danhelmstadter Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 Trip: failure on the cd - Date: 10/6/2009 Trip Report: This is not really tr worthy, but I took some pictures, wrote a poem, made a video, so what the hell. BLUEBIRD TEASER... The forecast for October 6th called for mostly sunny to partly sunny skys - which it was before ~ 1230 when a thick dark deck of clouds trucked in from the west... Helio ridge is looking like ski area -- there were a bunch of happy skiiers ripping up the variable. I wanted to summit, so after hiking "the football feild" I traveresed east to gain the Coleman. There was a recent bootpath from two climber -- and what looked like 2 snowboard tracks that I could see on the lower Coleman... I skinned on -- and was just about through the first major crevasse section when whiteness enveloped everything, nothing was visible except for crevasses in very close proximity. I pushed upward for 20 minutes or so, but soon came to the conclusion to make the good decision of turning around, as I couldn't really see where I was going, and there was no track to follow... I made a little video includeing some words and a little skiing. [video:youtube] I saw this gray pond on my way back to the trail, and It spoke to me. I just read some Saul Williams recently, and am totally inspired -- although saddly I think my poetry is only for my enjoyment... Quote
olyclimber Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 i too have failed on the CD. nice pics/TR. Quote
t_rutl Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 failure with an outing like that? not at all D! Quote
LostCamKenny Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 Failure? Redefine success, my friend. right-o! Anything you come back from - alive - is a success! Quote
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