Marko
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Man that looks great! Way to make good use of the last of that stellar weather. No wonder in the early '90s we started calling the peak "Mt. Nelson".
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So very nice. Well done! Especially spicy what with that compact rock no doubt. -M
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Man, I'm still drooling over the pictures of your climb. Please, more, more!
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Holy crap! That thing looks amazing. You guys did us all proud! So...
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Very goddam cool!
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Nice job out there, and a hell of a lot better trip report than some of these other assholes'! Cheers
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first winter ascent Stuart's complete N Ridge in Winter
Marko replied to Marko's topic in Alpine Lakes
Hell yes! Think coffee mugs, lunch pails, and a whole line of suffering idiot scratch-n-sniff action figures. -
first winter ascent Stuart's complete N Ridge in Winter
Marko replied to Marko's topic in Alpine Lakes
Hey Kurt! Definitely good to get away but now I'm paying for it at the old salt mine... Hope you got out to enjoy the good weather. -
first winter ascent Stuart's complete N Ridge in Winter
Marko replied to Marko's topic in Alpine Lakes
Thanks for the good words all. Layton's right though, we got lucky with the great weather, zero wind, and the great conditions. Last weekend was the only weekend we both could scam 4-5 days off and the weather complied. How many times have we all arranged a trip way in advance and gone into the hills in spite of a shitty forecast and then gotten puked off the route? We definitely had luck on our side this time. Speaking for myself, I'll take luck over skill 90% of the time. Good luck to us all! -
So here's the deal with the Firstlight we used on Stuart both times: It breathes a helluva lot better when you fully close the vent and door at night. It took numerous nights of condensation accummulation to figure this out. And it sure is light. When it's blowing like stink, snow/ice particles seem to blow THROUGH the fabric and melt onto one's already pathetically insufficient sleeping bag. Not so fun. Did I mention that it sure is light?
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first winter ascent Stuart's complete N Ridge in Winter
Marko replied to Marko's topic in Alpine Lakes
Yep. But it's going to take me a while to get my film to the processor... -
Very friggin' cool. I was wondering what got done this weekend. Looks like you guys got in a damn nice route! Good work.
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Yup, finally got 'er. It was damn fun.
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This is the Joe I was thinking of. He lived in Sandpoint, wrote a couple guide books, published his photos, travelled a bunch. Oops, should of clarified that a bit better, eh! -Mark
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Yes, he died on Mt. Ushba, Georgia, CIS in 2001 or so. He was a neat guy and quite a photographer... Never fucking underestimate avalanches.
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Yes. We want to do it for the suffering.
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The Canadians did a fairly continuous ice line off to the west of both starts of the lower ridge. I don't remember if they did the Gendarme or not. Don? Dru? Either of you guys remember their names? I do believe Senor Serl has tried the full ridge at least once...
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Or anything for that matter. Just gotta get out!
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testtest
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Nice effort gents! To get so high on your first shot at it is excellent. Leave it to Wayne to pick a short weather window and try to blast out a hard objective. I've gone in to try that particular route in winter 6 times and only this time got above the first pitch. (Of course when you go in there with The Alpine Ropegun you're going to do at least a dozen pitches!) See you up there next time...(manic cackling)
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Need partner: Objectives are to get a leg and lung workout, and to get some climbing in. And then of course, drink a beer. -Mark
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More importantly, they've finally gotten around to highlighting the mighty Begguya.
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"Pete tried to peer pressure me into drinking alcohol, but I am well trained by DARE, and I firmly just said, "NO." Sometimes I followed it up with a, "I don't need alcohol and drugs to hide under, I have Jesus."" You mean Jesus Christ our Dark Overlord? That Jesus? Or do you mean the Jesus I got some really cool rims from for my Sube?
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Slackers.