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Thanks everyone for the kind comments.
I'm planning to complete the Skiing the Cascade Volcanoes book (which includes 28 volcanoes in BC, WA, OR, and CA) later this year. It currently exists as a 310+ page fully-formatted (but still incomplete) PDF file. However, I've plann...
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BTW are you still planning to publish the Ring of Fire guidebook?
I'm planning to complete the Skiing the Cascade Volcanoes book (which includes 28 volcanoes in BC, WA, OR, and CA) later this year. It currently exists as a 310+ page fully-formatted (but still incomplete) PDF file. However, I've plann...
wow, looks like quite a substantial melt-down compared to just 2 weeks ago.
Well done Amar! Sounds like quite an adventure!
Thanks for report and great pics Amar. Glad you got up there with the good weather. Nice use of the thumbnails!
Nice report, Amar! I read it with nostalgia, even though it's only been a couple months since I was up there.
And thanks for the geography lesson. I never noticed that the glacier below Disappointment Peak is called the Gerdine. I've been calling it part of the Suiattle Glacier. Oops!
And thanks for the geography lesson. I never noticed that the glacier below Disappointment Peak is called the Gerdine. I've been calling it part of the Suiattle Glacier. Oops!
Thanks for the report!
This is better than War and Peace and slightly shorter ;)
Glacier Peak in on my list for next spring! Thanks for the excellent (as always) trip report!
BTW are you still planning to publish the Ring of Fire guidebook?
Glacier Peak in on my list for next spring! Thanks for the excellent (as always) trip report!
BTW are you still planning to publish the Ring of Fire guidebook?
It must feel great to fly.
And I thought ski descents were over too fast...
And I thought ski descents were over too fast...
Yeah I found Interglacier to be infinitely better than Emmons too, even in similar conditions. I guess it's all about the aspect.
And that ranger is definitely a little too talkative, we were intercepted on both the up and the down.
And that ranger is definitely a little too talkative, we were intercepted on both the up and the down.
Dege was a tough one, but someone had to do it ;). Fun video Jer :D.
Wow, the opening sequence really captures the drama of our assault, its like being there all over again... ;)
Another great video JW!
Another great video JW!
author=Jeff Huber link=topic=7599.msg30361#msg30361 date=1184738141">What I was wondering is if those more familiar with this kind of activity could roughly quantify the level of risk the pilot is taking. Would it be about 1 out of every 20 times the pilot attempts a descent like this he gets seriously injured/killed or more like 1 out of every 500 times?
I think 1 out of 500 is a better estimate than 1 out of 20. But I think it's...
Makes me wish I was there!
Great video DanJer!
Great video DanJer!
Nice viddy JW! Love the tunes!
The delay is a perfect way to relive a great day with friends.
Thanks-For the rerun on the "don't go left tour"!
The delay is a perfect way to relive a great day with friends.
Thanks-For the rerun on the "don't go left tour"!
I'm glad to hear you all escaped Dege alive, sweet vid JW!
I told you it would take awhile......Assault on Dege
Ummm ....just a little late on the video.....Don't Go Left
Jason, I always enjoy reading your trip reports and admiring the photos.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Awesome!
I saw "Speed Riding" a French movie at the last Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. It is a good introduction to the sport, they talk about the difference between paragliding and speed riding a bit (different shape and size of the paraglider).
There is a short intro to the movie on YouTube (the movie itself is about 40 min, if I remember correctly):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u156J537Eow
I saw "Speed Riding" a French movie at the last Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. It is a good introduction to the sport, they talk about the difference between paragliding and speed riding a bit (different shape and size of the paraglider).
There is a short intro to the movie on YouTube (the movie itself is about 40 min, if I remember correctly):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u156J537Eow
That video is def. neat to watch!
What I was wondering is if those more familiar with this kind of activity could roughly quantify the level of risk the pilot is taking. Would it be about 1 out of every 20 times the pilot attempts a descent like this he gets seriously injured/killed or more like 1 out of every 500 times? I imagine (hope) the pilot is very skilled, but I'm sure the pilot is also just willing to accept a very high degree of risk. It reminds me of
What I was wondering is if those more familiar with this kind of activity could roughly quantify the level of risk the pilot is taking. Would it be about 1 out of every 20 times the pilot attempts a descent like this he gets seriously injured/killed or more like 1 out of every 500 times? I imagine (hope) the pilot is very skilled, but I'm sure the pilot is also just willing to accept a very high degree of risk. It reminds me of
I was climbing baker and spoke to a guy who had paraglided off the summit. He had a deep accent and told me how many times he crushed or broke bones. I told him that it seems like a sport to take up when I'm older. I remember when I was about 8-10 watching a guy paraglide (they called it parapante) off the false summit of adams. He had a dozen or more people helping him take off. Once he did, he was gone in no time.
I'm working on a history of the early days of Northwest paragliding for this year's Northwest Mountaineering Journal. I've compiled a reference chronology on my website here.
The first recorded paraglider flight off Mt Baker was in 1989 by Michael Koerner. Koerner launched northward from the summit on tele skis and landed near timberline below the Coleman Gla...
The first recorded paraglider flight off Mt Baker was in 1989 by Michael Koerner. Koerner launched northward from the summit on tele skis and landed near timberline below the Coleman Gla...
Wow, that was amazing! And he didn't have those silly rocket skis like the guy on the Eiger (don't really know much about speed flying, so I don't know if mechanized descents are the norm).
Next he should do the Coleman Headwall, or Roosevelt. Or thermo! Probably not very often you get good flying conditions though...
Next he should do the Coleman Headwall, or Roosevelt. Or thermo! Probably not very often you get good flying conditions though...
Yowza, I am not quite ready to try that - but I will watch it again. Can you make that thing pull me uphill?
OK I read this site all the time and this is a my first post. First let me say all of you are nuts and I love it. All of these post have inspirational to me I read here and go there it is great. But this guy he wins the wingnut award flying past Skykilo and Lowell wow what a wingnut I love it I'm taking my kite to snow dome next week!!!!
Commendable effort Paul and gang! Sounds like an amazing trip you had. Very inspirational - would love to do the same some time. Congratulations.
oh &%$ thats awesome!
thanks for posting that Lowell. i loved it when he was trucking along and then all of a sudden...tips up, and glide right over that gaping crevasse.
thanks for posting that Lowell. i loved it when he was trucking along and then all of a sudden...tips up, and glide right over that gaping crevasse.
Fantastic -- that's just great. He really buzzes the tower on some of those big cracks on the lower Coleman...
Saturday was definetly the better day. although Merk got Snowdawg Jr. to do a steeper slope on Sunday. And learning to navigate in poor visibility will help him in the future. Good weekend for 2/3 of our group.
That's a beautiful, inspiring trip. thanks for the write-up and pics.
Bagby Hot Springs!!!!!!!!
World Class if you have the extra hour... If you haven't been there before, put it on your 10 things to do before your car dies.
Cedar Log Tubs and Hot Tubs with "Gilligan's Island" plumbing with public as well as semi-private bath houses.
Enjoy-...We did on our CornRodeo Rest Day.
Location between Esticada and Detroit at the head of the Clakamus R.
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World Class if you have the extra hour... If you haven't been there before, put it on your 10 things to do before your car dies.
Cedar Log Tubs and Hot Tubs with "Gilligan's Island" plumbing with public as well as semi-private bath houses.
Enjoy-...We did on our CornRodeo Rest Day.
Location between Esticada and Detroit at the head of the Clakamus R.
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Nice pictures; I decided to do the SnowDome shuffle on Saturday (the 14th) and the pictures were helpful. Only saw a few other folks but the butterflies are still up there by the thousands (millions?). Having them hit me in the mug while skiing down encouraged me to ski with my mouth shut. Lots of fun.
I also went to Trillium Lake for a swim afterwards. The views from the lake were nice, but it was crowded and the water isn't to my liking: murky with a muddy bottom. Anyone know a...
I also went to Trillium Lake for a swim afterwards. The views from the lake were nice, but it was crowded and the water isn't to my liking: murky with a muddy bottom. Anyone know a...
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Just the other day I was browsing the UW digital collection and comparing to photos I had taken. Most of that icefall was covered in my shot and it almost looked like that glacier that might have grown at some point in the last century. From your shot it's easier to see what's happening.
The 1971 book "Glacier Ice" by Austin Post and Edward LaChapelle s...
Hey Andy, nice meeting ya up there. We found the same conditions you described. It was definately a fine weekend for making some July turns! We stayed the night at the base of the Flett and Saturday was the better day of the weekend. Woke up Sunday to partly sunny skies, but by about 11:00 the clouds rolled in out of nowhere and just stayed. On our ski out back to Spray Pk we attempted to link the patches together but quickly lost our way in the 30 ft visibility.&nb...
Thanks. We'll probably give it a try. I agree that steeper is usually better when things get gritty and grabby.
Greg,
The chute looks pretty sketchy but skiable. Pretty narrow and rough at the top. We thought about doing it but opted to continue our gruelling descent. But steep slopes seem to ski way better than Muir. What kind of wax works on grit.
The chute looks pretty sketchy but skiable. Pretty narrow and rough at the top. We thought about doing it but opted to continue our gruelling descent. But steep slopes seem to ski way better than Muir. What kind of wax works on grit.
Did you happen to get a look at the nisqually chute (far skier's right, heads down to nisqually glacier). I was hoping to head there Saturday, but was wondering if it's still skiable.
We were there Sunday, July 15, and our experience was quite different, in both good and bad ways.
When we left the parking lot around 9:30, there was a lenticular cloud on the summit. By the time we got to Pebble Creek, the cloud had descended to that elevation. We continued up through intermittent thick clouds which occasionally blew away to reveal the summit, only to get enveloped again.
Camp Muir was cold (40 degrees) and windy (35-60 mph accord...
paul and gang--wow, nice report and photos!! so impressive! :)
Andy , thanks alot .I just got back into town and your report is very helpful. i think I'll go up there and leave my marks.
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Here's another late (and brief) report from me. After skiing Adams on the 1st, Jonathan and I drove to Seattle were we stayed the night at the house of the gracious Chez Wild (thank you Silas! Silas - you're welcome anytime at my apt. in Tigard). ...
Mt Baker is pretty neat and I hope to visit more in the future.
You're welcome, though t...
Looks like you guys had a good trip up there. That's a fun ski did you go and check out icy too? Jeff told me you guys were going but I think I was riding my bike in whistler that weekend.
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Sad photo of a dying glacier on Icy
Just the other day I was browsing the UW digital collection and comparing to photos I had taken. Most of that icefa...