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SultanHiker Member
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 78 | TRs | Pics Location: Washington |
I may just be bad at searching. But i'm trying to find the best form for a summit register. I'm heading up to Gunn soon and it appears that there might not be a register up there. Also I hike Stickney frequently, and there isn't one there.
What is the best (and lightest, most compact to carry) type of summit resgister. PVC? bulky ammo can? What should i bring? Is there a type of pen that i should leave?
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meck Member
Joined: 31 Dec 2010 Posts: 920 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Jul 12, 2017 9:32 pm
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Recommend leaving a pen and pencil (maybe with small pencil sharpener too). The PVC ones seem to work OK, but a rubber gasket might be helpful to keep the moisture out. Double plastic bags around the notebook would probably be helpful too.
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Bramble_Scramble Member
Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 312 | TRs | Pics
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I tried to place a geocache on Baring but it wasn't approved. Next year I went back and saw no register so I took the geocache stuff out and left a pen and a logbook. It's been three years since I've been up so I don't know if it survived.
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 7220 | TRs | Pics Location: Stuck in the middle |
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Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:58 pm
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I only put up registers on Middle Fork peaks and I chose the pint size Nalgene bottles. The small Rite-In-The-Rain notebooks fit inside with a slight bend. At $9/bottle + $2/notebook it's not super economical, but I only bring them to peaks around the Middle Fork. I put the notebook in the bottle inside a heavy duty baggie along with 2 golf pencils. Pencils can be sharpened, but avoid ones with erasers -- the metal attachment rusts. I don't know if these hold up but I'll find out in 5-10 years when I revisit some of the summits where I placed them. The bottles are water tight, but condensation can be quite invasive with big temperature swings.
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Bramble_Scramble Member
Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 312 | TRs | Pics
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Yah the one I left on Baring was a lock and lock container with a spiral notebook and a pen and pencil in a bag. After a year of being up there I saw no moisture. They're a pretty commonly used geocache container. The flaps probably will get brittle and break. Nalgene is definitely a better idea.
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wolffie Member
Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 2693 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:22 pm
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IanB posted this in 2013:
I've always loved this very special note that I found in 1996, (and copied precisely), in the metal box that used to be on top of Mount Stone:
Jing Bai
Time 14:57
Highest spot, first time
on earth planet. climed
from the "yen" side of MT
alone. meet my group
CTESCJ. Shoes did
fit first. so walk barefeet
till the little havenly lake
full of babie forgs. then
losen shoe laces keep going.
from mainland china (NE of)
Never climb montain before
feel wonderful.
P.S. also saw snow on montain
first time. wash hands with it.
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Arginine Member
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Tue Jul 18, 2017 5:01 pm
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SultanHiker wrote: | What should i bring? |
How about......nothing? Why do the peaks need summit registers? Only the self absorbed care.
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BarbE Member
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Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:13 am
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Disagree! For me, finding a register with known names especially on obscure peaks is the icing on the cake.
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snowhat Member
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Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:59 pm
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Shakawkarl wrote: | I tried to place a geocache on Baring but it wasn't approved. Next year I went back and saw no register so I took the geocache stuff out and left a pen and a logbook. It's been three years since I've been up so I don't know if it survived. |
I was on Baring last weekend, it's still there and in good shape.
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Bramble_Scramble Member
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snowhat wrote: | I was on Baring last weekend, it's still there and in good shape. |
Sweet thanks for the update! How is the snow up there?
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Tom_Sjolseth Born Yesterday
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For every summit register taken, I've decided to leave two in its place. It's the self absorbed in me...
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iron Member
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Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:53 pm
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every pill bottle (like ibuprofen) i've seen has been awesome. nalgenes are fine too, but i wouldn't buy new unless you're rich. i'm sure any goodwill or thrift store has a few hundred of them.
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Bedivere Why Do Witches Burn?
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 7464 | TRs | Pics Location: The Hermitage |
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Thu Jul 20, 2017 6:22 pm
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Tom_Sjolseth wrote: | For every summit register taken, I've decided to leave two in its place. It's the self absorbed in me... |
LOL!
What's even more self-absorbed is taking a register off a summit.
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