EISPIRATEN

Crud. I was hoping for something more reliable than a regular Bic. Bics are great most of the time, but they're not very useful in the wind. I guess lifeboat matches would be the best in the wind. Interestingly, I was able to light my stove using my piezo ignition even though I never did get the but...

OK, so people are having similar experiences to mine. Sounds like JetBoil's piezo electric ignighter is better than the little one in my lighter but even JetBoil has problems when you get higher and one simply uses a bic to compensate.

Thanks, guys

I was told in a recent Sierra Club class that lighters with piezo-electric ignition don't work well at altitude. I couldn't get either of my lighters with piezo-electric ignition to function this past weekend at about 8000'. At the end of the day, I drove back down ACH, and they performed just fine....

Went out and did Mt. Waterman (8038') this past Saturday, 1/12/2008. Brought my Esbit stove to melt snow. Results: Miserable failure I tried to melt enough snow for 0.5 L of water. I started with approx. 0.25" of liquid water in the bottom of the pot and then added snow. After using four fuel c...

TacoDelRio wrote:Then that gets old, and you take up alcoholism, have a stroke, and die

Optimist. Don't hold back just 'cause he's a newbie.

cool TR, Taco. Good to see the snow is still sticking pretty well even though it's been hot.


Be careful out there on solos in Winter, bro. My pa died on one of those, and I came pretty close doing some back country skiing in '01 in Canada.


Looks like a fun day ... climb on!

Excellent info gentlemen; thank you. Just to throw another tidbit into the mix: Just got back from Canada this past week. Went and did some hiking in the Elbow Falls area. Temps were below freezing but not sub-zero (Farenheit zero that is). Tried the Esbit stove that uses solid fuel cubes. Advantage...

If anyone is following this: http://www.donnajou.com/

Really, really sad. Let us pray at least for justice.

Major bummer. A most admirable man. He did a lot for the Sherpas in terms of building clinics and schools. May the lux aeterna Dei shine on you, sir Ed.

Thanks, Luciano and Alan; my thoughts exactly. Do you guys know if they're plowing all the way to Mt. Waterman? I know they always used to when the two ski areas were operating, but I'm not sure now. I guess if I encounter a snow gate near 3 points or Cloudburst Summit, we could just start hiking fr...

Anyone been up the crest highway recently? I'm thinking about doing some snow shoeing this Saturday at Mt. Waterman. The Cal Trans site http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/sr2 says the road is open to Islip Saddle -- can anyone confirm that the road is open? They're still listing "chains required...

From the Glendale News-Press: http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articl ... ails09.txt City set to blaze new trails Residents’ input at several workshops helps create plan to connect open space and increase access. By Ryan Vaillancourt CITY HALL — The City Council on Tuesday approved a trails master p...

We married folk know that we have to take care of the domestic side of things in the amidst of our outdoor activities. Combining the two often doesn't work if your spouse doesn't like your preferred types of outings. One solution of course is to "tone it down." I hear you. My fiancee and ...

I don't if the people frequenting this board need it, but the Sierra Club has an excellent course, Wilderness Travel Course (WTC), that has an excellent segment on land navigation. I grew up with topo maps since my dad was an avid hiker. I was a Boy Scout and an Army Officer, and I am a Sierra Club ...

My dad always said his discipline was because he cared, and as we all know, "sharing is caring."

Share liberally.

Travis:

I went to take a look at your Google map, but I got the following message: "The Google Maps API key used on this web site was registered for a different web site. You can generate a new key for this web site at http://www.google.com/apis/maps/".

Maybe it's just me?

HJ

Not only is the TR on the front page, it's the lead write up -- the first one that you see out of 5 or so. Top billing!

"We're doing this because we don't want people to
get hurt."

Please, please protect me from myself. Why if I had to make my own decisions, I might have to accept responsiblit for my own life, and by George we wouldn't want that now would we?

Not sure if you'd get a frontal shot, but you'd definitely see some buns with that one ...

Get well soon -- I can't tell my burgers with out a rating.

Meal? Heck, post a picture of a tall, cold one, bro.

Wait just a minute here. I don't see the ratings. Isn't their chiliburger 5.13b?

Go for it, bro.

TacoDelRio wrote:Had a lot lately. In a bit of a funk. Oh well, more time to research more junk.

Been there, bro. Sux. Two words of advice:
-Isolation is the solution to nothing
-Get out there

At least that's my experience for what it's worth.

Maybe we can put in summit registers our "kill count" instead of our "hill count" (hill count: the number of summits that people are doing on a particular list). Of course people will start wondering why all the hikers are carrying ice axes in August... Hmm, maybe I'll just carry...

While it could possibly be spider bites, I'm reading press reports of this incident with a lot of skepticism. They've already reported that Mt. San Jacinto is 8400' elevation and has a tram to the top. They've also reported that Richard was interrupted by the light of a helicopter while video record...

I would draw my sword I don't think a drawing of a sword would help. ;-) Seriously, I think that you'd have to assess your personal safety first. Trust your gut: are they a danger or can you talk to them? If I felt safe, I might approach them and ask something like, "so how do you think people...

Yeah, there are definitely days like that. Of course sometimes a "down day" is pretty good.

It'll be like the old (orginal) Star Trek episode with the people who are so speeded up that no one else can see them.

I think there was something that they put into Cpt. Kirk's coffee that sped him up too. Um, so what do you say we all head over to Rick's for coffee?

old dood w/ a gun

What a choice! Shot by a crazed old miner on the east approach or shot by one's own hand after miles of brush on the west approach.