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Telemack dropping a knee at thirteen five


TBill and Telemack


Snowbell getting down


summit party

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it's money aint a thing.....


::) white people.

Too much jive talkin' ...................................
Congrats on a successful summit guys!  :D.
Did you end up with any road rash from your slide Tyler?   ???
Glad to see you've returned to summer attire Brian, we were wondering if we were going to have to call t...

...thang.

author=chmnyboy link=topic=17187.msg72348#msg72348 date=1279509221]
We had ambitions to skin the summit, but pushing the limits of my skinning ability resulted in a shirtless tumble near the summit, prompting us to boot the final 50'.

This definitely made for some humor right before the final summit push, but it was a worthy price to pay for the right to go "Top down screamin' out money in the bank!" all the wa...

Joe's camera ought to be getting pretty heavy with all the pictures he has taken over the last couple weeks.

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     And a quick note to all the elders who have inspired me on TAY as well as all the eager young whippersnappers.


So remember:  you don't have to be VERY good at something to find fulfillment, you just have to be PRETTY good for a long time and you'll get up and down some amazing places!

What Mack? There are guys older than you...

One of these days I want to try using them on snow in the morning and water in the afternoon.  Maybe if we stopped off at Alder lake on the way back from Rainier, I could get someone to give me a tow.

YEaaah, pontoons in July. I like your style.

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I've yet to book the Hummel Bros for a tour   ::), although we did run into their father, amongst a few others, upon our lunch break in Spray Park. 

You run into these Hummels everywhere we came across Hummel Dad (Kurt) and son Josh at Capitol Forest last week, thanks for the invite looked like a good tour.

Cass-
Nice pictures of Mike on the wax...

Heya Brian- Great day on the Russell indeed!  Possibly the best corn I've skied this year!  I think we saw you on our descent (were you in the group of 3 snowboarders heading down just after 4pm?).  The Flett Headwall was in good shape too (more sun-cupped than the Russell, but soft enough to hold an edge well). 

http://picasaweb.google.com/chriscass1/MountRainierRussellFlettGlaciersSkiOutingJuly172010?authkey=Gv1sRgCMm6rqLE-8W4jwE#

I am.  Thank you Julie.  Next up, Adams in two weeks, and planning to summit Rainier next year when he is nine.  He's pretty excited.

That is so cool, Chris! You must be pretty proud of him!

Julie

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Brian,

Glad to see that your "sore foot" was able to carry you for the 20 mile adventure.

So where's the photo of you or Eric or Jason trenching big GS turns in soft corn snow while ripping down the glacier ?  ;)

I've yet to book the Hummel Bros for a tour  ::), although we did run into their father, amongst a few others...

yep! I was successful in getting all the way across without sinking.  I wish I had my EP Pro's for it though :)

I also took the Paradise glacier today because of Amar's report. Didn't descend that way because I wanted to ski the Nisqually chute, which is still in great condition. I also managed to traverse from alta vista back to my car in Paradise valley completely on snow. Very nice!

Fine report as usual Amar. Took this suggestion to heart Sunday.

Drizzle most of the drive down this morning but sun started peeking out at Longmire. Fully out at TH. Continuous snow still holding out for today. Had to take about 10 steps off the road before snow. This may just make the Zap-O-meter threshold.

I tried the little ridge separating the upper Paradise GL from Camp Muir. Very pronounced cups and runnels so not recommended. But nice viewpoint away from the hordes....

WOW! I'm jealous.

I just hope that in 2 or 3 years I can get my 6 year old daughter to participate (willingly) on a similar adventure. Right now she's a long way off from being able to make it up to Muir.

Oops.  Was July.  Fixed it

July not June i hope :)

Sounds like the same conditions we had last week though! Glad to hear the snow is holding up fairly well

Anything opening up on the PG?

Thanks for sharing your report, it looked great and surprisingly filled in all the way back to the car.

Nice, Amar!  We were looking wistfully at the Paradise yesterday - but dangit, you just can't be everywhere at once! 

Congratulations on a successful trip! That is quite a haul with skis!

- checking your report, I know one of the reasons the corn was so ripe up top on Shasta, is that the weather kept staying cool through June. the other reason is the elevation.  nice report - I was jealous. I'm down on Lassen where the top is nearly 4,000 ft less. the suncups are usually about 4-6 inches, in early July, except for the NE chutes. but they usually start getting some cup action also. on this side, I climb up what I skied, do another lap, then get to ski the S. side. ...

Looks like a great trip G&J!

I have not yet exhausted some of the closer in options as to be compelled to do that one quite yet.  ;) 
And Gary, bringing skis for yourself and none for your lovely bride?  Chivalry is dead.

I can't believe that you guys were willing to pose for the last group shot upon your return before dumping the packs.  I can only assume that I would have been dragging mine once in sight of the paved trail.

I was the solo skier you met (hi!)

I also didn't get any higher than the 9400 point. Too tired and too late in the day. The sun hadn't been doing the snowpack any favors.

Like Amar, I've been up on Flett Russell a lot in the last decade or two. Unlike Amar I don't think yesterday's trip was necessarily the best ever. (I have been to that 10K ridgecrest and high part of headwall that