philfort

Are crampons necessary?

I was up at the top of Enigma Gully yesterday. We didn't ski it due to the lateness of the day, and questionable snow stability (there has been a lot of wind up there, and the top section is the perfect aspect for windloading, although we didn't test it). The upper west slope of Snoqualmie was hammered by wind, and the skiing wasn't that great. Below 5200ft in the open it was excellent. In the forest, it was icy. Not enough new snow on top of last wknd's ice crust (which is completely bulletproof) there. The rocks around NY gully (from what we could see) seemed to have some verglas on them, and there were some short bits of thick water ice near the summit rocks on the west side. I wonder if Chair peak is coming in. Near the summit, there was about 1.5 to 2 feet of somewhat compacted snow on last weekends crust. You'd still be post-holing pretty deep without skis (but probably not wallowing, unless the new snow is a lot deeper due to windloading). There appeared to be a weak layer near the crust. [ 12-21-2001: Message edited by: philfort ]

There's no reason we can't combine the two things. For example: Britney descending from Burgundy Spire in a snoq squall: Britney approaching Drury Falls: Britney getting some early season ice:

Well, whatever it is, it looks "fun" to try and climb.

Se promener sur les escaliers du telepherique peut endommager vos "clingy's"

Whew! When I read the title of the thread, I thought sport climbing had made it to the Olympic games! Sorry to be of no help, but I don't know of any sport climbing in the olympic moutnains...

Hmm... yeah, the instructions do imply you can do that: "Using different holes (b) in the forged frontpoints (D) allows you to differentiate the length between the two points." The only way I can see that working is if, as I said, your middle bar is two short bars. But why not just make a second hole in the middle section???Or maybe you're stuck with non-rigid crampons when you do this! - which may be why they say "But, try it first close to the road on an easy route."

He said to lower at the lower diagram, so he's only got one hole in the middle, and two holes in front and in back. Like caveman said, it looks like its not designed to do what you want to do. Unless maybe you can buy two shorter bars, and have them only go halfway across (i.e. so the middle bar would be two short bars, with nothing in between the front points)

Does anyone know if this is Mt Constance?

quote: Originally posted by Richard Pumpington: -------Dick,for short[ 12-15-2001: Message edited by: Richard Pumpington ] Dick Pumpington, huh?

Let Bigones be bygones.

quote: Originally posted by dr. jay: anyone know much about these? i saw an olympus for $190 on amazon.com and it looks like a good deal, but i'm a bit clueless about them. www.dpreview.com

quote: Originally posted by trask: A hole in a slippery elm log when I was really horny one time. That's hilarious, and at the same time, really really disgusting. I wonder what the chipmunk family living in the log thought.

Sno-sealing your gore-tex clothing works wonders.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Thats right, it can get much harder very quickly! (OR so I hear, unlike purp I have no first hand experience) Beware, there's also some brush on the approach (so I've been told).

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Who are they????????????????????? I'd like to have some Kraft Dinner right about now! [ 12-17-2001: Message edited by: philfort ]

quote: Originally posted by ropeadope: What's its late December shape? Thin ice? Mixed? What kind of crampons should I use? "Conditions" can change in a very short time.

Could you get one of those spouts they have at bars, screw it into the bottle, and hook a camelbak-type tube to it? What am I doing!? I can't believe I'm recommending a tube-based (de)hydration system!?

Wow, that looks like a lot of ice (to my cascadian eyes). Maybe its just because the pictures ARE SO FRIGGIN HUGE!

quote: Originally posted by Dru: But Stim didn't start climbing till he was in his 50's, right? whereas Beckey allegedly emerged from the womb via chimney technique and tied off his own umbilical cord with a figure-8 knot. I heard his mother used a piton for protection, but I guess it didn't work.

gregm made a functional pipe out of one of those little aluminum candle holders (for candle lanterns) last New Years in the Cariboo mtns.

quote: Originally posted by climberbro16: I was on a speed accend due to my P's waitiing patiently stairing and Olympus. accent* at Olympus* ascent*staring*

quote: Originally posted by wdietsch: Nalgene bottles... like most petroleum based products over time and exposure to UV rays will deteriorate.. On a winter climb several years ago air temp around 10F I tapped the bottle with the back side of my hand to knock the ice loose on the inside and put my knuckle thru the @#$%&* thing [ 12-14-2001: Message edited by: wdietsch ] You must be old skool!

Wow, I've never had so much time to waste that I found that out. A few word into my message, I often realize "hey, I don't really give a shit", and then forget about replying. I almost did that with this one.

quote: Originally posted by erik: after putting some thought to it, i think the biggest piece of crap in all the outdoor industry would have to be nalgene water bottles. seriously who in the world would pat $6 for a water bottle that leaks and they do break. plus like 500 other reason why not to buy them. With the defense of Nalgenes! I never destroyed one, I never had an escape, I never had a rupture. AND they come now in various colors, thus you can differentiate the bottle from wee of the bottle of water!