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PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:54 am
by Luciano136
Those pants are DA BOMB !! :lol:

Noobs

PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:49 am
by ScottieB
It's not easy being a noob. :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Jd9DJlH7Q

Re: Noobs or not Noobs, that is the question

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:36 am
by Andinistaloco
2_climbaxes wrote:
How many problems do you see here?


Five. What do I win?

Seriously though... ugh. THis is why I don't guide much any more.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:03 am
by The Chief
One too many!

What do I win????

This is one good reason why I would never join a SAR Team....

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:54 pm
by Guyzo
Borut....

Does the graffiti under you foot say "PARTY" ?

Just wondering.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:34 pm
by Luciano136
I just doesn't look like you need a rope at all on that route :?:

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:35 pm
by Diggler
Summit of Mt. Williamson. Forgot my pants. :lol:

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:55 pm
by welle
2_climbaxes wrote:That's a great start, but you are still missing some. But if you aren't a local there is 1 you might miss.


I don't understand what they need a shovel for - they don't look like they're carrying overnight packs. If they were to travel in an avy terrain, they need more than one shovel per group, I would think...

also, I don't see a single snow picket for the entire group or a fluke. If they were protecting themselves with ropes, I'd think they would need some anchoring material...

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:42 pm
by Luciano136
Late starts seem to be a common theme in the Cascades. Both on Adams and Shasta I encountered people going up at like noon?!?

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:26 pm
by Luciano136
MikeTX wrote:
Luciano136 wrote:Late starts seem to be a common theme in the Cascades. Both on Adams and Shasta I encountered people going up at like noon?!?


Well, that brings up a good point. Adams and Shasta are both often done as an overnighter. So a person leaving for the Lunch Counter or Helen Lake at noon may not be that crazy. If a person leaves the Timberline at noon, I would assume he's camping near the ski lift. If he's high on the mountain at that time (like in the mazama photo), I would say he's crazy.


Adams seemed to be fine but there is definitely rock fall below the Red Banks on Shasta. I left 50/50 (about 1000 feet under Helen Lake) at 3:30am. Not only do you run the risk of rock fall later in the day, you also get BAKED by the sun (unless you do it in winter).

Early starts on snow slopes are more fun in general since the snow is firm and it's not that hot.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:31 pm
by rhyang
MikeTX wrote:
Luciano136 wrote:Late starts seem to be a common theme in the Cascades. Both on Adams and Shasta I encountered people going up at like noon?!?


Well, that brings up a good point. Adams and Shasta are both often done as an overnighter. So a person leaving for the Lunch Counter or Helen Lake at noon may not be that crazy. If a person leaves the Timberline at noon, I would assume he's camping near the ski lift. If he's high on the mountain at that time (like in the mazama photo), I would say he's crazy.


Yup. For a south side route on Shasta in the springtime I usually leave my house around 5 or 6 am and get up to the town of Mt. Shasta late morning sometime, then start snowshoeing up to where ever I am camping around noonish. I save the alpine start for the next morning :)

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:09 pm
by lisae
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I was going through some old photos and found this one of my first trad lead.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:30 am
by lisae
butitsadryheat wrote:Looks like a marshmallow coming out of the right nostril! :lol:


Indeed! I never noticed that, but I think some photo shopping may be in order if I can figure out how. It is a reflection from my glasses.

PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:18 am
by Sierra Ledge Rat
My first NOOB alpine climb, Glacier Peak in 1977 B.G. (Before Gortex)

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And here we are as NOOB rock climbers in 1974 in New England with GOLDLINE....

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