How true. By the way, I woke up today and felt great, no sore muscles. What a pleasant surprise.Originally Posted by weski
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Thread: Baker on Halloween
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11-01-2004, 02:54 PM #51
Snow? Yes thank you.
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In drove this drunken madman and stopped on a dime! Unfortunately the dime was in Mr. Rococo's pocket!
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11-01-2004, 03:03 PM #52
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I know the answer to the Bakerbunny secret. Grant, before you make a fool of yourself, just know he's way more "local" than you or I could ever be. Think shorter, older, AT kinda guy.
And I hate you all for skiing yesterday. At least Puget Sound wasn't as gnarly yesterday as it is today. Yesterday=bluebird, relatively flat, little wind (and no whales)
Today=40+kts, beaufort 5+, stay at home type of day.Putting the "core" in corporate, one turn at a time.
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11-01-2004, 03:16 PM #53
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As I understand it, widow maker is near stone man, but is not actually stone man but the rather cliffish face lower and to the SE of stone man. I saw tracks down widow maker one time last year. It was one of those holy shit lines. Originally Posted by BakerBunny
Moot point to me, though, as I am but a gapish gaper and can but dream of ballsing down either.
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11-01-2004, 03:39 PM #54
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OK, Hop is onto it. I fess up. I'm me!
Every year about this time I make the futile effort to go to where the young'uns hang out to connect, do a little smack talk, get silly. Seems I always fux it up and get feathers fluffed. Ya oughta see the kind of flaming I used to get on RSA!!
A little history of Widowmaker/Stoneman. My daddy used to run the lodge, so I used to hang out in the tap room after hours. This was about 1949, back when they had overnight guest lodging at Baker. One night, after dark, two well known locals came in grinning, smelling like sweat, covered with snow. Carrying ropes. They yelled for beer!!
One was Jed Davis, pro-patrol from Vancouver. They called him "squeeky" Davis because he had gotten his larynx shot during the war and just kind squeekey when he talked. Nobody said anything about it because he was 6' 4" and not of a pleasant disposition.
Folks gathered around and asked, "What the Hell yhou guys been up to?". Squeeky just grinned, downed his beer in one gulp, wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said "Widow Maker!". There ensued a period of backslapping and yelling before I could ask. "What is the Widow Maker". Jed pointed toward the west wall of the taproom and said, "Go outside in the morning and look West. Those are our tracks."
In the morning I did just that. I am not sure I had even looked at it before, but there it was. Impossible, unrealistic, but it had tracks in it. We now call What I saw tracks in "The Stoneman", but if Squeeky Davis wants to call it "The Widow Maker", I am sure as hell not going to be the one to correct him!It's hard to wag your tail when it is tucked between your legs.
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11-01-2004, 04:28 PM #55
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i was soooo hoping you were gonna say some dudes way back when skied what we now call widowmaker.
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11-01-2004, 04:36 PM #56
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sick face
that face looks super sick. i wanted to go up there this weekend but couldnt make it. i heard that baker mite open this weekend?? does anyone have ne more info? thanks
i shred the gnar
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11-01-2004, 04:50 PM #57
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Not a chance... Originally Posted by skibum193
OOOOOOOHHHH, I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!
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11-01-2004, 05:15 PM #58
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They are looking at the 16th, if ...
1) The snow continues to collect.
2) They can get their diesel fuel in. Baker has a bit of a problem. Diesel that doesn't gel in the cold is not available until Nov 1. They can save about $10,000 if they don't have to get their fuel on a special order, so they wait until Nov 1 and hope.It's hard to wag your tail when it is tucked between your legs.
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11-01-2004, 05:47 PM #59
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Ah, I got it figured out now, tim, is it isnt it????? LOL Well welcome to the board, we got to give all new posters some shit everynow and then. Originally Posted by hop
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11-01-2004, 06:44 PM #60
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Opening on a Tuesday? Either Grrrr jr or his teacher will be upset...
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11-07-2004, 07:12 PM #61
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Hey, I smoke way too much for that hiking shit. Honestly...does anyone think I sound very athletic? I'm not. I was fucking surprised that I didn't fucking pass out on the hike out. Originally Posted by weski
It's all good though, I made some good turns. I think I hit one other track too...That snow was damn good feeling under my skis too.No.
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