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Tom_Sjolseth Born Yesterday
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 2652 | TRs | Pics Location: Right here. |
DHM, your comment is useless without LINKS!
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Dayhike Mike Bad MFKer
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 10958 | TRs | Pics Location: Going to Tukwila |
<grin> Even with links my comments are still pretty useless.
I noted some difficulty with my sat phone on Sunday, so maybe the Globalstar coverage is getting worse. Looking forward to the launch of their new constellation.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
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Tom_Sjolseth Born Yesterday
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 2652 | TRs | Pics Location: Right here. |
Well, I have been noticing within the past 3 weeks that SPOT sends sporadically. I used to have 100% success rate, so I'm not sure what to think. I hope they get it fixed, it has been a useful tool for my purposes.
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wamtngal Member
Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 2382 | TRs | Pics Location: somewhere |
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Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:56 pm
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Opinions expressed here are my own.
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Tom_Sjolseth Born Yesterday
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 2652 | TRs | Pics Location: Right here. |
Well, I am doing what you describe, holding down the OK button until the green light starts to flash (which is what it tells me to do in the instruction manual). I did it this way before too, and it would always send out the messages. I think this problem might have more to do with the satellite system than anything else, but I'll try it your way next time to see if it makes a difference. Thanks for the heads up.
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EF Member
Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 181 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:14 pm
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Don Member
Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 2013 | TRs | Pics Location: Fairwood, WA |
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Wowza! As I've already stated to you Tom, excellent trip report from an excellent area! Thank you for the eye candy and personal perspective from one of my favorite areas.
Oh, and btw, you rock too!
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Krazie Klimbers!
Great job Thomas. Nice work.
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Karen² A Real Canadian Girl
Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 1367 | TRs | Pics Location: Behind the Lens |
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Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:50 pm
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raising3hikers Member
Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 2343 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, Wa |
Awesome report and pics How come Luna Creek didn't seem like a good escape route? I've thought about going in that way some day to check out the cirque
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Tom_Sjolseth Born Yesterday
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 2652 | TRs | Pics Location: Right here. |
r2h, read the following for a great account of why not to go down (or up) Luna Creek!
http://sabegg.googlepages.com/challenger
An excerpt:
I am at a loss for words to describe our experience in Luna Creek. So I will rely on Fred Becky. Fred and his brother Helmy were perhaps the first to bushwack down Luna Creek on their 10-day traverse from Nooksack River to Diablo Dam in 1940. In Challenge of the North Cascades, he describes their experience:
After the worst imaginable struggle with flies, devil's club, willows, and alder on the bottom of the valley flood plain, exhausted by a 3-mile struggle against bush, logs, and marsh, we arrived at the Big Beaver trail around 1:30. Our only remaining food was oatmeal and orange concentrate. We ate the oatmeal dry, without sugar.
Ed and I have joined the small handful of climbers who have experienced Luna Creek. It was certainly a character building experience. Ed and I ended up getting separated by the wall of brush. While I made it to the trail that evening, Ed spent the night in the jungle, and ended up ditching his pack and meeting up with me the next morning.
If Luna Cirque is your goal, it's best to go in either Access Creek or Eiley/Wiley.
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silence Member
Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 4420 | TRs | Pics
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Keep a good head and always carry a light bulb. – Bob Dylan
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EastKing Surfing and Hiking
Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Posts: 2082 | TRs | Pics Location: 77 miles from Seattle! |
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Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:04 pm
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Saw the depths of despair. Now I am salvaging what time I have left on Earth.
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TrailPair Member
Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 1699 | TRs | Pics
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This TR needs to be sent to Hollywood. This could make for an epic made for TV movie!
I wonder which actors would protray Tom and Faye?
This thing called work is interfering with my play
This thing called work is interfering with my play
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Mr. Cleanhead Blues brother
Joined: 19 Aug 2008 Posts: 34 | TRs | Pics Location: Sultan |
Well told tale, with stunning pictures!
I especially loved the summit bivy.
This is a once in a lifetime climb for a select few, beyond the reach of most of us. Both of you are an inspiration.
This is what it's all about!
I am curious though, with the sustained physical exertion over a solid week,did you suffer much weight loss? How much food weight did you pack? The logistics of such an adventure is interesting to me. All that climbing, with a week's provisions. Wow!
Jim
Time spent on a summit is not deducted from your life.
Time spent on a summit is not deducted from your life.
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