JasonG

Take it up with Dallas. But I'm glad that your experience brought you to register at this illustrious domain. Welcome to the madhouse!

That's a proud tick boyz, nice work!

That is impressive dedication to Mt Ann! A long day from the Heather meadows parking area on snowshoes for sure.

Nice work team! But where are the snowshoes?!!

The SE side of Baker Lake. I had extra room once @Alisse confirmed that the summit beers were covered.

Index in Winter IS most certainly MEGA! Well done @Doug_Hutchinson and Mik!!

I hadn't heard that before, but so perfect!

You'll have to ask @Kitor @Alisse. I feel like both were present at different points of the day. And yes, way more ass-kicking than expected! My left knee still isn't quite right from the abuse.

Trip: WELKER! - Whacky Wallow Trip Date: 01/18/2021 Trip Report: You can all feel sorry for @Alisse. She was desperate enough this week to reach out to @Kit and myself to try and climb a mountain somewhere. And so we convinced her that she might as well go where few have gone before.....WELKER! And since it was winter, it would be the WELKER WHACKY WALLOW. Now doesn't that just sound fun? Well, it wasn't, at least not in the traditional sense. It didn't help that JGAP lost his nerve quite high on the NW ridge, muttering that his "mountain sense" demanded an easier route with less danger of bodily harm. @Alisse seemed unconvinced, but nevertheless went along with the ignominious descent and shuffle to the North ridge, where much bodily harm was endured by the team anyways, while post-holing in less than ideal conditions. We were crazy alright, but not crazy enough to bring snowshoes. Didn't it rain several inches up here? Why wasn't this crust thick enough for my fat ass? Why do bad things happen to bad people? Why does fat need to be punished? Why would a nice young lady pack beers to the summit for two jackasses? We might never know the answers to these questions, but we do know that WELKER has quite a good view and is maaaaaaaaaaaybe worth the work to climb. Oh, and that @Alisse is a saint...... despite what @Kit says. (captions, in time) Gear Notes: Whatever you think will lessen the pain. Summit beers are key. Approach Notes: Ha!

Proper!

Oooooooh, thanks for jogging my memory. The Brothers traverse is quite good and not really worse than 4th class (although I think we did some running belays). No permit shenanigans either as @rat points out. And yes, you could easily spend a few days scrambling peaks in the Goat Rocks- Gilbert, Ives, Old Snowy. Or you could traverse the Tatoosh peaks in MRNP and admire the mountain you just climbed?

I don't think there are many (any?) moderately technical ridges like that in WA. Here are a few options though: West ridge of North Twin Sister? Regular route on Tomyhoi? West Ridge of Columbia? I'm biased, of course, but I think you should spend most of your extra 4 days climbing Jacob's Ladder on Mt. Prophet.

Yeah, 12, 4, and 4/3 refer to the grid cell size (how long on a side the squares for model output). So you hit it right, less detail as you increase grid size. And yes, for whatever reason, they don't run the 4/3 as far out, maybe due to computing limitations?

Thanks @bedellympian!! This looks to be another good tool. Right now I am just using the loops of column integrated cloud water and the 1 hr. precip on the 4km grids

I haven't used those yet off the atmos site. I will have to spend more time with your x axis description. So.....it is for a 36 hour window?

Hahaha. Because I am not into it as much as you are. Sorry for the confusion. Carry on with your quest.

Exactly, which is what I want. The Sony RX100 Mk II is 28mm, at its widest, which isn't wide enough for me

No. 28mm isn't wide enough for my tastes climbing. Would be interested in Mk III or IV

I was hoping that they would have come way down in price by now, at least for the Mk III. But no.....

I wish I could convince the finance minister to get a new RX100.... but probably won't happen.

I have a P&S (Canon S120, which has been replaced with the G5X) case on my shoulder harness of my backpack for routes where my DSLR gets in the way (so, mid fifth and up at my choss pup ability). I use a velcro strap to wrap tightly around shoulder strap, then use case attached to that (something simple like this). Wrist laynard on camera is clipped to sway straps at top of shoulder strap with non-climbing biner to keep me from dropping it. Will work in rain and brush no problem, though in car wash situations I will put it inside my pack since I am not taking photos anyways. Never destroyed a camera in the Cascades, which I often marvel at, esp. given the terrain and weather. I am careful not to ever drop them though.

What is the going rate for that one? I keep wondering if I'm going to be able to retire on my complete collection one of these days.

Thanks for the report and glad you guys made safe decisions for your team!

OR used to make pretty sweet insulated sleeves for 0.5 and 1L water bottles. It looks like they don't any longer, at least for the 0.5l size? I find that is a nice size to keep on your pack waist strap in really cold conditions, with the rest of your fluids in your pack.

Major Junkshow reporting for duty, sir!