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8 years 7 months ago #229841 by ski_photomatt
Replied by ski_photomatt on topic Re: Lost skis in SW chutes
Major props for the self-rescue and stepping up big time to help out your party member!

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8 years 7 months ago #229842 by frank
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good on ya, Andy!

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8 years 7 months ago #229843 by andyski
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Thanks all. As is often the case, the self-rescuer was the one that stepped up the most.

Lemme know if skis show up this weekend!

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8 years 6 months ago #229852 by Jonathan_S.
Replied by Jonathan_S. on topic Re: Lost skis in SW chutes
I looked around and traversed far over on Sunday, but I suspect that I ended up ~200' too low when I entered that unskied chute, as well as a little bit too far to the skier's right still.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to look again on Monday since I was solo and hence didn't want to be wandering too far away from the beaten path.
Plus I had some concern about rockfall that far left (especially how those unskied lines end up down low...).

Here's the view looking down from where I was probably the closest on Sunday. I suspect that I needed to do from that point was to hike back up ~200' vertical to the ascender's right. Then again, I could have been at the right spot yet missed the skis even if they were there among rocks -- last year's experience at the base of the SW Chutes made me realize how even a large red object can look like yet another rock from a distance.
[Edit, whoops, no view yet -- max file size is still 260k here?!?]

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