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Taking a major injury to at the very least, reduce injury to your wife, and more likely, safe her life, I have to say - Bravo. You sir are a proper gentleman!
Let us all hope we would do the same for our wife, friends and even a stranger. Do repair quickly and lets see you on the snow this spring!
Let us all hope we would do the same for our wife, friends and even a stranger. Do repair quickly and lets see you on the snow this spring!
no coverage problems really. the approach went pretty smoothly and the narrowest choke in the couloir was near the top and was about ten feet wide. the rest was plenty wide
Sweet! That's getting to be a Cascade classic!
Doesn't look as filled in as in previous TRs. Any problems with choke points or thin coverage?
Doesn't look as filled in as in previous TRs. Any problems with choke points or thin coverage?
BD 01 tele binding...likely due to movement in the tele inserts in the ski. Probably not the binding's fault.
Fantastic! Love it...
What kind of binding broke?
What kind of binding broke?
Tough news, Ari - though it sounds like it was a good outcome all things considered. *Very* glad to hear you and the missus are home safe.
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Nice work, all.
I am very glad to hear that things were not worse.
Heal quickly quickly.
I am very glad to hear that things were not worse.
Heal quickly quickly.
So glad everybody is safe and home with only minor (hopefully) injuries! Sounds like some lucky events but also some great people thinking and working fast, including you two! Welcome to the gimp side. I know some fantastic surgeons and great physical therapists if you need some recommendations, and I hope you like biking :)
Ari: I'm so sorry to hear of you and Yak-Nam's accident. I am sure she is quite proud of you for saving here from harm's way.
Way to go Martin.
Ari, Heal fast.
Good vibes to you all.
Way to go Martin.
Ari, Heal fast.
Good vibes to you all.
Thanks guys. Yes, Yak-Nam and I are still working through how if any of these small details went differently, the outcome would have been far more troublesome.
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=23690.new
Fortunate!
Fortunate!
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=23693.0
Great work by all involved, including Ari and his wife for keeping their cool on what could have been a long wait.
Great work by all involved, including Ari and his wife for keeping their cool on what could have been a long wait.
I saw the page for this -- so glad SMR & Martin's crew were on hand! Thanks for writing it up and I'm glad Guardian was able to fly in a pull you out -- that would have been a long haul back to the parking lot on the ground.
Heal fast.
Heal fast.
Hope the injured party heals quickly.
Great work SMR, PGS, and KC Air Ops - teamwork at its finest !
Oyvind
Great work SMR, PGS, and KC Air Ops - teamwork at its finest !
Oyvind
never thought of the whippet as an avalanche safety tool...
Crack of noon start, after fine snow safety instruction at the WAC from guest Forest McBrian. Toured from Commonwealth to Hyak, with return on the lifts. Travel was fast; well-hammered uptrack and well packed road to Gold Creek made it easy. Rain/warming crust all elevations/aspects up to ~4+k, clearings too (not tree drips). Half inch of new in the higher reaches. Skiing was breakable on the S side, but not abysmal. Less breakable under drippy trees. Groomers skied better on the way back. ~3:15...
Looks like some good times on Shuksan the past few days.
Glad everyone made it out OK. Any more details about this accident?
Glad to see the rescue went well. We had worried thoughts near I-90. Heal well, impromptu birdman! Big thank yous to SMR/King County SAR!
Nice tour on a blue-and-graybird day; good photos.
Very nice! Way to take full advantage of the weather and make it happen.
Thanks! At least rock season is about a month away. You don't hear of too many avalanche accidents at Sunshine Wall.
Great Trip! Its hard not to spend more time in those mountains when you end up looking at them so much.
There is still one sizable snag across the road that would require a chainsaw to clear in order to get a sled up there. It just so happens I know a guy...
Great line, great fun, with such a long approach I'm glad this one worked out.
Great line, great fun, with such a long approach I'm glad this one worked out.
Nice John.
Do you have any more pictures of colchuck you could share with me?
Do you have any more pictures of colchuck you could share with me?
Liking the cool trip and the awesome pics(Stuart, viewed most every day from my living room window, is my totem) but not the drama. Glad you're OK. Y'all be careful out there!
Looks like a great trip, but I have to agree with Kyle, you should stay off steep snow for awhile, with a twofer under your belt number three might be pushing it.
Yeah, I can't believe you ate Marcus' bakery treat that one time Andy...jeez. :)
yeah Andy, great story, and love that ski! we were up there a few days before, and your words of the trepid start ring true. (I figure you're cool with it, but if this gratuitous cross-post offends, let me know and I'll delete.)
and Erik, glad you enjoyed the route. I posted a delayed and brief TR w/ a bunch of pics over here.
E_N climbing the far west chute:
and Erik, glad you enjoyed the route. I posted a delayed and brief TR w/ a bunch of pics over here.
E_N climbing the far west chute:
As I recall, last time you were asked to buy me a piece and then you ate it on the drive home... or something like that.
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I thought I heard voices mid morning when I was drying out my clothes in my tent, I poked my head outside half way thinking I might see John coming for a visit. Larry's tent was perfectly still and I didn't see anyone, so I thought I was imagining things. I was running my stove, so it was very hard to hear if there was really someone going by. Sorry to miss saying Hi! It...
Fun tour and write-up, Becky. I went because I was told there would be cake. Last time, I didn't receive a piece. And I was told ...
I copy Marcus. Reasonable snow when mank is expected is always a pleasure.
Nice Beck! That's why I'm constantly lowering my expectations.
Hell ya Sam. Solid solo outing right there.
Oh hell yeah Sam, that's a big day!
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No rope on the way up? Reminds me of this Hummel gem from way back when: http://www.cascadeclassics.org/MountRainier/IngrahamDirect/Winter02/IngrahamDirect,Winter02.htm
That's a good read! I'll freely admit that the glacier skiing game is not one of strict risk avoidance. Being unroped in any fashion on a crevassed glacier could have serious consequen...
No rope on the way up? Reminds me of this Hummel gem from way back when: http://www.cascadeclassics.org/MountRainier/IngrahamDirect/Winter02/IngrahamDirect,Winter02.htm
Amar - thanks for the additional info! We hadn't examined the forecast quite to the same level of detail but it certainly seems reasonable that higher elevations might not experience the east-west pressure differential in the same way as crest level locations. The summit at midday on the 5th had only a bit of breeze - probably 15mph or less.
Jason - thanks for adding that picture, nice shot! We are the party of 3 in the upper bowl of the Ingraham. The parties above actually climb...
Jason - thanks for adding that picture, nice shot! We are the party of 3 in the upper bowl of the Ingraham. The parties above actually climb...
nice to hear the story from the rest of your day andy. Here's a vid from the heavy metal crew http://vimeo.com/36534944
After all those dawn patrol and moonlight laps I did from WT Hut, I think mabey I'm ready for Vertical Fest.
Nice report, as usual, Amar. It made for a nice lunchtime read today.
Thank you for capturing these largely unseen marvels on the mountain (the blowing snow back-dropped by a beautiful sunset and the serac fall/avalanche on the Wilson Glacier).
I wish I could be out there more with you instead of sitting at my desk job.
Thank you for capturing these largely unseen marvels on the mountain (the blowing snow back-dropped by a beautiful sunset and the serac fall/avalanche on the Wilson Glacier).
I wish I could be out there more with you instead of sitting at my desk job.
Great stuff!
Maybe I should take up para-skiing too??
Maybe I should take up para-skiing too??
Ya nice work! Dan's probably skied that face more that anyone.
Scott Wicklund, Alecapone and I climbed the BYS following tracks from the day before, think it was Eric Werly and friend. Some spicy climbing, both fun and scary. Ski down was really fun!
Few pics
Scott Wicklund, Alecapone and I climbed the BYS following tracks from the day before, think it was Eric Werly and friend. Some spicy climbing, both fun and scary. Ski down was really fun!
Few pics
yeah .. i'm impressed ... nice work
nice pix amar .. esp of the blowing snow