philfort

Sky... such a media whore!

Amazing... ...caused by deterioration of the rock do you think, or by the hot temps?

Those cols can be gnar!

They just had a segment on King5 about it... they said it was a natural repellant made from chrysanthemums. But alpinfox's link said it's synthetic... not that it really matters...

Here is my creation, called "Rowing the Boat": For added effect, , listen to this while watching.

I learned that the washington DOT thinks its ok to cause a 2 hour traffic jam on I-5 at midnight Friday night, on a 2 mile section of road that has no exits.

Olyclimber, that is SOOOOO disturbing....

Great pics!

The traverse from Ice Lakes is very straightforward, I did it a few weeks ago. I don't think it would add too much time compared to going from the Maude-7FJ col (assuming you get to Ice Lakes from Leroy Basin). Be prepared for some low-angle glacier ice on the traverse. It might add a bergschrund to your climb too (it was well bridged on the far climbers right 10 days ago).

Yeah, that #7 *really* does look like Adams glacier... except isn't the west peak more pointy? I was just there yesterday, I should remember...

I eat climber's ropes for breakfast.

How's the snow holding up on Buckner's N face? Gnarly schrunds and icy runnels, or smooth corn?

I assumed they were checking... they would pull their SUV forward and stop for a few seconds next to each vehicle that was parked.

Rangers like to use closed roads as their own little private paradise. Happens all the time on highway 410. The ranger parked at boston basin was there with a non-ranger friend, it looked like... not a "business" trip (pure conjecture on my part though) oh, and of course on their way out, they checked to see that there were NW forest passes displayed on the cars at the gate that locks the rest of us out from the road in perfect condition. Oh well - the short bike ride keeps the crowds away anyway

That's a popular snow-mo destination... how could no one have reported that all winter?

Wow, very cool! This awesome pic deserves another inclusion: whoa mama!

I find the Good Food veggie burgers pretty... well... good. Pricey yes. Where is the pizza place in Concrete? Used to be a place called the Baker Street Grill in Concrete... that place was awesome. But they closed a few years ago and moved to Oregon.

I like the speeding UFO in most of your pics

If any rangers are reading this: it is extremely LAME that the gate is locked. The road is in perfect shape beyond the gate.

But Schriebers is a snow hotspot! I guess so is that area between baker and shuksan though... not as much as Schriebers... it looked a tad bony in the photos though..

Hmm.. how bad was it? Thinking of heading in there soon. With over 100 inches of snow at heather meadows still, I was hoping that traverse approach might still go. I recall a few stream gullies, but no steep slopes - was there still enough snow on that side of the valley to make it go? i.e. was it lack of snow that made you decide to try the other approach, or did you mess up your route-finding

Despite the icefall that fell right across their climbing line every few hours on Saturday?

Ah, but when you rush through something like that, you don't have time to appreciate things like the pretty moss on the Carbon River trail. Sky is missing out on SO much!

Haha, nice job! Anyone who's been to Alpental with me the past few months knows I've been talking about that line every time... no one seemed to think it would go though - guess you proved them wrong! Cool that you skied it with no rappel... looked like a few thin sections, but hard to tell from the road.

yeah, what a loser!