TR: A fall into King Ravine (Mount Adams, NH)

[dark_star]

I saw a werewolf shredding gnar down by the sluice.

his hair was perfect.

g'yah!

[Jonathan S.]

I saw a werewolf shredding gnar down by the sluice.

his hair was perfect.

g'yah!

Nice!

Now somebody has to tailor this to King Ravine:

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billy...tneedagun.html

[monkfish]

I saw a werewolf shredding gnar down by the sluice.

his hair was perfect.

Send lawyers, guns, money and SAR.
The shit has hit the fan.
HUH!

[NoPostholio]

Send lawyers, guns, money and SAR.
The shit has hit the fan.
HUH!

Lol - so by the logic of Warren Z, maybe RT3 is hiding out in Honduras

[Jonathan S.]

Send lawyers, guns, money and SAR.
The shit has hit the fan.
HUH!

Lol - so by the logic of Warren Z, maybe RT3 is hiding out in Honduras

Seems like he could find a way to fit in there:

[Jonathan S.]

....And that Mt Adams NH looks like shit skiing compared to the real thing.

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.

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

[NoPostholio]

SW chutes > the 7 + Grey knob + rawj + RT3

[PNWbrit]

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...95#post4242795

EC gear spreadsheets..... please! Will someone make the parody stop!?

What brand of socks did you use?

[Jonathan S.]

What brand of socks did you use?

Wafer thin!

[Jonathan S.]

EC gear spreadsheets..... please! Will someone make the parody stop!?

Sorry, but you're a few years too late to stop it:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...urrentPage=all
http://atulgawande.com/book/the-checklist-manifesto/

[robrox]

Sorry, but you're a few years too late to stop it:
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!

[PNWbrit]

Sorry, but you're a few years too late to stop it:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...urrentPage=all
http://atulgawande.com/book/the-checklist-manifesto/

Least coast shrub skiing does not equal an operating theater or airline cockpit.

[jrbd]

Lol - so by the logic of Warren Z, maybe RT3 is hiding out in Honduras

He took a little risk, now he's a desperate man.

[NoPostholio]

Least coast shrub skiing does not equal an operating theater or airline cockpit.

It is when you factor in the wolves and armament -

[I've seen black diamonds!]

your going to get those ecrc mags, that have not yet witnessed the cascade mountain range, in a tizzy.

What's going to piss people off is giving JS a hard time- nicest guy on TGR, and a fount of knowledge.

[NoPostholio]

JS has topped out and skied all those cascade bumps over 10k with same spreadsheet as well -

Including the wolf less mount Adams

[spook]

your going to get those ecrc mags, that have not yet witnessed the cascade mountain range, in a tizzy.

yeah but to kick his ass they'll have to come to him and that will prove him right.

[lowsparkco]

EC gear spreadsheets..... please! Will someone make the parody stop!?

What brand of socks did you use?

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.

[steff]

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/

[t-the-east]

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 lighter

[lowsparkco]

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

[Jonathan S.]

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!

[spook]

blah blah blah

[PNWbrit]

So in all seriousness

Please.

There's a time and place.

This thread is clearly not it.

[Hugh Conway]

The world needs anal retentive gear whores.

nah, it's better off without them. but they make the consumer outdoor industry go round.