AlpineK

I was really into the old Genesis with Peter Gabriel as the lead singer. Phil was marginally ok through Abakab but after that.

When I was in grade school we used to play smear the queer. I guess those kids that can't play tag will have to take that up as a new activity.

Back awhile ago I had a grand total of 1 Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA. It was pretty good, but at 20% alcohol by volume it's hard to be inspired to drink a six pack....not that you couldn't but.....

Any beer is a good beer. Trust me on this one.

I have 2 stories, but I don't feel at all comfortable with sharing them on a public bb.

All I know is next spring I'm driving to Pemberton and getting on a helicopter. I promise to keep my 2 way use to under 4 hours and spend the rest of the week on skis. I'm sure I'll post a TR since none of you have convinced me otherwise.

When you say Vesper, do you mean you are going to sleep on top? That would be cool. There is plenty of room. Probably not on top, but I don't set the agenda.

I'm going to Vesper peak for a bachelor party.

Here's a link from Science Friday In short there are fuel sources that might be better than the current selection available at the pump, but there are major problems with feed corn based fuels that are the main product available at the biodiesel station.

I can't post a link right this second, but there was a long discussion on NPR Science Friday back about a month ago that seriously calls into question whether or not biodiesel really works to reduce climate change effects. The interview was done with a reputable scientist not a lobbyist for a fuel supplier.

I'm not defending individual actions. On the other hand I have used helicopters multiple times to save a 2 day approach brushwack and therefore a 2 day exit from a region where I went climbing/skiing. I did share the heli flight with my partners instead of demanding individual flights.

Try looking in the photo gallery. You'll see I posted pictures of the Wishbone Arete that I did long before any time on the net. We did use cars to drive to the parking lot. I also made 2 other attempts on Robson also using cars to the parking lot at the base. As for Mailbox you obviously know nothing of me that has been posted multiple times by many others that I know in real life.

Thanks jefffski for posting those links. My father and his party did everything they could on the site to figure out what happened to the 4 Canadians and they filed reports with the RCMP on their return to Vancouver Island. In those days radios were rare, so they did everything that they could. It's a sad part of the story, but those 4 are best memorialized by the people who knew them best.

I see a lot of bullshit posted by justpanecrazy and dirtbagathlete. If you want to push your agenda it would be a lot better if you would quit your yammering and post some trip reports of all the rad stuff you've done without helicopters. I've done a number of trips where we used 1 heli flight to save two days of approach. I've even road the lifts at Whistler 3 times to save the majority of a day's approach on trips that were done under our own power for up to 6 days after the lift ride. Basically post some TRs under your current user names or tell us your normal user name with links to all the rad human powered trips you've done and then maybe we can talk. On a side note what's with your user name, "justplanecrazy," are you crazy about planes or are you too stupid to use a dictionary when you meant to type the word plain

Whichever issue is out right now.

I'm planning a week long ski traverse using a helicopter this next spring so fuck you very much. If anything I figure minimizing your regular use of a vehicle does a lot more to reduce your impact on the environment than cutting out 10 or 20 climbing/skiing trips a year. In fact burning fuel for those uses will increase your understanding of all the great things in nature and deserve to be protected.

I figure if you were the cop you might get the indication that the dude in the next stall might have supplied cause to be investigate, but to charge him I think you'd have to wait till Craig came up to you outside the stall and actually put the moves on you to your face.

Ok so for starters my info is from the early 90s. We came down by Crossover peak and it was a pretty hairball descent. We had ice axes but only wimpy hiking shoes. The descent was on hard snow that you could barely kick into with the shoes we had. We made it down, but there was a lot of stress involved. You have to traverse past a couple big chunks of stone with nasty fall potential.

I've had this card sitting around for a few years. I figured I should share it. Keep in mind that you'll have to call directory assistance since I don't believe the number works any more.

Sunday I got a lot of stuff done. I ran stairs then Porter helped me put a new power supply in my computer. After that I went to dinner with my parents and borrowed a bunch of pictures, some of which you can see in the BC forum. I was up till 1AM getting my dad's story to pdf format and posted on CC. Porter and cj were a ton of help on that.

You've gone to some cool places up north this year Jordan.

That looks like a cool spot. Skiing in the winter

Many of the folks listed in this TR are living either in and around Seattle or in the western US. They are all doing well.

Ghost Lake Merlon Mountain Frank Fickeisen Cal Magnusson and Arnold Bloomer Bob Latz belaying up high Looking down from the summit Mt Combatant and Tiedemann Looking down the Tiedemann glacier There are a few more pictures in the gallery.

Trip: Mt. Waddington - Bravo Glacier Date: 7/28/1960 Trip Report: I am posting a trip report published in the CAJ in 1961. I am doing it with the verbal approval of the author Frank Fickeisen. Obviously this report won't help anybody with an upcoming trip, but it is interesting local history. Kurt Fickeisen Aug 27, 2007 Seattle Mountaineers In The Mt. Waddington Area Frank Fickeisen ----------------------------------------------------- The names in this area had puzzled the writer for some years. The following information was supplied by W. R. Young of the Geographic Division of the Department of Lands and Forests, and has been augmented where indicated by asterisks: TOBA : The Inlet was discovered and explored by Galiano and Valdez in 1792 and while there they found an Indian table. Consequently it was named, "Canal de la Tabla". The spelling of Toba was the result of a chartmaker's error. MOUNT COMPTON: Named after the birthplace of Sir William Gilbert. MOUNT GILBERT: Named after Sir.William Gilbert, half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, and the father of English colonization, who took possession of Newfoundland in 1583. MOUNT FALCON: Named after the vessel of which Sir William Gilbert was captain jointly with Sir Walter Raleigh. LILLOOET : After the Lillooet tribe of Indians. The name means "Wild Onion", or Alinm Cernuum. THE ARCHBISHOP: Named (1960) as it was above the Bishop Glacier and Bishop River. A gendarme on this ridge was known to us as the "Pope's Nose". -------------------------------------------- Early in 1960 The Seattle Mountaineers decided to have a climbers outing in the Mt. Waddinton area of the Coast Range of British Columbia. To suit the interest of the participants, two climbing groups were formed. The first group planned to see as much of the area as possible. The second group planned to climb Mt. Waddinton. An advance party of four flew from Campbell River to Ghost Lake on July 28. Two members of this party, James Kurtz and Roger Jackson, went to Rainy Knob near the head of the Tiedemann Glacier. The other two, Mike Kennedy and Mike Boyko, made a camp at Nabob Pass. The party of Kurtz and Jackson arrived at Rainy Knob on Friday afternoon July 29. They were greeted by a group of four Canadian climbers, John Owen, Elfricla Pigou, Joan Stirling and Derrick Boddy. The Canadians prepared tea, and there was considerable discussion of the route up the Bravo Glacier. Later that day the Canadian party moved their camp to the top of Rainy Knob. On Saturday the other thirteen members of The Mountaineers outing were flown to Ghost Lake, and air drops were made at Nabob Pass and Rainy Knob. Several times during the day Kurtz and Jackson saw the Canadians relaying loads up the Bravo Glacier. By Sunday evening the two groups were assembled, the first group at Nabob Pass, and the Mt. Waddington group at Rainy Knob. Monday morning the Waddington party proceeded up the Bravo Glacier, following the tracks of the Canadians. The snow was quite soft. At the 8,000 foot level a crevasse crossing used by the Owen party had disappeared. The glacier was traversed to the right until a new crossing was found and then traversed back to the left to rejoin the tracks. The tracks continued left across the glacier and disappeared in a flat area covered with ice debris. The debris came from a collapsed ice cliff immediately above and covered the whole area down to a crevasse system below. A sleeping bag cover was observed on the lower edge of one of these crevasses. The cover could not be reached and there were no other signs of the disaster. Crossing the debris area was accomplished as rapidly as possible since the stability of the ice wall above was still unknown. Beyond the debris area there was a multiple set of tracks that led both out of and back in to the debris area. These tracks terminated at the base of the rock ridge on the left side of the Bravo Glacier. Scaling this ridge took a great deal of care since the large packs made good balance a problem. The crest of the ridge was reached at sundown, and small but comfortable camp sites were located. The following morning the ridge was followed to the snow just below Bravo Col. The snow was soft and there were no signs that a party had been there earlier. The only reasonable conclusion was that the Canadian party was buried in the debris area below. Camp was made at the Bravo Col by noon. The following morning the party proceeded to the base of the summit rock. The tents had been left at Bravo Col and while Neal Jacques and Arnold Bloomer established the route on the lower part of the rock, the remainder of the group dug two snow caves. The following morning was clear and wind free. Kurtz and Bloomer were feeling below par and so decided not to try the rock. The notch at the base of the key chimney system was reached with ease. Bob Latz made the lead around the first chockstone and the remainder of the chimney went rapidly. At the top of the chimney system a left traverse led to a steep gully. The gully was topped by several icy gargoyles which could not be circunlvented. After returning to the base of this gully a ledge system that angled right above the previously mentioned chimney system was found and followed. This led to another gully that went directly to the summit. The summit provides a view in every direction: the Snow Peak of Waddington, the Tiedemann-Asperity group, the Tellot and Tiedemann Glaciers, Mt. Munday, Ice Valley, the Franklin Glacier, and the peaks of the Mt. Geddes-Mt. Roovers area. The descent of the summit rock was facilitated by three long rappels. We returned to Bravo Col on Friday August 5th with Jacques and Cal Magnusson, taking a side trip to climb Mt. Spearman. On the Saturday trip down the Bravo Glacier the ice debris area was inspected after observing that no further activity of the ice cliff above the area had occurred. The inspection led to the discovery of a water bottle and a piece of tent pole. Lower on the glacier several snow bridges which were previously used were gone and the problem of getting Mike Boyko back from a crevasse was considerable. The following week was used for a trip to Whymper's Dome; and for climbs of the Upper Claw Peak, Mt. "S" and Tellot Spire from a camp on the Tellot Glacier. Meanwhile the other party of the outing had a fine tour of the whole area. This group led by Keith Gunnar, had eight other climbers; Mike Rees, Marilyn Loranger, Barbara Bigley, Gene Dodson, Dave Nicholson, Mike Kennedy, Sharon Fairley and Vern Edlin. This group first operated from Nabob Pass, making climbs of the lower Claw Peak and Mt. Jeffry. They then moved camp to Photo Point on the Tellot Glacier. From this camp the Upper Claw Peak and Tellot Spire were climbed, and an attempt was made on Serra 111. The camp was moved back to Nabob Pass from where a climb of Mt. Williams was made. Also from this camp a three day attempt on Mt. Marcus Smith was nearly successful. To supplement this climbing activity this group located nearly every good viewpoint and comfortable camp site in the area. The whole party returned to Ghost Lake on August 12 and to Campbell River on August 13. The trip had shown its all of the beauty and all of the impersonal forces that mingle so freely in the mountains.