JasonG

May we get to a La Nina depth at some point in 2022!

Sounds like I will stick to mountain biking in the shoulder season @underscore_child!

Nice guys! I was up on Orcas celebrating my parents 50th anniversary, but I certainly would have liked to be up in the hills! It has been a very slow fall for me. Is that a recent photo @kmfoerster? And yes @Phil K, that WAS a great trip! Here is the South Twin from a slide I took on that trip....

What is the solution to the river crossing this time of year?

@therunningdog admires the immensity of Tahoma from the Tatoosh a few winters ago:

I need a few more photos first! And then there are so many decisions....like would this photo of Hell's Highway make the cut??

Some places are not for lingering. Coleman Glacier death zone:

Close, from just above Luna col on the way to East Fury!

An oldie, but a goodie. A discerning eye will see that this image is part of my public persona:

I'm still here!

I'm pretty sure this is what it looks like right now on the South Fork Stillaguamish:

Hey @Trevor Thomas....I moved this to the partners forum. Also, and you probably know this, but it is pretty unlikely the weather and conditions will line up the week of 12/27. Rainier in winter isn't something you can typically nail down very far in advance. Good luck!

Sunrise on Luna through a dirty lens. That is @tylerhs01 on the true summit:

The vanishing ice of the White River Glacier a couple autumns ago:

Winter backpack at Baker Lake with the family....

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This is from above Cutthroat Pass many autumns ago:

OK, back to the task at hand.....skinning up under the North face of Pioneer in the Adamants:

You are EXACTLY right @Off_White. We talked of this. What a much cooler way to do it, though a bit longer. And you are also right that it has fallen out of favor to approach Torment that way. Though we did run into some guys this past summer who had gone in right ahead of us. Even the rangers I've talked with have never been up Torment Basin, including Kevork.

Quitters.

Thanks @Off_White! For that compliment, here's a shot from a 2004 trip to the Khumbu. Pumori!

MacGyver would be proud!

Although I don't use a canister stove in winter, I have heard sitting the canister in a little water helps. But I think the MSR isobutane mix performs much better in cold. Maybe use that fuel? And yes, you need no new snow for that route to be "fun". Fresh snow means you go skiing instead! But you know that now. Good effort for getting up there, not an easy slog with fresh snow in the boulders! For comparison, the mountain biking on Galbraith was pretty great this weekend.

Time to mix it up again. Scan from a slide. November 2006, Annapurna massif showing off some nice light:

@therunningdog at the ready to deploy the rope for a whimpering dad on the South Face of Inspiration:

We must all go climb Sir Donald next summer!