EISPIRATEN

What a wacky season we have had... it snows, it melts, it snows, it melts. Glad you three got out there and enjoyed a decent day with fluffy flakes falling vertical on the summit. Wow, what a treat!

I know he would love a rope, but it's harder to get a great watch at a sale price than a rope. so i agree with the watch and Taco can keep his eyes open for a rope. btw ropes are "on sale" right now on alpenglowgear.com

Glamis: 20 miles round trip. It was 9 miles to the Sentinel Dome TH via the groomed Glacier Point Road and 1 mile of extremely heavy wet & deep snow to break. The heat that is wrecking havoc on our snow down here is creating spring conditions up there. Jim was doubting my choice that camping at ...

TracieB wrote: ↑... I live on a diet of chocolate and red wine, not wheaties and jungle juice!

LOL! you don't have to give up the wine and chocolate. that's a fine choice for dinner. but don't knock wheaties and jungle juice until you have tried it. i hear they serve that at the hut on Orizaba!

:D Awesome pix Jim! By far it was the most spectacular sunset i have EVER seen in my life! In no small part to being in one of the most beautiful places in the world then magnified by the color and light that came through that clearing storm. Breathtaking! :D It was indeed a great weekend and a plea...

great photos Steve! you took some great shots of a trip that was pretty harsh. happy to know that the unalpine start afforded you a harassment-free approach. so we know it sucked compared to last year, but where will you be hiking this weekend??? :wink: i don't expcect you to answer that but i know ...

there are walk-in camp sites in La Jolla Valley which is north of Circle X and Sycamore Canyon on PCH. the link states chemical toilet, but that toilet is by the parking lot, not the camp sites. the camp sites are very primitive and last time i looked it didn't seem they are much used or that brush ...

Wild wrote: ↑What/Who are Atherians??

hahaha... and here i thought Ellen was agnostic!

Wild, this should 'splain it: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/31 ... y-20100731

In my family, i am the middle child aka mediator. It seems i get out all my repressed anger on my hiking companions. My sincerest apologies to all i have threatened, harassed or bludgeoned. On second thought, never mind... you probably deserved it!! :twisted: :shock: so when do you want to hike wit...

In my family, i am the middle child aka mediator. It seems i get out all my repressed anger on my hiking companions. My sincerest apologies to all i have threatened, harassed or bludgeoned.

On second thought, never mind... you probably deserved it!!

Let me know the next time you are doing one of those crazy all nighters, right up my alley :D Yep, here's proof!!... Eman balances rocks. Me trying to balance Patrick at midnight on the Baldy summit 8.27.10 https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/lh5.googleusercontent.com/_tLZpFwoRpyI/TXjDKfNrsdI/AA...

GreenMtnBoy,
being able to glissade down B-P made postholing up almost worth it! if anything, it made you quads stronger! plus, having a mtn all to yourself is pretty sweet.

That's why you ski down! ;) go ahead Fritz, just rub it in that i don't own AT equipment (yet.) i would so LOVE to ski down! hopefully, someday... Man, we do look pretty comical :P and No i was not beating on Mark again. he fell over with no help from me! :twisted: i saw that i sat it down and did ...

Nice that you got a video of that Frank! That post hole descent was pretty miserable. Just ask Tracie!

went for a hike of Baldy on Sunday knowing the avy danger was high, so we chose to climb the less avy-prone east bowl. worked in our favor as we had a safe ascent/descent. the summit was blustery, the sun was cookin' (Taco, Tracie and Mark went home sunburned) and the snow was movin'. 2-3' feet of f...

:D Fun outing boys! Especially fun to visit an area that has great childhood memories on such a beautiful day. I gotta' Islip over there some day. HJ, you kwack me up! major LOL when i saw that one. Hikin' Joyce is gonna' grow up comparing all men to your sense of humor and they will never match up....

:shock: The snow is ALIVE and thankfully so are you and Zach. Your insightful TR talked me out of waisting (literally waist deeping) a day in the snow tomorrow. It should be an epic post-hole and slide activity day with the 80 degree+ forecast. Praying for clouds so we can hang onto the snow and hav...

Contrary to popular belief, I have standards!! LOL Tracie. Very funny!

:D Nice descriptions James. My favorite local mountain. I always enjoy playing out there. We've been doing a big loop recently that includes Western Ridge Trail, Boney and Tri-peaks but also adds Stegosaurus Ridge (our name and aptly named once you see it) down to Split Rock, up to Balance Rock over...

simonov wrote: ↑The Mountaineer's Creed:

always trying to rub it in that you have a totally bitchen ice axe, Mitch. yep, it's your vintage ice axe and i will always covet it!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IHC right after or during a storm. that took a lot of gas for you to get there but you found magic. cool for you!

Coyotes searching for Tortoise?

anyhoo... nice photos. thanks for sharing.

Very cool! Now Joyce will keep you in hikin' shape as you run after her! Everywhere!

Happy Spring everybody! :lol: Ol' Man Winter is just slammin' the door on his way out. "I'll be back." HJ yeah, he wanted to make a fool out of us who said the snow the other week was as good as it's gonna get. sleet on my face. :oops: :D last one out the door to make fresh tracks is a ro...

LOL Jim! Mark obviously needs to work on his form. I expect no less.

Thought i was going for a hike of Ollestad Canyon. Turned out we ascended Pick on Norma Canyon. Fun day, kinda. First 1k was a lot of this https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/lh5.googleusercontent.com/_tLZpFwoRpyI/TYNagoZfyqI/AAAAAAABKko/oF1eoxM0qc8/s576/P1120045.JPG Eventually we found this http...

simonov wrote: ↑

no freakin' way he climbed up to that plateau with that gut! but then again, he is Supernatural!

actually they've shown that caffeine does not dehydrate you. but it depends on context. I think they show that if you drink the same amount of liquid after drinking (coffee vs non), you have same hydration level. however my own experience says that perhaps you naturally drink less water after drink...

:D Nice to hear from you Bert! Yep, RR will pretty much be all summer trail in a week or so. I wish some measurable snow would still drop, but it seems the most significant thing about this winter is to remind us just how great last winter was. not to pour salt on a wound, but here is a pic from 3/2...

14.5k congrats Fritz and Mitch!! The MR in winter is a mighty challenge, especially so heavily laden. :shock: When i did an MR with SMI we did a gear share distribution at the Hostel. Did they not do that with you? We were all able to jettison some excess gear/weight as we took on the shared loads. ...