EISPIRATEN

Could someone please tell me exactly how many people have died in national parks who could have saved themselves by carrying a weapon? Anybody know of an example or two? I don't care about statistics -- leave that to politicians -- they have nothing better to do. When you are faced with a mean MF w...

It's your responsibility to protect and defend your family -- criminals obtain guns unlawfully and carry guns everywhere they want -- they couldn't care less about regulations/laws. Only law abiding citizens follow regulations and that's whom this law will allow to carry. When crooks know regular pe...

Thank you Hamik for the great info -- it makes sense. Also thank you for your offer to show me this in practice on Saturday, I would love to have joined you guys but I rolled my ankle few days ago and have to rest this weekend.

Dave G wrote:Vitaliy-I agree completely. Your safety is paramount and the mountain will always be there.

Thank you Dave -- exactly my thoughts.

Ryan -- thanks man! I have to get some training on safe grounds before hitting the Bowl ...

I have to take it easy this weekend -- rolled my ankle this past weekend on an easy 3.5 mile trail (not paying attention) -- might take my son to South Fork on Sunday though -- for some snow fun / snowshoeing if it gets better ...

Ideally the scenario would be such that I can lower, stop, secure position (both hands free), remove the camera, look through the lens for an opportunity, take the shoot, move lower to the next position, repeat the "secure/shoot" sequence and continue this until I run out of rope, then swi...

Dave G wrote:You might also want to consider a rig like this. We could all ski/board down betwixt yer legs.

incredible!

Rescue - Pulling up:



Snow Anchors:

Might make sense to add a couple of walkie talkies to the equipment list... Good point -- once you go over the lip they can't see/hear you. BTW, if you plan on shooting from a head down position, you sure don't want to be hauled back up that way! :evil: :lol: I don't think I want to be hauled back ...

This covers going down nicely:

It's beautiful out there -- love the Ontario Ridge shoot. Welcome to SGMDF! Tip on posting pictures from Flickr -- just copy and paste the code from Flickr directly in your post: http://content.screencast.com/users/ttlj_vitaliy/folders/Jing/media/a989b126-61ec-4ed8-976b-2d11dfd898ca/2010-02-09_2103....

I was doing some thinking and homework ... and here's what I learned so far (correct me if I am wrong, this project is not as simple as I thought): We shouldn't lower down on a pulley because the person rappelling off needs to have full control of the descent speed when going over rocks and other st...

TacoDelRio wrote:TEAM SGMDF

Who's bringing the stokes litter?????!?!

knock on wood

Patrick,

Yes that's a good idea -- if we come up with a fast way of setting up a pulley/anchor system up top then I can see us being able to hit all chutes -- that would be really cool!

Hopefully next week ...

Thank you Norma! And I am glad to have you on board for our small production.

EManBevHills wrote:How come Darwinism doesn't work within the confines of government agencies?

wondering the same thing!

TacoDelRio wrote:(Mount) Whitney Portal Store Message Boards

Missed your reply -- thank you.

Sounds good -- I really like the idea of lowering down in there -- this way I can choose the vantage point on location looking through the lens instead of the guesswork I am doing now ... The Crew so far: : - Zach (Zach) - Ryan (TacoDelRio) - Bert (bertfivesix) - Vitaliy (mve) Gear which was already...

TacoDelRio wrote:I don't do shit. I'll just carry a weapon and leave more questions than answers.

you see? That's what I am talking about!

Shin, Thank you for explaining WPSMB.

Hopefully we'll run into each other on the trail one of these days

And in regards to the lens -- it's actually a Ultra Wide Angle Lens (not a fisheye) -- straight lines stay straight ... Nikon did an amazing job with this one ...

Ok -- I still have to meet Kelly and Dustin then but you left off a very important character -- YOU!

Come on man -- spill the beans, I am making popcorn

What does WPSMB stand for? Sounds like a great group. I think I recognize Bob (the guy in the center with green jacket): https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/709265/P1070315.JPG Him, Sara and Sam stayed with injured hiker who slipped from Baldy Bowl last year. I met him fe...

That's hilarious -- he's like "What do you want man?"

Thanks for the tips Hamik.

Hope they don't blow it. We should have our own show. :twisted: Roger that! :twisted: Few years ago after watching Discovery's 'Alaska Experiment' (season one) and reading few books about PCT Thru hikers I really wanted to approach the network to organize a show about PCT. I've written a small, 300...

Great TR Matt -- it's hard to imagine the amount of water that went through there: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EUzj1idgl8A/S3AUEyKOgEI/AAAAAAAABKQ/lnPC1Lal4mE/s800/IMGP0118.PEF.jpg :shock: I've been meaning to ask you -- how do you deal with ticks? Deet? They love damp overgrown places -- I've once taken ...

Dave, thank you for sharing another great fun route and pictures. The picture of the tree hunched over from all the rime ice is something else -- all that ice must weigh few tons -- incredible!

WOW!

Where is a good place to learn the mixed climbing enough to attempt something like this?

Did you stay someplace in Idyllwild or just drove in? There's a really good place to eat there -- Cafe Aroma -- their meat balls are amazing! Old recipe passed to the owner/chef by his mom/grandmother.