JayB Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Stealing Shuldt's fire here... Saturday: half-day of season-pass holder vindication at Alpental. Tipped a 40 for the soul of a lost season after returning home. Sunday: Middle Middle fork of the Snoqualmie with every other boater in Western Washington. First run in the new boat. Fantastic outing. Summary: Here's to the PNW Quote
Mal_Con Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Tele ski at Kendall on Sat, Kids on Sun then run up Squak. Quote
Squid Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Sat: braved the 30% chance of rain to go climbing at 11worth. Had fun and raised eyebrows exploring Clem's Holler/Nuthouse. New to me. Sun: practiced my eskimo rolls in the pool for the first time in a decade. Kayaks have changed! Makes me feel like Buck Rogers, wondering what the hell happened to a world I used to know. I forgot how much I love whitewater. Jay, what kind of boat are you in? Quote
Stretch75 Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Beat the ticket lines at Crystal, then got "stuck" upper mtn when midway shut down around 11:00 . People went to the bottom for lunch, never came back up.... so sad . Oh yeah, got the last chair of the day on High Campbell Stiff and sore, but worth it all!! Quote
cj001f Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Sat: Bus ride down the C. Austral. Included suspension breaking on 1 yr old sprinter. Sun: Football! Quote
lummox Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 i painted boat stuff. and checked out a cliff band within sight of the marina: fukin dirt. went into la paz to pay my respects at the cathedral to il papa: i didnt burst into flames at the church threshold but it were a wee bit uncomofrtable in there. Quote
AlpineK Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 CJZ and I went over to the Tieton this weekend. We got there late on Saturday and hiked up to the Royal Collumns. When we got there we ran into a group of Mounties who were trying to evacuate a badly hurt member. The story I got was that the climber fell 8' on a 5.4 route and did some kind of compound fracture on his ankle. It looked really nasty, and there was blood seeping through the bandages. CJZ helped cary some of their packs back to the road, and I and another member of their group helped the injured climber hobble on his good leg. We got him quite a ways down the trail before some EMS folks showed up. I was hoping we could get him to an easy point since I knew they were going to turn the whole thing into a circus. Sure enough there were soon about 20 firefighters there. The lead firefighter wanted to rope the injured climber down to the flats using 2 ropes and a tied off boulder. I set up a good anchor in a crack, but apparently they didn't trust anyone who didn't wear a firefighter uniform. So I just sat there and watched the circus. To their credit they did get the guy down without dropping him, but they turned a simple opperation into a major ordeal. All I can say is if I was hurt I'd rather crawl than go through that. On Sunday we wanted to go somewhere we hadn't been before, so we hiked up to Rainbow rocks. The climbing their is alright, but not nearly as good as the older Tieton areas. Then we drove home. Quote
JayB Posted April 4, 2005 Author Posted April 4, 2005 Yipes - I was in the middle of a similar situation at the base of Pitkin falls at Vail a few years back. Hopefully the injured party will heal quickly. Quote
JayB Posted April 4, 2005 Author Posted April 4, 2005 Sat: braved the 30% chance of rain to go climbing at 11worth. Had fun and raised eyebrows exploring Clem's Holler/Nuthouse. New to me. Sun: practiced my eskimo rolls in the pool for the first time in a decade. Kayaks have changed! Makes me feel like Buck Rogers, wondering what the hell happened to a world I used to know. I forgot how much I love whitewater. Jay, what kind of boat are you in? I have done most of my boating in a giant old-school Perception Overflow that I bought off of Bug a couple of years ago. I will probably hang onto that boat for big water and/or the overnight trip, but I recently picked up a Riot Glide, which was a cutting edge playboat at one time, but has as much volume as most new creekboats. It's been good to me so far though.... Quote
BreezyD Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 We went to our friend's cabin down in Ashford for the weekend and made a break for MRNP on Saturday where we showshoed, postholed, and generally frolicked near Reflection Lake in all the lovely fresh and newly falling snow. How is it that my first "winter" experience this year came in April I ask you? Quote
Winter Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 smitty. first time back in awhile. the whole place was taken over by mazamas and cc.com'ers. funguy, brock, tex, ursa eagle, ireneo. mazamas were everywhere but had nothing but good experiences with them this weekend. pack animal direct and calamity jam. i love crack! Quote
DirtyHarry Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 CJZ and I went over to the Tieton this weekend. We got there late on Saturday and hiked up to the Royal Collumns. When we got there we ran into a group of Mounties who were trying to evacuate a badly hurt member. The story I got was that the climber fell 8' on a 5.4 route and did some kind of compound fracture on his ankle. It looked really nasty, and there was blood seeping through the bandages. CJZ helped cary some of their packs back to the road, and I and another member of their group helped the injured climber hobble on his good leg. We got him quite a ways down the trail before some EMS folks showed up. I was hoping we could get him to an easy point since I knew they were going to turn the whole thing into a circus. Sure enough there were soon about 20 firefighters there. The lead firefighter wanted to rope the injured climber down to the flats using 2 ropes and a tied off boulder. I set up a good anchor in a crack, but apparently they didn't trust anyone who didn't wear a firefighter uniform. So I just sat there and watched the circus. To their credit they did get the guy down without dropping him, but they turned a simple opperation into a major ordeal. All I can say is if I was hurt I'd rather crawl than go through that. On Sunday we wanted to go somewhere we hadn't been before, so we hiked up to Rainbow rocks. The climbing their is alright, but not nearly as good as the older Tieton areas. Then we drove home. Classic. Last time I was at the Tieton, a bunch of Mounties were seiging Royal Arches and I remember watching one dude take a real unsafe fall on some easy climb. Landed on his back and shit but I don't think he was seriously hurt. Isn't it ironic how folks in groups like the Mounties, who are way over serious about safety with all their codified inflexible procedures, are always the ones getting hurt? Quote
Alex Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 ...did some kind of compound fracture on his ankle. It looked really nasty, and there was blood seeping through the bandages... Glad to know homie's alright. Getting hurt climbing sucks period, doesnt matter who you are. Sat: Spanked and shut down at Vantage climbing 5.4s. Sun: Took the plunge and ordered my Quark Ergos, watched rain, met a good friend in the PCC parking lot where we chatted it up, went to work for a few hours, mowed lawn, played Thrones and Patriots, ate junk food. Quote
minx Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Alpine K-- does this mean there's no more raptor closures? are they done rapting for the season? Quote
AlpineK Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 I didn't see any signs about raptor closures...so I guess they're done or we didn't go where they're still in effect. Quote
Kitergal Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 sat: Mt. Bike with backcountry bike club...SWEET ride! sun: MM Fork Snoqualmie with everyone else early in the AM, then mom's b-day party that afternoon!! Yes...Totally sore..but man living in Washington ROCKS!! Quote
Dru Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 i did a little bit of homework and more than a day and a half of procrastination, including some hiking. Quote
John Frieh Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 (edited) ordered my Quark Ergos Worth every penny... you won't regret it (unless you drop them ). Hope you got a prodeal! Edited April 4, 2005 by NOLSe Quote
AlpineK Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Hope you got a prodeal! Are you a profesional climber NOLSe...that is just so incredible. Quote
John Frieh Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Hope you got a prodeal! Are you a profesional climber NOLSe...that is just so incredible. Quote where I said I was a professional climber or rescind your comment. If you check my profile or actually knew me you would know I’m an engineer in Portland… not a "professional climber" as you contend. You don't have to be a professional to get prodeals anyways. Quote
AlpineK Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Well then you must be in tight with some professional climbers...that's just sooo cool. Quote
jmace Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Serious POW POW at whistler, best day of the season on the biggest snmowpack of the season by about 100cm, bring it on Quote
Dru Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 "ass, gas or grass, no one gets prodeals for free" Quote
catbirdseat Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Practiced leader rescue in an ancient barn. Did the full Five Step Process from Fasulo. Made lots of mistakes, none fatal. Learned I need to practice a lot more to become proficient. Quote
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