Bronco Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 I have found a loooong haired japanese fellow sleeping in a yellow stocking hat several times. He climbs ice like nobody's business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLunkman Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 I found a bag of weed on top of a small peak. I pulled out my pipe and sampled it. I guess it did it's job because I forgot to take the bag with me. I wonder how many times this scenario happened before and after I was involved. Perhaps the bag is still there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 A six pack of Winter Hook in the trees to the right of Lower International at Alpental one warm spring day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Heh, I left a small bag of weed on the trail. It was really gnarly shit; been cut with some rat poisen or some damn thing. I brought it to the woods to get rid of it before some sorry bastard tried smoking it. Anyway, it fell outta my pack. If you see it, pour it out...it'll definately mess with your genes and sperm count and shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean_Halling Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 Near the northeast corner of the summit crater on Rainier you can go into a cave and find a small plane that some two dudes crashed up there in I think 1991 (W you probably know the date). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean_Halling Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 My personal favorite when it comes to "litter" in the mountains is all the wonderful "trash" you find dumpster diving in crevasses on Rainier. I have gathered at least $5000 worth of gear on the mountain. Most of it still had the price tags on it. I have even talked to some of the folks who owned the stuff who said, "fuck it..I ain't going down there to get it." Sometimes when you get their stuff for them, all they want is the car keys cause they don't want to carry it down...or it has a small repairable rip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 Found a nice grivel ice ax on the traverse from Boston to Sahale, fairly close to Boston Peak ... it was barely concealed beneath the fresh snow. Nice ax!!!!!!! If it's yours, forget about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
To_The_Top Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 After a friend and I got back from the tooth we found 2 beers just barely sticking out of the snow at alpental parking lot, just melting out of the snow bank. MMMM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 quote: Originally posted by To The Top: After a friend and I got back from the tooth we found 2 beers just barely sticking out of the snow at alpental parking lot, just melting out of the snow bank. MMMM ...ever see "Dumb and Dumber"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnrgr Posted January 19, 2002 Author Share Posted January 19, 2002 Has anyone else gone to a ski resort after the melt? You find the coolest stuff that people los in the snow. My buds and I found a ski, sunglasses, parts to ski boots, Avalanche warning signs, "slow" signs, and other miscallaneous junk strewn across the runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 A wallet full of cash and a bag full of weed. Look under the Whistler chairlift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 2 wild country friends equalized with two hotwires and a new spectra runner and a locking biner on Green Dragon in the big flake on p2. "Gee, rather than spend 30 minutes or less downaiding, or finishing the pitch, think I'll leave 120 dollars worth of gear right here..." Maybe they had an epic or injury? Either way, it was a bountiful harvest for me and my partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdietsch Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 not really found in the mountains but in a now closed practice outside Yakima named "Painted Rocks" me and a buddy found a small bag of weed along with a little medalian of the Bagwan Rhasnish (sp?) stuffed in a pocket on the lower wall. lightem' up...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Parker Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 On our Mt Challanger traverse last summer we were bushwacking off the Challanger Arm down a steep slope towards the Big Beaver trail. We stopped to get oriented under a small cliff and we noticed this contraption 1/2 buried in the ground. We excavated it and it stymied us for a brief moment. Something to do with mining came to us first, but closer examination revealed it was an ancient bear trap. It was all wrapped up in old leather straps and it looked as if it was torn off some trappers pack and fell there. It looked like it had been there 80 years! Unfortunately the thing weighed about 7 pounds and I wasn't inclined to carry it for a day and 1/2. Now I wish I had, because it was pretty cool and came with a good story. But I also like that someone might stumble across it again in the next 100 years. Long live the outdoor museum! It was a seriously rugged and remote place and it was fun to think about some trapper wondering around out there in the early 1900's trying to get a bear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 Not really litter or booty but on Mt Si in December I hiked up and started bouldering on the face directly under the summit. I went up a crack about 10 feet to a little ledge. On the ledge under the rock somebody made a Summit register in a tupperware container. There was also another wooded box with some ash in it. In he tupperware container was a frozen cliff bar, notepad and a playstation game. The notepad went on about the idiot that put the CD game in the container and kept asking about the ash. It was a good read for about 15 minutes. Added my 2 cents and I think my friend added a GU packet or something. I also found a small radio at stevens pass on a ski run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafael_H Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 quote: Originally posted by chris_w: ...Added my 2 ... There may be enough for coffee by now, gotta go check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 My friend Guy stole a spoon from Big O and left it in the big dyno pocket on Toxic at Smith once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamaker Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 On Rainier - 50ft of 1" hemp rope in a 5 gallon biscuit can. Various summit registers - w/ only one entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_page Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Killing time one afternoon at the base of the NW face of Half Dome I was rummaging through stuff climbers had abandoned or dropped and found $78 in a pack along with airline ticket stubs originating from Spain. After finishing the regular route the next day we hiked down to the valley and celebrated our climb on somebody elses money. OK, that was'nt a ski resort, how about the time we skied up to the Tooth, did our climb and when we got back to our packs finding the stem of a pair of Vuarnet's sticking up out of the snow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Harris Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Not exactly human litter, but about 30 feet shy of the summit of Middle Sister, OR we found a dead opposum. No clue as to why it was there or how it got here. Maybe it was headed for the Ritz crackers glued to the rocks at the summit. with that [ 01-20-2002: Message edited by: Dan Harris ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klar404 Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Right under Pop Tart Tower betwixt Whitehorse and Three Fingers, I and a friend found a plane crash about ten years ago. I grabed the burnt aileron with "do not step" written across it. I have it to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 get Beckey drunk sometime and have him tell you about finding the suitcase full of cash in the plane crash wreckage on Slesse back in the 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrest_m Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 paddy sherman talks about the suitcase in "cloud walkers" and he claims that it is an urban legend. apparently, the rumor got into the newspaper, and the efforts at body recovery/identification were screwed up by the hundreds of gapers from vancouver who showed up and started carting away airplane parts, body parts, anything that looked interesting. but i like the idea of finding a suitcase full of cash "cliffhanger" style out in the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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