sobo

The Goat Rocks Wilderness Area is that section of basaltic/andesitic choss between White Pass and Walupt Lake, containing the peaks of Old Snowy, Ives, and Mt. Curtis Gilbert. The PCT runs right through it.

Watcha plannin' on doin'?

Still lots of slushy snow above 4500 feet (elevation of White Pass parking lot). The parking area is clear of snow. However, most mountain trails still covered (PCT north to Chinook and beyond, PCT and GR trails south of WP to Old Snowy/Ives/Curtis Gilbert). The forecast is calling for snow tonight and tomorrow (SL = 4500 feet, accumulations of 1" to 3" above 5500 feet), and T-storms Saturday night. Windy. Temps will be nice, tho; in the mid-50s during the day. You're just gonna get wet, that's all.

No apology needed. Limes are on the way! I agree with your bidding logic; pick your max bid, let e-bay do the rest. The info below is for ashw_justin, from e-bay's site: How to Bid Once you find an item you're interested in, it's easy to place a bid. Here's how: 1. Once you're a registered eBay member, carefully look over the item listing. Be sure you really want to buy this item before you place a bid. 2. Enter your maximum bid in the box at the bottom of the page and then click the Review Bid button. 3. Enter your User ID and password and then click the Place Bid button. That's it! eBay will now bid on your behalf up to the maximum amount you're willing to pay for that item. (emphasis added by sobo) You'll get an email confirming your bid. At the end of the listing, you'll receive another email indicating whether you've won the item with an explanation of next steps. What I like is the automatic "bid topping" up to the max amount you're willing to pay. Saves you from those pesky mini-increment bids and constant email reminders that your last bid has been topped.

Yeah, I was up at Chinook at the time Larry called, on Naches Peak. Heard you guys needed a ropegun. Why'd ya call me?

Easy, jeff. Let ashw enter his max bid as $80. If he gets a reminder that his bid has been exceeded, he can go back on and raise his max bid. And I wasn't giving "lectures". I know it's difficult to read tone in writing; I was just providing him information. No need to get hositle here.

Make sure you really want to buy what you want to buy at Marmot. Unless they've changed their policy, you can't bring it back, even with the tags still on it, never ever used, and with the receipt! I don't shop there anymore just for that reason. Anyone want a brand new pair of Marmot Aplinist GT sidezip pants? I still have the receipt, and the tags are still on 'em.

If you know how to navigate e-bay, you will see that only two bids have been logged. The opening bid was for $75, and the second was for $76. If $1 is a "safety cushion" to you, well... Just bid $80 for the GD things and take 'em home! Again, the rules of e-bay auctions prohibit the seller from selling "off e-bay" once the item has gone on auction, unless the reserve is not met by the end of the bidding period. Since crazyjman clearly states in his advertisement/description that "there is no reserve", this means that he must, by the rules of e-bay, sell the item to the highest bidder at the end of the auction. If there was a reserve, which you as a bidder would not know, and the reserve was not met by the end of the bidding period, he could take his toys off e-bay and sell them anywhere he wanted to. But alas, there is no reserve. Ergo, he must sell them to the highest bidder. As I surmised earlier in this thread, it just may be "crazyjz" from this board. But knowing that is not going to allow him to sell these axes to you now. It would trash his reputation on e-bay if he renegged and pulled them off auction. So you might as well register and bid on them.

To clarify: Both climbers were from the same town; Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

Shit, for $76 or so, buy 'em both, then sell the hammer later. Or keep it for a back-up tool.

Send a PM to Doug of this board. He's in Skagit MR. He may know some details that he may be allowed to release. Or not.

You can tell that from the pic? Damn, you're goooood!

e-bay You that dead set on bent shafts that you wouldn't consider this price? I think this may be the same crazyjz that frequents this board.

Wow! Three pages worth, worldwide, in the current news! Scary!

Didn't you know? Liberty Ridge was first climbed by the French, looooong before Ome Daiber and company.

And has about one-third the thread depth. As mentioned, don't point them for downward-angled placements. I use Irbuses (the cheap ones) just for rappel leavers on ice climbs, if I can't get anything more solid, like an Abolakov, tree, or sumpin.

Well, not exactly true, Lambone, but sorta. We come back because we've dedicated ourselves to saving lives. See MRA's mission statement here. If you need us, we'll be there.

Lucky dog, RuMR. Good to hear that no one got seriously hurt.

As a member of Central Washington Mountain Rescue (CWMR), I can tell you that any (cash) donation is greatly appreciated by a MR unit. CWMR is totally funded by donations and any fundraisers we put on, and all the unit members are unpaid volunteers. It's pretty much that way thoughout the MR community, for the most part. I'm sure that SMR and TMRU would be most thrilled if you guys made a donation (please don't donate gear, unless it's brand new - safety reasons and that "unknown history" thing, ya know). My personal kudos to the rescuers.

Sorry for the drift, michelle.

Shameless!! I love it!

From what I've read, he was wearing a helmet. As ivan inferred, helmets, while being a valuable accoutrement, are not a cure-all for all accidents involving head injury. It's possible a side impact could have been the culprit. Also, heads in helmets subjected to vertical impacts, while protecting the head, can transmit large impact forces to the neck, causing serious injury, paralysis, or worse. In the recent Frenchman's Coulee accident, Robert Peruchini's head suffered a side impact (one of many head impacts) of such force that it shattered the helmet at the chinstrap anchorage and the helmet "blew apart" there. FWIW.

You mean Chantal Maudit? Yeah, sad story there.

Ah! So it could have been a 'schrund lower down the mountain. Makes all the sense in the world. Pretty wierd to have that melting out this early in the year. Shitty accumulation over this last winter, eh? Hope that they get him out of there quickly.

Hmmmm, crevasse below Crater Rock? Could it have been a bergschrund (not the usual one higher up the Hogsback)? Wierd, never heard/seen anything more than the berg on that route.