EISPIRATEN

Who's hoping to do Whitney this year? After missing out on a permit last year, I sent in my request for a party of six in August this year. Good luck to everyone, fingers crossed!

I wish I could get that much time off work...

Commies is a great word, and it's high time that it makes its triumphant return to our lexicon.

The world needs more Buck Turgidson's.

I have to work Friday, so that's out for me. I may see if Saturday works this week, though. Thanks for the invite.

Is this trail snow free? I'd like to do a tough hike since I've been out of commission. Given that my arm is still in a cast, and can't self arrest in snow and ice if needed, is this a good hike for me to do while I wait for things to heal up?

Awesome, a trip report and gear review all rolled into one. I've been looking at that Variant 52 for a while now. The price is coming down quite a bit, and I need a winter pack.

I love Winamp. I got the HTC EVO, and using these 3rd party apps like Winamp I can put itunes music on my Android phone without Steve Jobs' permission. Suck it, Steve!

I left a shitload of stickers in the Baldy register during the snow clinic day. Have we got any fresh meat out of that? Been away for a week at a trade show . Would love to get one of those stickers soon. I hope to get my cast off in about 3 weeks and change, and mother nature willing there's still...

Yeah, fractured my wrist last week. I am going to get put in a cast today for 6-10 weeks. I'll miss the Saturday get together this weekend, and many more unfortunately.

Nice! It's good to see all the tools. I'm stuck with being an armchair mountaineer for 6-10 weeks, so I shall live vicariously through all of these adventures. On a side note, I have a friend who had Testicular Cancer, and I dubbed him the One Nut Wonder.

Now THAT was a trip report! I loved it..lol

I had the permits for that exact trip this past Summer but had to cancel due to work. The quota is for exiting Trail Crest to the Portal (I believe) and as long as you go to, and exit the summit from the west side you don't have to mess with the lottery. Another problem I ran into was that trip is 6...

This kills me but I fractured my wrist last Tuesday night, and my winter mountaineering career appears to be on hold for a while. I was really looking forward to meeting many new people and learning from you. I've been to the ER twice in two weeks for two different things.

I doubt they really care. They're a general sporting goods store, and their bottom is apparently good enough to run the way they do. If you look at anything they carry, such as golf gear, or flyfishing equipment (just to name a couple things I know something about), they don't really come close to r...

Merry Christmas to all of you. I am looking forward to meeting many of you on Jan 8th, road willing.

Thank you!

In addition to my slip and fall on the Bear Flat trail a couple weeks ago, I suffered the indignity of a major wardrobe malfunction with my winter pants. The side zipper broke and I was left bare to the world, so I had to chuck them. I bought those pants before I got into winter hiking, and I don't ...

Clearly this is very sad. The thing I keep hoping is that she didn't suffer beyond the immediate terror she must have felt (assuming a fall). For her sake I hope it was quick.

https://eispiraten.com/ftopic3265-0.php Pay attention to post number 5 and beyond. I'm a newbie, and feel fortunate that I found out what can happen on a relatively benign slope. Who knows what would have happened had I made it past that point, and into more treacherous areas where the dangers coul...

Interesting. The only time I hike in Cheviot Hills is on Rancho Park GC with a bag of clubs over my shoulder.

I liked what I read about the Salewah Raven Combi GTX, and bought them for winter stuff. My feet stayed dry and warm the whole day, and I was very comfortable in them until I had my mishap on the Bear Flat trail. :oops: They were also $60 off from OMC ($229) when I got them, making them a far better...

Thanks for the replies. I exchanged the 65cm for a 70 tonight. Now I need to get up there and practice

Based on my height, 5' 8" (that may be optimistic but I'm sticking with it), I purchased a 65cm axe the other day. I noticed that taller people use 70cm axe's, so based on some things I found on the web I reasoned that I should go for a smaller one. Does this really matter? I'm going to REI ton...

I like both the 8th and 29th of Jan.

I'm not familiar enough with the trail to know that, but suffice it to say I went up past all the switchbacks above Bear Flat before I started hitting snow on the trail in earnest. There was patchy snow right after I got through the houses at the entry point, but it wasn't really on the trail except...

Count me in for sure.

-jeff

Taco wrote: ↑Cool beans.

BTW, awesome signature quote. One of my favorite movies.

Yeah that's a good one. Another good quote from that movie is: "You can't fight in here; this is the War Room!" lol. They don't make 'em like they used to.

Perfect, count me in. Hopefully I will have been up there practicing already by then, and won't be quite as green.

Definitely, assuming my lack of skills doesn't disqualify me.