KoolMoG Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 On Coleman side...gale force winds blew away my sierra designs tent w/ lots of gear in it...including sleeping bags, osprey pack, thermarest..someone saw it heading down towards glacier overlook (~5000 ft) but we couldn't find it... Quote
allthumbs Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 that really sucks. hope you get the shit back. Quote
JoshK Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 holy shit that sucks balls. good luck. Â Guess that's another reason for one-day super-pushses that I had never considered. Quote
KoolMoG Posted July 1, 2003 Author Posted July 1, 2003 yeah, it was pretty brutal to get back down from the N Ridge and see the empty space where the tent was supposed to be...a couple other tents blew down from the 6800 ft camp site but didn't go as far and someone was cool enough to put snow in them so they wouldn't keep going Quote
Fence_Sitter Posted July 1, 2003 Posted July 1, 2003 KoolMoG said: On Coleman side...gale force winds blew away my sierra designs tent w/ lots of gear in it...including sleeping bags, osprey pack, thermarest..someone saw it heading down towards glacier overlook (~5000 ft) but we couldn't find it... Â do you mean it went into the coleman glacier? Quote
KoolMoG Posted July 1, 2003 Author Posted July 1, 2003 Yeah, it rolled down along the Coleman, where it ended up I have no idea...we were camped at about 6200 ft just east of the 6000 ft camp area...if it kept going east into the giant serac field, it's as good as gone...I'm hoping either someone picked it up or that it rolled far enough down that it ended up in the trees somewhere Quote
bigwalling Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 That is pretty bad. Thats more stuff than I have ever lost. But I don't go into real mountains. Quote
gapertimmy Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 Â bummer, almost had the same thing happen to me on sahale arm once, mine and jon's ass were running across the glacier towards horshoe basin chasing after my tent... must have looked hilarious. so suck man, sorry Quote
Fence_Sitter Posted July 4, 2003 Posted July 4, 2003 for sure... who wants to head in there and mess around in those bitchen wicked crevasses? is there a finders fee or is it booty? Quote
neversummer Posted July 4, 2003 Posted July 4, 2003 Im going there on saturday/sunday, I'll keep an eye out for it Quote
KoolMoG Posted July 10, 2003 Author Posted July 10, 2003 I appreciate it... was out of town this past weekend, and haven't heard anything new re the gear...I would most definitely reward anyone who helped me get my stuff back Quote
chelle Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 Did your guy lines break? Or was it not staked down? Quote
KoolMoG Posted July 11, 2003 Author Posted July 11, 2003 the tent was staked down with rocks on all sides...should have put a few big rocks inside the tent though to make sure it was down. Quote
leejams Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 Or take the poles out and lay it flat just in case. That is a drag dude, freakin gear is to expensive period. Quote
KoolMoG Posted July 28, 2003 Author Posted July 28, 2003 Gear recovered! (most of it anyway)...Someone cragging on the lower Coleman found the waterlogged tent between seracs and was cool enough to pick up some of the gear and report it to the rangers who picked up the rest...tent was pretty trashed w/ multiple holes which probably explains some of the stuff that is still missing. Glad I waited a few weeks before trying to replace everything... Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.