David_Parker

quote: Originally posted by specialed: Thank you for the advice about sex, drugs, and alcohol. Sorry, forgot to mention rock-n-roll. Don't forget your CD's!!!

Buy your beer (and gas) in the states, it's cheaper in spite of the exchange. Bring your skis in case it snows a bunch. Buy your dope up there and smoke it all before you come back. Consider going further east for more ice climbing.

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: You know the funny thing is I bet this chute can be skied no problemo. I look back and think just right conditions and person will allow it. I hope he skied it and sprays all over your asses! In the right conditions, I suppose the east chute could be skiied "no problemo." I wouldn't say that about the west chute. But that's assuming you magically appear on the top with your skis and not a big pack. But you WON'T do that unless you have a helicopter. So if someone skis the North Face of Buckner in winter, I'll call him "bad ass" because it WILL be a "bad ass" trip!

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: You can call it what you want. All I am saying is that you guys are full of shit if you think some yahoo with no big name cannot do it. I met some dude in canada last month that skis shit like that for breakfast after a long night of drinking and smoking weed. Cavey, Your post immediately following mine leads me to believe you think I said (paraphrase) that only some "big name" skier could do it. I did not. I think there are plenty of people right here on CC that could and would ski it if they could be dropped on top. I would do it on telemark gear in the RIGHT CONDITIONS! Your Canadian friend is no doubt a bad ass! It just seems to me that there are a lot of people who have conveniently looked over at Buckner from Forbiden and seem to think it's no big deal to ski it. It's not the skiing, its the logistics. No matter how you slice it, it's not done "for breakfast"! Maybe Alpine K and I should just go do it and put an end to this thread! I just don't know about doing it in winter. Then again, last week's weather was making me think about it. Since there is no ice climbing to speak of, it's something to consider.

I don't have tubes but have thought about them some. One disadvantage is that if you are sit glissading, you risk the buckle coming undone or breaking and the tool coming out. This could be mitigated by using a carabiner thru the leashes as backup. Still, the standard loops seem more secure while glissading. It wasn't me who had to walk back up Rainier searching for a lost tool. I just sat on a rock and waited for my partner to conduct his search. He was lucky and found it!

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Unless you have never climbed Rainier, I wouldn't be upset with not standing on the very top. If you were at 14,000+, as far as I'm concerned you climbed the mountain! My 3rd time up my partner felt satisfied waiting at the rim while I walked across and up the last little bit. I had to do it but if conditions were like what you describe, I wouldn't be bummed. Hell of an effort!!!

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quote: Originally posted by Yungaburra: I think my friend may be getting too big for his britches! This all sounds like maby I should get a stick and slap him around a bit and then reconsider Maybe you can hook up with the guys who want to ski Mt. Buckner! [ 02-15-2002: Message edited by: David Parker ]

quote: Originally posted by vegetablebelay: The Russians get to keep their gold medals so now everyone gets gold. Sounds like the special olympics to me. Controversy is not new to the Olympics. In 1972, the Russians had 2 extra chances after the clock ran out to win the Gold in Basketball. I think they should give Tommy Smith his Gold Medal back from the '68 Olympics. I think the antics and the costumes some of these athletes wear on the podium are worse than him holding a fist in the air!

quote: Originally posted by bonehead: Dave, Off the subject a bit - but is anyone aware of any good sports taverns that show world class soccer, including the World Cup ? Any bar in Mexico! BTW, I went to the Sonics game last night. I would have rather stayed home and watched the Olympics! News Flash: They just awarded the Canadian figure skaters the GOLD!!!!!!!! [ 02-15-2002: Message edited by: David Parker ] [ 02-15-2002: Message edited by: David Parker ]

If you're going to compare bike riding with climbing, you need to be more specific. I was having a conversation last night about what sports require the athlete to "dig deep down inside" when they really need to. I don't think bike riding requires that unless you are racing and more specifically racing in the tour de france. Now, then, I agree that those riders are definitely elite athletes and the most fit and do have to dig deep to keep going day after day. However the consequences of quitting are not so severe. Now an alpine climber doing the equivelent of the tour de france, say something like Twight and company doing the Czech direct or Viesturs climbing a 8000m peak without oxygen, those guys were digging way deep. And the consequences were much more severe if they quit.Take the traditional american sports like baseball, basketball and football; they don't hold a candle. If I were to pick a mainstream (professional)sport where an athlete has to dig deep to win and make money, I would put tennis up there. If you lose you're out. Watching someone come back after 2 sets down is digging deep. They play long hard matches that are 100% physical and 100% mental day after day to win. What impresses me about the olympics is that MOST (not all) of these athletes are doing it for the pure joy of the sport, not money. What I don't like about the olympics is that they are now mixing professionals in with amateurs. The most blatant of these is hockey. I think that came from the situation where the Russians were sending their best players and able to not call them "professionals" even though they were taken care of in other ways by their country. The only way to even the playing field and let Canada and the US send their best was to tap the NHL. I don't think we'll ever be able to see a "miracle on ice" game like in 1980 because of this, which is too bad. Earnest Hemingway once said: There are only three sports: Mountaineering, auto racing and bullfighting; all the rest are merely games.

Allison, I posed this question to the tour guide when I visited the ski jumps and bobsled/luge runs in January. The women lugers and bobsledders start lower than the men. He replyed that mostly this was due to "tradition." They have just been doing it that way for so long, that they keep it that way. It's probably the same for the downhill. I think years ago there was a bigger difference in abilities between the men and women. Now that difference is not so much and I agree there is a case for them to run the same exact courses. This year is the first year for womens bobsled so maybe in the future when there are more women participating they will both start at the top. While, the impression is that "the women can't handle the higher speeds", keep in mind that downhill races are often won or lost on the flats. The flats are equally as technical as the knarly turns. It is possible also, that the FIS is concerned with preventing an abundance of crashes. Keep in mind that the Olympics are a little different than the World Cup. Generally, they don't want a knarly course for the Olympics because there are countries that send athletes that would never make it onto the world cup circuit. Remember the ski jumper Eddie the Eagle from Britain? The Grizzly course (I skied it in Jan.) is by far one of the knarliest courses ever run in an Olympics. The start of the Wildflower wasn't that much lower and the course was fast too. It did have some slower sections but like I mentioned, those are tecnical too. Although not readily noticeable on TV, the start to the mens was by far the steepest I have seen and it was pure ice. I skied it and can say if you were at the top standing still and fell over, you wouldn't be able to stop sliding for about 500 vert feet. In Utah, they had no choice other than Snowbasin to put the downhills and meet the minimum specs of a downhill course. It needs to be a certain vertical drop, length, width and time overall. It is likely that the minimum specs (due to tradition) are different for men and women. Also, the IOC prefers a course more like they had in Sarejevo. That is why Bill Johnson won there; he was a great glider. I don't think he was the best downhiller that year. I really hope that women's ski jumping is an up and coming sport. I see no reason why they can't include them in the Olympics some day.

So I admit, I'm a winter Olympics Junkie and I just wanted to see if anyone else is enjoying watching them on TV. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the men's downhill, the ski jumping and watching Bode Miller do what he does best....go balls to the wall and pulling it off! I mean really, who else can actually fall going 65 mph and recover to finish a downhill, blow a first run slalom run, still be in 5th and then totally smoke the field in the second run to pull off a silver. That was fuckin' spectacular to watch and full of drama better than could be scripted! Also, I think this 20 year old Swiss kid coming out of nowhere to win 2 golds in the jumping was awesome. I'm also impressed with the short track speed skating, especially the way they run the relay. Is that cool or what! I guess I just like watching the best athletes in the world do sports I have done at the highest level. (I have ski raced, ski jumped and played hockey) It's humbling and inspiring at the same time. On the other hand the figure skating shit bores me to death and they deserve all the controversey and bullshit the reap on themselves. I just feel sorry for the athletes who have spent thousands of hours training, only to be victims of bullshit politics. What can you expect from a sport that involves judging. I guess that's why the snowboarding and freestyle skiing bores me too. I'll take the clock over a judge any day!

quote: Originally posted by fern: I am perplexed about what there is to like or not like about that quote, I mean it had a smily and everything ... (hmm hmm, the internal struggle, shall I be facetious or helpful ... la la la ) ... I think the preferred way of making them 'work' is to mount the bindings on the ski, insert the boot into the binding, and point 'em downhill. Whether or not this would 'work' for _you_ David is beyond my ken, as I know nothing of your abilities or joie-de-vivre. I don't even know if it would 'work' for me, but it looks like hella fun. I have seen it done by other people, they looked cheerful. I have clicked on the " " and am just typing here below. If the above is not bold, then what the hell am I doing wrong. Fern, I am an expert skier, both clownhill and tele. My Silverettas are on 195 Rossi Haute Routes and they are really heavy and basically suck. I've seen these guys on these short skis and they look fun! Lets assume I know how to mount bindings, put my boots on, attach skins, insert boots into bindings and get up and down in just about any snow conditions. What I was looking for was some feedback from someone who has tried this setup for mountaineering. I don't think $99 CP (canadian pesos) is a lot to invest unless someone convinces me this is a really stupid idea. Or maybe I should just get a split descision but, man, I don't know how to do the backside, fakie, 780 thing! Veggiebelay, so if I have a photo saved on my computer in jpeg formatt, how do I get it into the post? [ 02-14-2002: Message edited by: David Parker ]

There are a few things I don't like about the If you want something a little more sporty, MEC is selling 120cm twin tip mini skis for $99CDN [/QB] How would these skis work with silveretta bindings and either plastic or leather ice climbing boots? For example, I have done the approach to Chair Peak 2twice, once with snoeshoes and once with tele skis. I much prefered coming out on skis but I don't like having to carry and switch boots. And will someone please post how to do these responces where the original quote is bold. Also, how do you add a photo to a post. I'm not a complete idiot on the computer but someone start a thread with some basic instructions on how to use this web site for us imbiciles! [ 02-14-2002: Message edited by: David Parker ]

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Just as you get to the point where you know you're falling, throw on your inline skates. I took my slab wipper (25-30 ft?) near the very top of Mr. Natural on Glacier Point. Fortunately I had a locking biner with a figure 8 hanging off a gear loop on one side. My pro was around a shoulder sling. I got lucky because I rolled onto that side and basically slid down with my hip on top of the figure 8. It was like I was on a mini sled and I escaped with very minimal scraping. I still have the figure 8 with the deep scars in it! About this turn around and running thing? What happens when the rope goes taut? You must get spun back around fairly violently!

Who the fuck is Michael Knight?

Lowell is correct in that you do not go around Sahale Peak from Sahale Arm. You go over the top. You then descend a knife ridge for a bit until you are at the top of the Quien Sabe glacier. At this point the only way over to the Boston Glacier is to traverse very steep slopes of Boston Peak. This would be suicidal in winter. Don't do it because we don't want you to die. This essentially renders approach by Sahale Arm impractical. I agree that sharkfin col is the only realistic option for the approach. You could do the ascent of Buckner from the sw, but that is problematic too; you will not know what shape the north face is in and you will have to carry over all gear. That would suck for skiing. Personally I think if you have not spent any time in this area before, you are totally underestimating what your objective is. This trip/ski is probably feasible, but April or May would be much more practical. Unfotunately that doesn't make it a winter trip. This probably explains why it still has not been done! Also, I don't think you should expect anyone to come looking for you if you are not back when you say you are! Like Wayne, I do not mean to be discouraging, but I do hope you know what you have bitten off! Why don't you ski Mt. Stuart instead. That would be a mighty fine (albeit serious) objective. PS. I used to think I was immortal when I was in my 20's. I'm guessing you are in your 20's too!

quote: Originally posted by chris_w: I just find this threat funny. All the arguing over drinking beer. How about drinking beer over arguing. We could go to hockey game and fight! Then Dru might even show up.

Pentax 90 zoom. It goes from 35 to 90, a pretty good range for climbing. Slides come out awesome, prints ok. It has a remote so you can take summit shots without having to run around with the timer going. It's a little heavy, but the features and durability make up for it. It is waterproof and can take getting knocked around. I can operate it with on hand while hanging with the other from an ice tool! I carry it by the strap around my neck inside my jacket. With one hand I can unzip, pull it out, aim it, fondle some buttons, make it go in and out and create some memorable moments to last a lifetime!

quote: Originally posted by Dru: i found out edwards has one of my screws and touche has another one... that makes me down 1 (which was maybe stolen, not unclipped) and up 1 on booty, so i'm even.. the clipper isnt an unclipper after all... boy i was just being pessimistic! Or smokin' out too much!

I got my new schoeller guide pants from LL Bean. They seem really nice although I haven't really put them through the test yet. I think they were about $125.00.