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My understanding is that "got" is used more for obtaining like "I got it" or becoming/changing states like "I got cold/tired/etc" whereas "have" is for possession, which is where I screw it up.

10/14/11 8:50am

bfree32

Oct 13, 2011, Baker skiing Video

author=holmtech link=topic=21980.msg94009#msg94009 date=1318626782]
How far did you have to hike to before being able to put on skins? Hopefully another week or two and we can skin/ski from Paradise...

From the visitor center, we put skis on just above Pan Pt. I'd like that too, but don't look at the weather forecast for the next week+.

10/14/11 7:58am

scottb

13Oct2011. Occupy Baker.

That is sweet.....cant wait to get back up in the pow.
Do not forget to actually support our brothers and sisters on the frontline. This movement needs us...

www.occupywallstreetevents.com
www.moveon.org

10/14/11 7:31am

FreeBird

Cool video.
That snow looks so good!

10/14/11 7:26am

FreeBird

author=holmtech link=topic=21980.msg94009#msg94009 date=1318626782]
How far did you have to hike to before being able to put on skins? Hopefully another week or two and we can skin/ski from Paradise...

We put our skins on at the Stevens Van Trump Memorial via the 4th crossing trail. I think it's a little over a mile.
I'm looking forward to skiing to the car too.

10/14/11 7:22am

skier8484

13Oct2011. Occupy Baker.

Second picture is $$$$

10/14/11 6:22am

holmtech

Great video by the way. Looks like you got some fantastic snow!

10/14/11 6:13am

holmtech

How far did you have to hike to before being able to put on skins? Hopefully another week or two and we can skin/ski from Paradise...

10/14/11 6:13am

rlsg

Oct 8, 2011, Chowder Ridge/ Hadley Peak Attempt

How or when is "got" to be used?

Is it o.k. to use "of" at the end of a sentence?

Amazing the things I learn serendipityiously (?) at this site!

10/14/11 4:14am

telemack

Thanks for the report and welcome to TAY.
We're going somewhere near Baker for an OcTAYberfest this weekend, and this gives us another destination.

10/13/11 10:15pm

alpentalcorey

Thanks for that Ron, I never knew that and now hope to use it on my wife and pretend that I did. FWIW, I do correctly use "less" and "fewer", yet I often still say "got" when i should say "have".

10/13/11 8:58pm

kevino

Great day of skiing up there. We made it up to Muir around 11 ish. Is it now standard TAY policy to post a picture of yourself at Muir to validate that you were actually there?

10/13/11 6:25pm

bfree32

Nice to meet some of you guys on such a fantastic day. -Brad

edit: the author of deleted post above this must've figured out the (very good) photoshop.

10/13/11 3:02pm

Greg Blaisdell

Really great snow conditions later this afternoon.

Wolfs, you must have been the one approaching Muir as I started descending at 3:50 or so. Hard to believe the clouds held off.

10/13/11 2:48pm

wolfs

Definitely great day . The epitomy of fall skiing. I got a later start (after 1) and is remarkable how much of that snow on trail you show in pic #2 had melted. Probably saw 2 dozen other skiers/boarders?

Weather held up pretty good, nice light sneaking under some of those high clouds later. Was amazingly quiet in the auditory sense: no wind, no rockfall, just high mountain peace and quiet. For once I was NOT the last skier on the hill, one other fellow also up there at 5PM. We ended...

10/13/11 2:33pm

RandoneeRon

Amar - as long as you are playing spelling cop, I might point out a stylistic no-no in your post. Single digit numerals are spelled out. "I did pass 3 boarders and 1 skier..." really should be written out at "I did pass three boarders and one skier". :)
http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp

10/13/11 1:01pm

Gregg_C

Yea...the Traslins posting here gives us some real stature!!! Congrats on the 5 year streak. Hard to believe it is almost that time again.

Gregg

10/13/11 12:17pm

Shred13

author=khyak link=topic=21952.msg93962#msg93962 date=1318522962]
Hmmm, read the whole thread, but still need more info. WHERE does the skiable snow end. Can you ski to pebble creek? Thanks. Looking forward to the annual fall trip to Paradise for first turns of tthe new season.

We starting skinning at 7300 feet.

10/13/11 7:01am

Mtraslin

Thanks for sharing....The look on your face was priceless when we pulled to the village and there was no snow. It always worth it getting out there... Snow biking looks fun!

10/13/11 2:03am

Charlie Hagedorn

author=khyak link=topic=21952.msg93962#msg93962 date=1318522962]
WHERE does the skiable snow end. Can you ski to pebble creek?

A week or so before the storm, the route was continuous down to the base of the Pebble Creek windlips.

10/13/11 1:29am

climberjesse

Thanks for posting this E_N I have been meaning to put something up all week.

Here are some photos from Sat. Notice the low angle jump turns.

10/13/11 1:24am

khyak

Hmmm, read the whole thread, but still need more info. WHERE does the skiable snow end. Can you ski to pebble creek? Thanks. Looking forward to the annual fall trip to Paradise for first turns of tthe new season.

10/13/11 1:22am

n16ht5

what am I getting myself into... ;)

10/13/11 12:18am

Andrew Carey

way too much time on your hands ... all of you :-)

10/12/11 10:35am

skykilo

The pizza and beer there are so good. Mmmmmmmm.

10/12/11 10:29am

Lowell_Skoog

Careful, posting with the caps locked can lead to strains, sprains and other injuries, since your keyboard's DIN settings are invalid in that mode. ;)

10/12/11 9:54am

VerticallyInclined

author=Kyle Miller link=topic=21952.msg93949#msg93949 date=1318466273]
Special thanks to Pandora for showing us one of the many ways that the Caps lock can effectively get a point across!

Correction, that's "Hudge" thanks.... Get it right there Mr. :D

10/12/11 9:48am

Kyle Miller

Special thanks to Pandora for showing us one of the many ways that the Caps lock can effectively get a point across!

10/12/11 9:37am

Pandora

HUDGE THANKS TO AMAR AND JAMES FOR POLICING TAY TRIP REPORTS SO EVERYONE'S ARMCHAIR SKIING EXPERIENCE IS THAT MUCH SAFER!

10/12/11 9:18am

VerticallyInclined

Good to see someone was getting turns in on Saturday! I was up in the snow as well on Whistler, albeit on the bike.

* and yes, the snow is supporting the bike all by it's crusty self. The snow level dropped on Monday, bringing snow down several hundred feet lower than what was there on Saturday. Winter is on the way ;D

10/12/11 9:05am

E_N

At least the beer didn't have a crust.

There are a few leftover pockets of last years snow in the gullies below the camp area, but the camping circles are all melted out and the only worthwhile snow starts at the snout of that branch of the glacier right above the Hogsback right around 6000'. Overall way better condition than a year ago, when it was largely exposed ice.

10/12/11 8:13am

davidG

ok, no harm, no foul, but yeah, accuracy is better than not, even when the distinction seems tiny or irrelevant. i've been guilty of a bit of carelessness before..

btw, it's good form to explain an edit wherever reasonable to do so. Continuity can get lost and comments can become confusing when the nature of an edit is not clear. same goes for administrative actions where post deletions occur after comments have been offered.

wednesdays, not as rough as monday...

10/12/11 7:48am

James Wells

It appears there is a consensus that Amar sounded grumpy, and we can have some fun with that, but there are good reasons for being accurate as he says.

What comes to mind is that if people use a trip report for planning purposes and it's not quite right, it can result in a hazard. Unlikely in this case but what if there was a significant obstacle in the stretch not traversed? What if somebody said 'Well I know X Person and they took Y hours to get there so I'...

10/12/11 7:01am

James Wells

Must have been demoralizing to find that even the pizza had a crust.

Thanks for the conditions update - will you tell how far down (altitude) you were able to ski? Is there skiable snow for any distance below the Hogsback?

10/12/11 6:51am

crystal_mt_dreamin

author=brownc9 link=topic=21952.msg93935#msg93935 date=1318441922]
Someone's got a case of the mondays. Get off the high horse.

LOL, x2. I can understand the correction on Muir given the report did say got to Camp Muir, but seems like tact got lost in translation. And complaining about grammar/spelling online on top of it seems a bit meh - but than again, I don't know I'd recognize 'correct' E...

10/12/11 6:16am

skykilo

Right on, Andy.

I think they're safe from A2's wrath up there in Canuckistan.

10/12/11 4:36am

James Wells

It's a good thing you all skied off the summit. Otherwise the TR title would have to be "Blackcomb Snowfield."

;D

10/12/11 3:30am

brownc9

September 29, Mt. Baker Coleman Demming

author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=21952.msg93874#msg93874 date=1318294011">
I hate to post something like this, but I'm in a bad mood now, so here goes . . .

I'm confused as to how the above report was possible, given that I was the first skier to reach Camp Muir that day at 2:30pm. No other tracks of any kind had reached the camp since the most recent snowfall, except for the footsteps of a couple on foot who began descending from near the...

10/12/11 2:52am

samthaman

How did heliotrope look when you headed up there?

10/11/11 9:23am

David_Britton

Nice!

This area presents a bit of a conundrum in terms of access in summer and fall. no roads up there, and no skis allowed on the tourist lifts, if/when they are open.

So how long did the hoof up from the village take?

10/11/11 6:39am

Bill G

Did I miss something? Was this a first ascent - or perhaps a first descent? I appreciate the info on the conditions on the snowfield and a good day out. Now could someone please correct the spelling on the PEAK Karl Marx!

10/11/11 2:36am

cornRIDE

author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=21952.msg93874#msg93874 date=1318294011]

And I very rarely correct people's spelling online, but this goes for both you and cornRIDE. Please, please, please, it's Mount RAINIER, not Rainer and not Ranier.

There, I'm done being obnoxious for now. Sorry for bringing a bit of TGR-type behavior to TAY. I hope we'll have a much more pleasant interaction the next time our paths cross.

10/11/11 1:37am

FreeBird

Yeah quite the herringbone track. Congrats on 5 years. I always enjoy your trip reports.

10/11/11 12:11am

tOMfLOUNDER

FWIW: Right on Amar. Shred13, seems you made good decisions based on your experience and objectives resulting in a good day on a great mountain. Lisa, guess I'm too old now, I don't get it and don't believe that will stand the test of time as a "great song".

Accuracy in posting is important if one wants credibility. There is no shame in making a decision leaning toward comfort or safety, to the contrary it is commendable. Integrity is the whole package.
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10/10/11 10:22pm

Zap

Congratulations on 5 years. I noticed the herringbone tracks of a hardy soul. ;)

10/10/11 2:56pm

gregL

Damn, they made Hoji walk up there?

Congrats on five years, Andy!

10/10/11 2:31pm

Shred13

author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=21952.msg93874#msg93874 date=1318294011">
I hate to post something like this, but I'm in a bad mood now, so here goes . . .

I'm confused as to how the above report was possible, given that I was the first skier to reach Camp Muir that day at 2:30pm. No other tracks of any kind had reached the camp since the most recent snowfall, except for the footsteps of a couple on foot who began descending from near the...

10/10/11 11:48am

Lisa

Cheer up Amar! It's snowing in the hills! :) This reminds me of a great song! "Hang me out to Dry". Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrrGKR8Xii4&feature=related

10/10/11 10:24am

Amar Andalkar