philfort

Which one of the squares is not like the other?

It's not my picture, it's scot'teryx's from his Enchantment TR. I just saw it and pondered that ice conditions were better back in october than they are now.

Ice!!!

1) Rainier 2) Dan Larson 3) Rainier again.

quote: Originally posted by markman: Rope? Who would use a rope on ice? Could that be.... sarcasm?

quote: Originally posted by max: I'm assuming the average of the "great"/"sucks" ratings for all the magazines out there must be near "neutral". I don't know about rating scales, all I know is I kept getting issues, and they kept sucking. They sent me a thing saying "This is your second to last issue", and I was like, well, this isn't very good, it had better get better next issue. Last chance. And then the next issue came, with a note that said "renew now! This is your last issue!!" and basically had a blurb dissing Rock & Ice and Climbing, those 'fancy US' magazines, and saying how Gripped was where climbing was really at. And I was like, huh, I don't think so. Climbing and Rock & Ice are much better reads. Don't know about the European stuff, it's hard to get that here. So I guess I don't know of any really good climbing mags. [ 01-21-2002: Message edited by: philfort ]

It's not the best time of year for climbing in the Cascades. Most of the alpine rock climbs are still very snowed up. That time of year the snow is transitioning from winter to spring mode, so its often slushy and unconsolidated and avalanching. Often, but certainly not always. During a cold snap you could get nice frozen stuff. If you want rock at that time of year, I would do something on the east side, say in the Stuart Range, where things melt out earlier I think. Snow might be more consolidated there too. And the weather is better.

wow, you DO have time on your hands! Looks... seven-fingered-jackish ?

How steep is it? Is it the one that drops down from right near the summit? (just looking at a map here...)

Dru, I swear I remember you making posts in defense of GRIPPED.... ??? Anyway, I let my subscription lapse, because, as Dru just said now, GRIPPED sucks.

quote: Originally posted by gregm: i like the "dr evil" feeling of having my own blimp.

The Book "Wild Snow" indicates that the first descent was in 1980 (Chris Landry).

A weather balloon we found on Adams last summer had a pre-addressed envelope to return it to.

Banned? Since when? I'm pretty sure White River rd is open to snowmobiles to the White River campground.

That's right, no pictures of you. And I even have a picture of my ex-girlfriend up there.

photos of-Mt Rainier/Lib Ridge/Carbon glacier-Serac in the Coleman glacier-A peak in the St Elias range-Same peak from a different angle-An underwater sea slug (a co-worker's hobby is scuba)-a secret project -canadian flag-a few small photos of other stuff like friends drinking, sand-skiing, etc...

Sedro Wooley sounds like "see your willy" huh huh hhuh hhuh

bobinc: isn't that true of all climbers when they start though? When I first did SEWS, I think we had a pretty huge rack too, even though we were a private party. Or were most people on this site already experienced climbers to begin with??? Most of you are sounding like you were never beginners.

oooo, Gold Creek. That is one tense sno-park.

quote: Originally posted by Doug: Phil, What was that picture? Some sort of Rorsach test? The link is still there for you to click on. King of Freshies: great shit story! Here's another. It was probably two or three summers ago, I went up alone to climb the south gully on Guye Peak. All the previous week I'd been having intestinal problems. I thought they'd cleared up. Guess not. On the descent, as I was scrambling down a 3rd class section, suddenly, I needed to go - NOW! So I made a big pile of mush in the middle of the gully. There wasn't any place to hide it, nor any convenient rocks to cover, so I just left it there. I guess it's not that good a story, but that's a popular scramble, I wonder if anyone saw my mess in the days that followed.

Don't worry about it. And if it start snowing a lot, and you're worried the plow operator is going to bust you then dig a hole in the snowbank and sleep in there

If you feel totally comfortable downclimbing it, then the climb itself probably won't present much challenge to you.

Check out: http://www.couloirmag.com/articles/news/crossen.asp Does anyone else think this is a bit lame? They've already all been skied by one person. This guy is trying to do it in one season. He says "No one has accomplished this feat; it is one of the last remaining ski epics in America." and"Skiing all 54 peaks in a single season has never been accomplished, nor even attempted. This Quest is an unprecedented return to adventure within the heart of the United States' wilderness" All the peaks in one season. So f***ing what?I mean, it would be an impressive effort, but when you start saying things like "last remaining ski epics in America", you start to sound like a dork.

They do issue real citations for not having a NW forest pass. I received one a couple of years ago (50$ fine I think), and ignored it. I will say I agree with paying a fee for sno-park passes. At least then you know where your money is going. It's all funneled towards the extra plowing (I think? Someone correct me if I'm wrong). Except the extra grooming sticker is stupid, since you need it to park at a spot where there are groomed trails, even if you don't use the groomed trails. I've gotten a ticket for that too. But anyway, at Alpental you don't need any kind of pass for the winter months. It's FREE!!During summer I'm pretty sure you need a forest pass to park in Alpental's lot.

Ok, I removed the inline picture. Btw, to set the record straight, I didn't take the picture, one of my friends did. Another poop story: After getting rained out in WA pass, we were down in Mazama, scoping out Goat Wall. We'd been hiking up scree for some time, to the base of the cliff. Two of my friends got ahead of me and the other guy, in this loose gully, so we held back for a while so as not to get hit by falling boulders. And, I needed to take a dump. I scrambled over a rib and found a flattish spot. There was a rock in my way, so I moved it. Got my harness off and toilet paper out, and was about to go ahead with the process, when I spotted a rattlesnake a couple of feet in front of me, where I had just removed the boulder from. I wasn't sure it was a rattler though... I backed up a few feet, and then stupidly tossed a small rock at it to see what it would do. It started rattling! And getting closer. After a staring contest that lasted several seconds, it slithered away. Needless to say, I lost the urge to take a dump there.