gearho Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Partner came up and I asked for the picket for the next belay (as there is only about 20 feet of ice at the top)and he told me it came off and slid down the face and stopped on the rocks. Marked "BH" and has a nice double mammut tape sling thing on it. Weather not cooperating for the time being to get it. -B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Might be up in that area tomorrow, we could look for it. How much fresh snow was there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savaiusini Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 ...yeah, if you don't tell us how much snow, we'll have no choice but to do mean things to your picket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Picket abuse might be justified. Only 20 feet of ice? We could straightline the ice, and...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearho Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 Not to turn this into a TR, but, there was new snow but the wind take it off pretty quick. The mote at the summit area was filled in, or correctly, filled over with fresh powder. I was standing out of the wind and my partner came up and dropped in a few feet. He got pissed at the hole so he pissed in the hole. When re-organizing his stuff the wind blew his bag of dry stuff into the hole. He had to go face first into the piss hole! I looked over and saw his knees crampons sticking out as the bag went further into the hole. Another inch and it would have been retrieved next year. There will be a water bottle in the same area I understand. That belongs to Sunny. -B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 thanks for the info!... damage done to the gear will now depend on snow quantity/quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearho Posted September 20, 2004 Author Share Posted September 20, 2004 If they wanted the picket they should have gotten it before the avy. Luckily there's no body (nobody) down there joining it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 There is a whippet (ski pole) down there joining it too... if anyone sees it this fall, its return would be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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