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Snowdog
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Location: on (& off) the beaten path |
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Snowdog
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 Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:38 am |
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me likey!  
'we don't have time for a shortcut'
'we don't have time for a shortcut'
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Dayhike Mike
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Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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Location: Going to Tukwila |
| Tom wrote: | | Andy D. wrote: | | Hard to believe there's a bootpath in there. |
Keep in mind that DHM has a vivid imagination when it comes to boot paths.  |
Heh. Just because YOU can't see it doesn't mean it's not there. I was on a bootpath caused by human visitation almost all the way down.
We noticed the bootpath at around 3900' on the route up. Saw it on the right side of the creek, wedged up against the cliff just before the weakness in the cliff that we took up to the right (i.e. up onto the rib). Gaining the rib left the bootpath behind -- it continued up the shelf another hundred feet before dodging right to join us on the rib and into the meadowy bowl with the creek crossing our path.
| Tom wrote: | | puzzlr wrote: | | Did your route take you anywhere near the huge slanting slabs |
Nope, I'm guessing you came up the route that hits "RY" in BOUNDARY on the topo. Pretty sure we came up "UN". |
I think you might be right, Tom... Got any more pics you want to share of your route up that ridgeline, Puzzlr? I'd love to see them...
| puzzlr wrote: | | The other memorable item from our climb was the extremely slippery rocks in Stilliguamish creek, and it was a warm day -- no ice. Did you find that or was a temporary thing? |
I remembered that bit in your trip report and commented on it to Tom.
Nope, not slippery at all. We ended up crossing the river back and forth and back and forth -- not a lot of room to work with along the sides of the riverbank -- and I was cautious each time, but the footing on the rocks in the river seemed pretty stable to me. Not slick/slippery at any point.
Not sure what the difference was, but you did start 2 hours earlier than us. Perhaps there was a touch of frost in the air?
"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
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Tom
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:19 pm |
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The next party heading up might want to bring a new register. Mike brought both registers down as they were no longer usable.
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Dayhike Mike
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Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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Location: Going to Tukwila |
I'm going to try to salvage them as best I can. First step is to get them out and try to separate the pages. They were soggy, pulpy masses. The film canister was soaked through -- I couldn't see the writing on the paper anymore, actually. The other register (nice PVC, FWIW) had swollen to fill the container.
Also, the snowfield in the south basin was a little unnerving to me. Not so much going up, but definitely so coming back down. I slipped on the way back and managed to self arrest, but it wouldn't be a place you'd want to slide to the bottom. Would have been safer if we'd been roped and had a picket in place with a running belay.
Next time... 
"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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puzzlr
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Joined: 13 Feb 2007
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puzzlr
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:10 pm |
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| Dayhike Mike wrote: | | They were soggy, pulpy masses. The film canister was soaked through -- I couldn't see the writing on the paper anymore |
I brought a soggy 10+year-old register home recently from Middle Mountain, MFK. When it was wet there was almost nothing visible, but I could peel the pages apart and laid them out to dry. As the sheet dried out the pencil markings became much more visible than when wet. Not sure the same effect would apply to ink on paper.
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Tom
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Tom
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:25 pm |
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Finally got around to sorting out my pics. Enjoy!
 Leaving Trail  Avalanche Remnants along Stillaguamish  Stillaguamish (Scrooge Approved)  Big Four from Stillaguamish  Del Campo from Basin  Nap Time!  Del Campo  Kicking Steep Steps up Final Snowfield  Del Campo and Gothic from Snowfield  Vesper to 3 Fingers from Morning Star  Seattle from Morning Star  Stillaguamish, Dickerman, White Chuck, Forgotten and Twin Peaks  Dayclimber Mike and Del Campo  Wolf, 3 Fingers, Sperry and Big Four  Vesper from Morning Star  Del Campo and Gothic  Gemini to Columbia  Rainier from Morning Star
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Randy
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Joined: 18 Dec 2001
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Location: Near the Siamangs |
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Randy
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:37 pm |
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I heard about the cheeseburger on the way home. Nice work!
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Dayhike Mike
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Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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Location: Going to Tukwila |
| Tom wrote: | Kicking Steep Steps up Final Snowfield |
Love it! That's a great shot... Three points of contact, baby!
Thanks for the fun day out, bud.
"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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Schmidt Alti-Babe
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Joined: 11 Mar 2008
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Location: Buried by backlogged pictures |
Amazing trip you two! Lots of great photos.
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fishonjoe
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Location: Marysville, Wa. USA |
Wow, lot more snow up there when we were last there in Sept 2007. Looks like our Register notes may be pulped up by now as well?
Nice pics all around!
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