EAST COAST ROLL CALL #8 14/15 A NEW HOPE

[FussyDutchman]

Wait?... Is this a test? And when do we get our grades?


Who cares? If someone is bored on alpine and wants to learn tele, why not at the resort? I learned skiing at the resort... and snowboarding. (Although, I could argue I learned snowboarding in the back country riding on my snurfer.... so I guess I get a few gnar points for riding free on the aquaduct?!)

Who gives a shit as long as you're not dropping loads on the skin track or running people over at the resort. Fun is fun.

The man speaks wisdom people (comes with age) . To steal a recent quote from another unnamed elder around here, who may or may not live in the BB, SKIING (riding, tele, snurfing, blading or whatever else there is) IS FUN!!!

On that note, off to have some fun. Carry on!

[gpcharles]

Who gives a shit as long as you're not dropping loads on the skin track or running people over at the resort. Fun is fun.

never forget

[From_the_NEK]

Anyone else hear about this story?
Hiking the ridgeline in the conditions this weekend is pretty bold.

Missing hiker on Mt. Adams found dead

http://www.wmur.com/news/rescuers-se...adams/31294362

[strawjack]

I went for a fat bike ride this morning and it was wicked fucking fun biatches!

[strawjack]

Anyone else hear about this story?
Hiking the ridgeline in the conditions this weekend is pretty bold.

Missing hiker on Mt. Adams found dead

http://www.wmur.com/news/rescuers-se...adams/31294362

That is horrible. RIP

Bold is an understatement.

[t-the-east]

That's super sad. Bad judgement all around. I couldn't imagine dropping my wife off at the trailhead to hike alone in this weather. 32 years old. Way Too young. Bummer.

[t-the-east]

http://www.twcnews.com/nys/watertown...each--110.html

110 below zero on whiteface Sunday. Looks like its warming up a bit though!

[BigDaddy]

You still don't get it, do you?!?!?

I'm slowly catching on... This snow stuff is serious business!


And vibes to the hiker and family. That is crazy and sad.

[Bottleman]

No, no, no!!!!!!! You're all doing it wrong!!!! Skiing and riding is not fun, it's SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!!

Just look at that ugly mug and tell me that asshole is having fun. See, point proven. Serious. Fucking. Business.

Carry on.

Edited to add that it seems Big Daddy and I are on the same page

[neufox47]

Anyone else hear about this story?
Hiking the ridgeline in the conditions this weekend is pretty bold.

Missing hiker on Mt. Adams found dead

http://www.wmur.com/news/rescuers-se...adams/31294362

Just heard about this in the morning avy report. Vibes to her family and friends. I give tremendous credit to the SAR folks who attempted to rescue her. That call could not have been a fun one to respond to. I hope none of them were injured in their efforts.

[njfreeskier]

Haven't posted much in here lately, but here are some photos from my few moments of not coaching at Magic. I've really been putting my WORTH MAGICS through the paces and they've been killing it in every way.

Never before skied line at Magic (First Descent thanks to DoWork):










And here's a part of the mountain I would've never thought was skiable before. Good things we have so much snow.

[therudeness]

In the beginning I was pretty against the fat-bike thing, with Yeti here in town promoting them so much, i had visions of tools just shredding the XC trails on the mountain in freeze-thaw conditions. But, even though they have apparently sold over a hundred, i've only seen ONE up there, and it was such hardpack that day he wasn't even leaving a track. His bozo buddy on a cyclocross bike was, though.

I'm guessing it's mostly the rich yuppie types buying them and not really using them. fine with me. Yeti's ski shop is great when you need a spare part so +1 for them

I just use an old Norco MTB with studs to get around, it's pretty rad

Super sad to hear about the hiker. Can't imagine what it must have been like up there

great pics of Magic. need to get down there one day. Worths look great too

[yellofin]

What a sad story. She must have been very experienced to even attempt something like that and attempting it solo and in all of that exposed terrain in record cold. Is there something in this story I'm missing. Vibes to her friends and family

[neufox47]

Reminds me of reading 200 below zero or whatever that book was called about the first winter ascent of Denali. I hope I never experience -35 temps and 100mph winds.

[robrox]

Just heard about this in the morning avy report. Vibes to her family and friends. I give tremendous credit to the SAR folks who attempted to rescue her. That call could not have been a fun one to respond to. I hope none of them were injured in their efforts.

Seconded...make that thirded.

[Brock Landers]

I was up in Pinkham notch this past weekend, Sunday morning wasn't too too bad- still buttfuckingly cold and a stiff breeze, but around 2pm the temp just started to drop like a rock. And the wind had already been picking up.

No idea why she'd set out that morning on a decently long hike. NOAA and mt wash obs were all saying the wind was going to be triple digits and temps well below zero starting that afternoon.

Sunday night I looked outside and the thermometer was between -12 and -16 and the wind was fucking howling- and that was in the woods in Jackson.

Mt wash recorded 140+mph gusts with 100mph sustained and temps at -35 by Monday morning. The only place on earth with a recorded colder temp was the South Pole at -51 (summer there though)

[ArmadaBC]

What a sad story. She must have been very experienced to even attempt something like that and attempting it solo and in all of that exposed terrain in record cold. Is there something in this story I'm missing. Vibes to her friends and family

Wall St trader at BNP Paribas, from Siberia.

Really nasty weather for AVS -

[t-the-east]

That's nuts. Those guys got tossed.

[From_the_NEK]

From Sunday in the Whites. Staying in the trees was not overrated



Yesterday on the way home from Burke. Clear and COLD:


Oh.... and MPC voting here:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...67#post4433167

[From_the_NEK]

Wall St trader at BNP Paribas, from Siberia.

Really nasty weather for AVS -

And that was on the leeward side of the range...

[MrsG]

Sorry to learn of the hiker - condolences to family and friends!

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[weasel1]

Today, I am at work, and not skiing. Thus, instead of stoke you get Today's Contribution to the Inane:

[BigDaddy]

^Am I missing something?! Should I be concerned while I am sleeping of Egyptian cotton terrorism? Not funny

[dangur]

Haven't posted much in here lately, but here are some photos from my few moments of not coaching at Magic. I've really been putting my WORTH MAGICS through the paces and they've been killing it in every way.

Those are some awesome shots. I wish I knew where that line was... but I won't ask. A secret stash is... a secret stash Glad somebody's hitting it.

I was up at Magic on Sunday. Only a few inches of new snow from that last storm, but some of the trees had powder halfway up my poles if you knew where to look. Gotta get some powder baskets...

Stupid question - did the mountain and/or volunteers clear out the woods skier's left on Sorcerer? It's much more open than I remember it being in previous years (Sunday was my first time up there this season).

[dark_star]

^Am I missing something?! Should I be concerned while I am sleeping of Egyptian cotton terrorism? Not funny

Yes, you should be worrying. Correlation = causation, for sure.