everyone would know I kick ass. And I wanted to promote GU (although I didn't have any). I got an alpiney start at about 630 PM. I took off at a near run until about the first switchback where my back started hurting. A fat girl was behind me though and there was no way I was going to let her pass me so I walked pretty fast until I stopped to drink some water. Arriving at the top I skirted some gapers (GUFFAW!) with big packs and made my way for the *technical* climbing. My Hurricane GTX's soaked up all the water around making it increasingly dangerous as I caught sight of the entrance gulley. Looked steep and wicked hard, but I had to do it for Marcel! I began climbing sometimes using my hands, but I made sure that I ALWAYS had two points of contact. I saw the wicked route that Mike Stanton and Ray Borbon sent and thanked god I wasn't on that imposing buttress with the big tree sticking out. I pulled over the top on some tenuous stair climbing like bucket jug rhino holds and arrived on the grass benches. "This must be JUST like Jberg I thought to myself". I pulled over the shoulder and nearly fell as the 2 MPH gusting wind nailed me head on. I stared down deeply into the lights of North Bend and wondered if anyone could see me? I licked my already sweaty palm (the exposure was enormous!) and slicked back my hair just in case. I took stock of all the beautiful clearcutted wilderness and noted several forest service roads I planned on cranking up & down on my ski touring gear next season. I was a bit worried about the descent. I wasn't sure I could reverse my moves so I decided to move down the ridge a bit. A moved down the ridge a bit. It was hairy to say the least but I don't want to pound my chest here. Suffice to say I was gripped stupid! Finally arriving at the alpine benches I traversed back to the saddle between Si and Teneriffe. I had to keep going I knew but I was exhausted and my nalgene (PLUG! ) was empty. The frigid wind nailed me but I kept pressing on and soon found myself at the top of some knob called Teneriffe. It was now 930 and I knew I was in trouble! With all the costly rescues lately I felt that my safety was in my own hands and I had to assume responsibilty for my actions. The best plan I decided was to bushwack straight downhill. This provided much entertainment as the Tika (PLUG ) spread it's soft ambience in like a 2 ft circle around my feet. Tarzan would have been proud! I skirted the edge of civilization and avoided dogs once in the valley bottom. I walked back to the Si trailhead and found the crux of the route was not getting nailed on the Mt Si road by angry drivers. Home at 1139. I was king of the hill for a day. Proudly! Ma