[Sculpin]

[treeswarper]

Discovered a place I'd missed where the mice had been during their foray into my house. They had been inside drawers where I threw various paperwork. While cleaning it out, I saw the photos of the snowstorm in Horseshoe Basin in August of 1990 something. Even though the Spokane TV weather guy said we were in for a major change--the weather had hit the 100s during the week, we didn't think much about it. We had warm gear but our downfall was boots. We had worn wimpy summertime water sucking boots. So, we cut our trip short and retreated. My old Golden looks so happy in the pictures. She loved the snow and was pretty waterproof. I do not think I have a scanner or I'd scan them. Now, how do I get rid of the mouse poop smell that is in my nose?

[Nancyann]

Re: The comment about single wall tents. Thanks for pointing this out, Pahoehoe, one of the thru hikers I picked up told me his particular single wall tent was too flimsy to hold up in snow.

[HitTheTrail]

[Brushwork]

TS: re mouse smell. I would try baking soda. It’s good at absorbing odors. I some times put some in the cat litter.

[Riverside Laker]

I did the section hike in Sept '99 from Snoqualmie to Stevens in several inches of snow, in running shoes. Only by moving fast were my feet ok, but luckily I could do that back then. We elected to quit while in Skykomish, but the next morning we got brilliant bluebird conditions that lasted all the way to Canada, eh? These conditions seem a little worse though, and maybe twice as much snow.

[timberghost]

Its global cooling

[Schroder]

[neek]

[Pahoehoe]

[Nancyann]

Once again thanks to Snohomish SAR and it’s awesome pilots and volunteers!

[joker]

This last story reminds me of what a friend who had to use her inReach in a very tragic situation in the Trinity Alps mentioned. That it was SUPER helpful to her to have more than just a "send SOS" function available, especially having the ability to receive status updates and questions from the SAR team as they went from activation to approach. After her real-world experience I don't think she'd ever switch to a simpler PLB unit. If this guy had the 2-way commms on his unit, I assume he'd have been able to let rescuers know why he was on the move and what his plan was, or else he might have stayed put thanks to knowing how soon the chopper would be at his location.

[neek]

For sure, you generate a ton of heat while moving, but you can move in place (e.g. do pushups in your sleeping bag). Just trying to understand the scenarios where you'd push the button and keep going (in cases where updates can't be sent and 2-way communication isn't possible), for my own education. Has the "hug a tree" advice we've been giving our kids wrong? Of course maximizing safety under duress can be difficult.

[joker]

Yesterday I saw a post on FB claiming rangers were asking folks with 4x4s and time to go check the trail crossing at Hart's Pass to see if there were thru-hikers wanting to be driven down to civilization. The person who made the post had shuttled a load or maybe two into town, and expected that more folks eager for rides would be arriving in the next day or two, based on what he heard from his passengers.

[Cyclopath]