mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 FT did the drawing on the picture Our route from the weekend Yellow is up Red is down Blue was the line we wanted but turned around because the route was dangerous We had 6 people on the trip From SJ it was SockMonkey, Fattwins, Janus77 and myself. Extras were Chris and Matt from Australia. The run turned out to be 1700 vert and we had many different types of snow. 3 hours up Less than 2 out for 5.5 hours A little excitment while sidestepping around a waterfall where if you slipped in you died But all around a good time Link to post Share on other sites
ianbc 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 sick and jealouse Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 ditto ianbc Link to post Share on other sites
peterson 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 And me. Link to post Share on other sites
sock_monkey 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Nice pic, toque. It was hard for me to visualize my location during the hike. It was an awesome run, many thanks to you and FF for taking us out. and an extra thanks to FF for lending me gear again. Looking forward to seeing all the pictures. I'll try to stitch up my panoramas today. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 you dont have gear SM? hopefully Ill be out next weekend too! Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Top of the first bump above Happo Chris, Janus, Aussie Matt and SockMonkey The group skinning along the ridge. Tsugaike is just above their heads. Looking up the ridge that we would climb and skin Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Janus skinning up the ridge A nice rest about half-way up. We had to think about the next steep icy section of ridge. Left to Right. Chris, Myself (down jacket), FT looking like me, Matt, Sock Monkey and Janus Myself at the top of the 1st steep icy section Janus looks on in awe at the amazing North Alps Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Our high point We had wanted to get into the saddle between on the rocky peak and this snowy one but boiler plate ice and dangerous exposure kept us from getting there. So we decended part of our up route getting some nice corn. FT screamin down this little south face Aussie Matt on the south face SockMonkey on the south face And then over to the north face where we found wind blown powder. SockMonkey gettin some Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 sooo jealous mate and nice pics too Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 looks awesome boys! Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 The damage on the first pitch Still a long ways to go Not too many chances in life to really **** yourself up. I've gotton myself into some bad places before but almost always the worst outcome would just be a severly damaged body. A slip here would have been death. Chillaxin at the bottom of the run. Had we skied our intended line we would have come down part of the valley in the back from lookers left 6 guys in there I don't think so Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Sock Monkey looking pretty good, but the outside shoulder's coming around in the turn there, FT. Link to post Share on other sites
sock_monkey 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 CB, i meant skis and trekkers. I busted my bindings when i was up the time before. I'll have my skis back on Wednesday. btw, Toque, i got a bonus from work this morning that will cover the new Naxos. boot shopping is back on! that pic of me is going on the cubicle wall for motivation, sweet! Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 That's cool SM Do you think you will get them before the season is out? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by soubriquet: Sock Monkey looking pretty good, but the outside shoulder's coming around in the turn there, FT. How many ski instructors does it take to screw in a light bulb? 5 1 to turn the bulb and 4 to analyze his turns Or something like that Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 gotcha SM, glad to hear that you got a bonus at least to cover some naxos and new boots. Id like some new boots as mine are at the honking point Those boots have been used just over 180 days and smell it too .....though they never started to stink till after I fell in the creek 2 years ago Toque, I woulda said: How many ski instructors does it take to screw in a light bulb? 5 1 to turn the bulb and 4 to analyze the brightness of the bulb Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 contrast adjusted one of your pics you gotta fix up the contrast on your photos Toque, I guess at school you cant, if you want me to, then mail them to me I will adjust them and mail them back to you. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Fair enough. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't do it. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Thanks Snowglider Usually I take 2 or 3 of each shot with different light levels when I'm behind the camera but this was a timer shot I only took 1 as we didn't want to sit there posing for long. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I wasnt worried about style that face was 8 turns long and I was milking it, setting up for a pole plant. Man what a trip I had a great time and slept like a baby. Too bad fubuki backed out on the trip. cb you would have loved it up there so prefect and the crew was just clicking together, and having a ball. If the weather is the same Toque I want to do something again next weekend. That is if I dont have to work. Another thing the condition went from very safe on Saturday to extreme danger sunday. In 2 runs on Saturday I set off 8 slides 4 of which went 400 meters. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 I looked them up and here is what I got Q. How many skiers does it take to change a light bulb? A. Ten, one to screw it in and the other 9 to stand around saying "Nice turn, nice turn, nice turn........." Q. How many skiers does it take to change a light bulb? A. One to do it and the others to criticise the turns! Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 but its ok I can take it, i thik he was joking .... i hope. Im so glad Iv got good gear this year! I was dry as a bone and I only had my jacket on when I skied down or was chilling with the boys. Im loving soft shells and light gear. Im gonna buy a video camera I miss it too much Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Good gear is good to have My good gear didn't keep me dry yesterday while standing around in the snow with Dan and Risa though I'm for another tour But I think we might have to wait to get into the steep stuff. Still not warm enough to soften that ice on north faces. Maybe a tour up Norikura or if it's really clear some laps of Happo's south faces. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Yeah im game to bring a BBQ up to that area that we can lap up. build a jump or lap the corn and bbq some meat. wouldnt have to be this weekend whatcha think? Link to post Share on other sites
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