[TR] Sinister, Dome, and the Hanging Gardens - 8/16/2008

[pc313]

Smoking and Drinking and Bitching, "OH MY"

[tvashtarkatena]

You mean like the nice folks who left this pile of puke and cigarette butts at Cache col? Fucking pigs.

 

[pc313]

Or like late summer at Illumination Saddle, don't eat the

brown snow!!

[ivan]

Fair enough. I wish all backcountry smokers were as environmentally responsible...

dirty hippies are the best as they all roll there own, leaving butts that decay in days - basics use cotton filters i think, which also decompose pretty quick. regardless, these mountains are tough/remote enough to ensure they'll stay plenty wild until that time when we waste ourselves and they go totally wild again.

[tvashtarkatena]

I think these really capture the spirit of the place. Great photos.

 

impending weather tuesday night at spire col

 

me in the gloaming of tuesday night

 

 

slog'n'past the south-cascade glacier - note the mp3 which is no doubt playing morphine's "rope on fire" for one of the 733 or so times i listened to it this trip

 

 

downclimbing the margins of the middle cascade glacier

 

 

Edited August 21, 2008 by tvashtarkatena

[JoshK]

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[JoshK]

Yeah, those were not our butts. The smell of my tent testifies to the usage of 60 butts for the purpose of Ivan's ground insulation. Thankfully that EPIC fabric airs out well. Good work documenting the crime though, did you include that work in the split times?

 

Lowell, I definitely can agree that bivy site is a tad excessive, which is why it looks damn comfortable. At the same time, there is validity in the idea that one or two set and established bivies in popular spots can help isolate abuse. Camping on the ground certainly is far more comfortable than camping on the snow. Hopefully most people can excercise common sense and minimize the damage to non-durable surfaces as best as possible.

 

-j

[tvashtarkatena]

Hands may not weigh anything, but leave your butt behind and all hands weigh in.

[ptownclimber]

Excellent TR

[dberdinka]

[billbob]

Great TR(s) and commentary. Thank you CC.com for providing the forum.

[ericb]

.....Good work documenting the crime though, did you include that work in the split times?

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No...nor did he pack it out as the extra weight would have put his speed record at risk

Edited August 23, 2008 by ericb