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Pictures to append my partner's prose:
The North Face above Berg Lake and Berg (L) and Mist (R) Glaciers
The North Face above Berg Lake and Berg (L) and Mist (R) Glaciers
wow, I'm impressed. That was a good call. I'd have though it was over by now but it just goes to show ya.
You know it's over for you when your 15 year old has more sense than you. :-[
It was Stewie's first big mountain and I am a proud father. ;D
Nice job, guys. I called on the way home from representing West Sound in the Slush Cup, but Stewart said you were out so I didn't stop in for a hello.
It was Stewie's first big mountain and I am a proud father. ;D
Nice job, guys. I called on the way home from representing West Sound in the Slush Cup, but Stewart said you were out so I didn't stop in for a hello.
I've been waiting all week to hear how your trip north went. Can't wait to see all the photos you guys took! I look forward to getting up to canada with you guys next time.
We were super stoked to see that many mountain goats. Saw 4 more later in the day to make it an even number ;-) However, wonder if receding glaciers and warmer temperatures = more mountain goats ?
Picture of our route was taken from the saddle between Hadley Peak and pt 7842 at around 0730. At around 0900 or so a lenticular started forming blowing from SW it seemed and at about 1030 clouds started sneaking up from both E and W. We were on the Park Glacier by th...
Picture of our route was taken from the saddle between Hadley Peak and pt 7842 at around 0730. At around 0900 or so a lenticular started forming blowing from SW it seemed and at about 1030 clouds started sneaking up from both E and W. We were on the Park Glacier by th...
I wonder if those goats are part of the Barometer Mountain herd. Markharf and I came across 33 of them on the Scoles Glacier three years ago.
That shot of Baker must have been taken early in the day, because we never saw the summit after 10:00 from the Coleman side of the mountain.
That shot of Baker must have been taken early in the day, because we never saw the summit after 10:00 from the Coleman side of the mountain.
It is heartening to hear the mountain goats are doing great. :)
Thanks for the TR and pictures on your site. Makes me wanna go up there tomorrow!
Nice tracks ya made on the headwall, that thing's steep! And I appreciate you passing along your beer cooling technique, I'll give that a shot!
Nice report Wolfs - I enjoyed reading it. I'd trade a few bugs done here in Oregon for some more snow - it's pretty thin right now. I liked the 3rd picture with the turns - it's got me looking forward to getting my August turns!
I'm sure you could link snowfields and make it to Mt. Baker from Table Mt., but given the conditions we found I wouldn't want to.
do you think that is still possible to ski up to Mt. Baker?
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By the way Lowell, we were very impressed with the fact that you completed this route as a 2-day trip. How light did you go? Were all three of you in one Beta Light with no bivy sacks? Obviously it helps to have enough snow on part of the approach to get the weight of skis/boots off your back. Your report says you "were able to ski most of the traverse from White Pass to the trail swi...
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.