i thought there was something about preinstalled boots.Quote:
Originally Posted by wolfelot
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i thought there was something about preinstalled boots.Quote:
Originally Posted by wolfelot
I think it's clear an accident happened (http://www.unionleader.com/article/2...WS07/140409153)
The various silly statements after that are at the center of some lingering questions.
Another matter with lingering questions was Cesare Maestri's claim to have bagged the first ascent of Cerro Torre with Toni Egger... Maestri was so pissed he built a frigging ladder up the thing. The Compressor route is infamous and has been chopped now.
Who knows what the scaldings he has earned will inspire young Mr Luk to do?
Your right, sorry, I spelled it wrong the first time... Attachment 154916 now with new and improved saline equipped first aid kit and boots pre-clicked-into skis, ready to drop in.Quote:
Originally Posted by robrox
I have wanted to see this movie poster fixed to commemorate this thread. Rawj and his hubris could only be played by Brad Pitt... RT3 on the far right and maybe wolf in middle -
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/01/venuqyte.jpg
Can we sticky this thread? We could call it "A practical guide of what to bring into the backcountry."
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Originally Posted by dark_star
Conversation Tuesday with the Randolph Mountain Club's Gray Knob hut caretaker:
Me: "Where you involved in the recent fall in King Ravine?"
He: "Yes, another caretaker and I were asked by the Forest Service to try to find his gear ... including a 9mm!"
Me: "Did you hear why he had a gun?"
He: "No...?"
Me: "Gray wolves!"
He: "WHAT?!?!?!?"
Now who's going to photoshop into these pictures from yesterday a wolf pack about to attack poor "Moops"?
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I...430_091828.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...430_095858.jpg
JS.... What do you think about pairing up a photoshop class with next years AVI workshop?! Maybe even have a section on proper handgun stowage and cornice shooting for skiing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Goniff
(Not that that didn't make me laugh!)
You may jest, but not that far off the mark (pun?): the USFS snow rangers used to try to shoot down the hanging ice before it would fall naturally onto Lunch Rocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDaddy
(This turned out to be just as effective as packing heat for protection against gray wolves in King Ravine -- well, with the exception that ice really does exist in Tux...)
HAHAHAHAA!! Nice, all I can remember about that movie is that Pitt seemed to have a perma butthurtz expression on his face the whole time.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoPostholio
Chance of ice or something hitting people who parked their carcass @ lunch rocks = 99.9%Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan S.
Chance of being attacked by predator in same zip code =. 01%
Damn wolves are EVERYWHERE!
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps5d129b73.jpg
Edit: Because wolves like to have fun too.
Love it, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
See, I've been trying to stay quiet, but I thought I had seen some around and now we have proof! Damn things are reproducing like bunnies. KTP here I come.Quote:
Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
I heard there was a pack of rabid wolves up at Gulf of Slides. They have an instinct to attack those who have hard ear race helmets and 160 lace up boots. They're everywhere now!
I saw a werewolf shredding gnar down by the sluice.
his hair was perfect.
g'yah!
Attachment 154988
Nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by dark_star
Now somebody has to tailor this to King Ravine:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billy...tneedagun.html
Send lawyers, guns, money and SAR.Quote:
Originally Posted by dark_star
The shit has hit the fan.
HUH!
Lol - so by the logic of Warren Z, maybe RT3 is hiding out in HondurasQuote:
Originally Posted by monkfish
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Originally Posted by monkfish
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Originally Posted by NoPostholio
Seems like he could find a way to fit in there:
https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/...43269556_n.jpg
True that -- I've been skiing both the NH version and the WA version almost every season now for about a decade or so, and the comparison is, well, not much of a comparison.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit (in a different thread on the same subject)
But hey, one trailhead is a little over three hours of driving from me, yet the other is almost an entire continent's width away from me.
The NH version also has two nice huts at treeline.
So with that limited defense, here's my Mon-Tue-Wed TR for what the place looks like without packing heat and without a toy soldier (although with a real military veteran -- thanks again to "Moops" for his service to our nation):
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...95#post4242795
SW chutes > the 7 + Grey knob + rawj + RT3
EC gear spreadsheets..... please! Will someone make the parody stop!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan S.
What brand of socks did you use?
Wafer thin!Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
Sorry, but you're a few years too late to stop it:Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...urrentPage=all
http://atulgawande.com/book/the-checklist-manifesto/
A re-read of Ascent of the Riffelberg by Mark Twain will show what it really takes for a studly epic in the mountains!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan S.
Least coast shrub skiing does not equal an operating theater or airline cockpit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan S.
He took a little risk, now he's a desperate man.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoPostholio
It is when you factor in the wolves and armament -Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
What's going to piss people off is giving JS a hard time- nicest guy on TGR, and a fount of knowledge.Quote:
Originally Posted by flowing alpy
JS has topped out and skied all those cascade bumps over 10k with same spreadsheet as well -
Including the wolf less mount Adams
yeah but to kick his ass they'll have to come to him and that will prove him right.Quote:
Originally Posted by flowing alpy
I actually forgot socks a couple of trips ago. Bummer. Maybe I could use a checklist. JS's spreadsheet is more than a checklist. A checklist just requires a check i.e. a list full of empty boxes. That spreadsheet is the testament of an anal retentive gear whore. Not that I judge. The world needs anal retentive gear whores.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
Sounds like the OP just forgot to tap his poles together before dropping in. The BD Avy TapTone Poles emit a tone that releases slabs. Next year they're coming out with a cornice release TapTone.
speaking of gear lists... check out this one... the brand names are important to avoid confusion when going through the gear closet.
http://mygearlist.info/jason/gear/
Peeling the labels off the Gatorade bottles makes them soooo much lighterQuote:
Originally Posted by steff
the 9 milli is starting to make more sense
"wolves" is east coast slang for ultralighters with half a toothbrush and a gear list to climb 2.5k
So in all seriousness (although my RMC hut trip gear list included some obviously RT3-inspired humor), I started using checklists for ski trip packing when our daughter was born – I knew that with all that going on, I’d inevitably end up going out the door forgetting something if I relied only on my memory.
(Or would a diaper have made a good rain hat, and Desitin a good lip balm?)
Skiing might not be surgery or aviation, but it is a gear-intensive activity, and setting up a checklist helps to remember everything.
(And skiing on the NH Mount Adams is indeed real above-treeline backcountry skiing – nowhere near as *good* as the “real” WA Mount Adams, but that doesn’t make the NH version easier. For example, even though the RMT return after the SW Chutes has considerable trudgery, I’ll take that any day over the return to the NH trailhead ... plus the easiest descent to treeline on the NH version is much steeper and with far less room for error than either the South Climb or SW Chutes ... the glaciated routes are of course a different matter entirely, as all our glaciers melted out a few thousand years ago.)
For my own purposes, I use Upvise (for both skiing and groceries) on my Android phone, since I wanted something: free, linked to a desktop version (for easy typing), and simple.
(Fortunately so far I have yet to end up carrying a half gallon of orange juice up to treeline, or searching endless in the supermarket for aluminum boot crampons...)
I developed the Excel template for teaching ski patrol avy safety and mtn travel/rescue courses, since otherwise so many students end up simultaneously underequipped and overburdened (a la RT3).
I also use it when emailing partners for overnight trips so that we have similar expectations, and so that we don’t mess up any group gear choices (a la “uh oh, I thought *you* were going to bring X but *I* was going to bring Y?”), especially for glacier travel and crevasse rescue.
So the “spreadsheet” doesn’t have any calculations or other functions, but rather is just a tabular layout so that we can compare/contrast beforehand what we’re bringing (instead of having a yardsale at the trailhead).
And finally, getting back to RT3, for those of you have been wondering (as I have fielded criticism for this on other forums):
1. “Where is the holster for the specified Beretta PX4 Storm?”
- My backpack is so tricked out that not only can I access my crampons, skis, and/or axe w/o removing my pack, but I also have an integrated Level 4 holster in my pack!
2. “What about extra ammo?”
- I was counting on ex-Navy man "Moops" to resupply me Wednesday morning from the ammunition dump back at the trailhead!
blah blah blah
Please.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan S.
There's a time and place.
This thread is clearly not it.
nah, it's better off without them. but they make the consumer outdoor industry go round.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowsparkco