I've resisted getting a cell phone b/c of the crappy Sierra coverage; however, recently I've been doing a lot of long solo trail runs and I'm getting pressure...
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Scott
ocmousepad
Apr 4, 2004 5:05 pm
... See Eckert's website (www.climber.org)for some ideas. 1. Select Charybdis, to get Eckert's peak bagging trip from Florence Lake to Bishop Pass (they...
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Nick Fitton
ncfitton
Apr 4, 2004 9:29 pm
Get a pre-paid phone if you only plan to use it for emergencies. Should work out to about $10/month. ...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Apr 5, 2004 5:07 pm
Matthew and I went up for another three days of fun in the Tahoe area before the snow all melts (there was plenty of it still!). Friday we climbed Mokelumne...
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jimr_pdx@...
jimr_pdx
Apr 6, 2004 5:35 am
While driving along the east side I've had success with my AT&T service. As of a few years ago it was analog-only - didn't get my voice mail until I was...
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Ian Stevens
denalifc
Apr 6, 2004 8:47 pm
Hi all I am new to your group. Probably been viewing your posts for 2 months or so. Someone post something about an "event" in the Sierra area and following...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Apr 7, 2004 5:29 am
Hi Ian and welcome to the group. I wish I had the gumption to try the Western States 100 or any ultra for that matter. You guys impress the hell out of me. ...
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John Fedak
jfedak
Apr 7, 2004 9:10 pm
... Limits to Bob's endurance? Unlikely. :) Maybe if the ultra was a bushwhack with some absurd elevation gain... -fedak ... the ... the ... the ... provide ...
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Ian Stevens
denalifc
Apr 8, 2004 1:21 am
Hi Bob, Thanks for the welcome. I am not actually doing the Western States. I could never do that kind of distance nor would wish too !! I have a couple of...
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Joel M. Baldwin
qumqats
Apr 9, 2004 5:58 am
I'm thinking of exploring the 'death slabs' approach to the face of Half Dome sometime in the next couple of weeks, maybe the weekend of Apr 17. Would someone...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Apr 13, 2004 9:17 pm
Here's an impressive photo taken last month: http://www.summitpost.com/mountains/photo_link.pl? ...
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Matt Worster
mtnhurdler
Apr 14, 2004 1:08 am
I hit the southern Sierra again this past weekend, with a foray into the HPS list. Can someone explain to me why the Hundred Peaks list has 276 peaks? I...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Apr 14, 2004 4:14 am
While Matthew and I were on Thunder Mtn the other week, we came across this memorial cross to a skier named Paul Ruff: ...
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davidkiene
Apr 14, 2004 12:30 pm
Wow--thanks for sharing this. ... http://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_photos/martin_point_2/reg/DSC00108.jp g ... and ... in...
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feetsnofail
Apr 14, 2004 6:28 pm
Hi Group, Has anyone been to Whitney in the past week or so? Wonderin if I need to drag all my winter gear up the Mtneers Route this weekend. How 'bout ropes?...
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Joel M. Baldwin
qumqats
Apr 15, 2004 10:59 pm
I've seen a smaller fall off the face, nothing near that large. I can't say that one of my worries would be from things above me. My concern would be with my...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Apr 15, 2004 11:28 pm
... Yes, I've heard North Dome Gully called the Death Slabs. ... yes ... yes ... The east side is easier, but longer and more tedious. There are use trails...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Apr 16, 2004 2:27 pm
Pics & reports from two weeks ago: http://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_reports/mokelumne_1.html ... area...
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Eric Lee
thebeave7
Apr 17, 2004 7:39 am
Try hitting up the Whitney Portal Store message board. Its solely devoted to those climbing Whitney, and I know for sure there are a bunch of guys on there...
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Matt Worster
mtnhurdler
Apr 20, 2004 5:53 pm
I'm kicking around the idea of hiking Olancha on 8 or 9 May. The mountain I thought was Olancha (when viewed from Owens) looked like it was clearing snow...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Apr 20, 2004 7:59 pm
I read somewhere recently that someone was up there a few weeks ago, snow was present but not a significant problem. I tried to find the report, but came up...
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Matthew Holliman
matthew_holl...
Apr 26, 2004 10:53 pm
A bit OT, but while I'm waiting for some of the Sierra to open up... I headed down south to visit a few HPS peaks in Los Padres NF this weekend, mostly for...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Apr 27, 2004 3:09 am
... spring, ... I went out there around this time of year a number of years ago and had the same experience. Talking to the ranger there, I found that the...
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stephen_w_hiebert
stephen_w_hi...
Apr 27, 2004 2:31 pm
With several other partners, I climbed two peaks in the Sawmill Pass region over the weekend - Mt. Baxter and Colosseum Mountain. Conditions were excellent....
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Apr 28, 2004 2:42 pm
Thanks stephen! I was looking for just such information about the snow conditions for our climb of Barnard on May 8. I didn't really want to haul the snowshoes...
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davidkiene
Apr 28, 2004 2:54 pm
Sounds much better than the conditions on the East Coulior of Basin a week and half ago, where climbers in our party encountered pretty bad postholing higher...
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Bob Burd
snwburd
Apr 28, 2004 3:58 pm
... Yeah, you had a couple of bad things going for you - new snow, plus a steep, sun-protected couloir. Not unlike the Crecent Moon Couloir I imagine? ...
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logv33@...
logv33
Apr 28, 2004 4:51 pm
Actually, East Couloir of Basin is exposed to sun almost all day long. Conditions in that couloir were quite different than in Crescent Moon a month earlier. ...
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davidkiene
Apr 28, 2004 5:02 pm
Aah, but soon it will be granite season. :-)...
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logv33@...
logv33
Apr 28, 2004 5:41 pm
East Couloir of Basin will be a scree season pretty soon... yuk! :) Misha ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover...
