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That sucks.
Best wishes to Mike and hope he makes a full recovery quickly!
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East side from the Brewer Creek Trailhead is probably your best bet this late in the season. It is one of my favorite volcano lines. The red line in the photo below is close to 7000 feet of vertical!
Two and a half weeks ago when I climbed the Avy Gulch route (the main climbing route for most people who climb Shasta) the suncups were almost up to Helen Lake at 10,400'. Last weekend, they were only up to 8500' on the east side.
Both last Saturday and Sunday I summitted and rode from the top on the east side. The snow was great for almost 6000' off the summit. :D Of course, it will be less vertical of good riding snow by the time you get there. The suncups down low will be big.
Climbing the east side is pretty straight forward from the Brewer Creek TH. Just head toward the mountain. It can be slightly tricky getting back to the TH from the mountain. A GPS is a good idea.
Enjoy Shasta!
Here is a photo of the line and route and one from the summit looking down 7000 feet of snow.
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Summer?
Bachelor with lots of snow but no one home! Rebecca riding on South Sister two days ago and a view of all three Sisters from Broken Top.
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Seems pretty uncanny that both profiles would list size 13 feet.
Yeah, that is not the only coincidence. There are quite a few others. Just a couple of them:
The Option Supercharger 163 is a board that Rover mentions (he does not own one though) quite often in his post and Marvin happens to own one. I can't recall ever seeing that board talked about on BOL and now there are two recent posters talking about it. One of them shows up days after the other is banned.
They both have the same AT bindings and are both thinking of switching from AT skis to a splitboard and they both want us to know about it. Hmmm.
They both happen to spell Voile as "Voille." I have never seen that anywhere else. Marvin writes in his profile that he has Voille Asylum AT skis and Rover wrote in posts, "I've been on the Voille website and what I am wondering is that the Voille split-board bindings...." and "I am sure if those Voille bindings/plates would have....."
Love how Marvin is not even confused about all this stuff about Rover on his thread. Just seems oblivious to it all.
Uncanny is a good word for it.
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Looks like he is in Eugene, OR right now and headed to Portland next.
Yep, just left for Portland. Nice to meet you John!
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the intec heel module is straight off this years series, and the baseplate is mostly the race one though with a different adapter, and without the decoration.
not sure where they got the toe bail design from.
I have this year's Race Titanium and the base plate, the center disk, and the method of adjusting for the sole length is definitely not the same as the F2. The intec heel piece might be F2 as well as the lift/cant wedges, but the toe block and standard bail heel block are not F2. My vote is not F2.
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Hi Rover.
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now I see Frank is marketing F2's binders
Those don't look like any F2 bindings that I know or have.
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I LOVE the last picture! Is that individual loose rocks placed by hand to make that? Is it actually a sphere?
I really want to do that somewhere in my yard if I get some more room! I have a feeling I won't get it to look that nice though... ;)
Thanks.
Yes and yes (there are always slight imperfections though).
It is an unbelievable amount of time, patience, and focus! That one is 42" in diameter and is made of cut flagstone (pie shapes). I have 50+ hours in it and well over a ton of stone.
There are tricks that will get you a long way. If you are about to build one you can PM me.
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Rover, I had not read much of your post but Jim Callen's post got me interested. I love this part:
By vocation, education and avocation, I am a man of science...my particular dual specialization being bacterial analysis and species population dynamics. The realm of science dictates a certain fluidity of thought and by rights, a foundation of logic.This part though:
I realize that gardening does not, by necessity, employ an overabundance of scientific thought (indeed, I love gardening after a day in the lab,)......I seriously doubt we're talking about the same "gardening" here. :rolleyes:
Like our mountains, Rebecca and I love our work.
Our garden and several gardens that we've built for clients have been featured in books and nationally distributed magazines. Here's a link to a partial list.
You can see more of our garden here and our work for clients here. We design and build all of our projects.
I don't think that anyone who takes a good look at our work would be surprised that Rebecca and I have backgrounds in the life sciences (her) and engineering (me). I'm sure our "scientific thinking" isn't up to your lofty standards, but I think we do o.k. Link. Link. Link.
So, anyway, dipsh!t, before you start insulting people's work, you might click the home page link in their profile.
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Thanks guys. I did not even know that Kyle was taking my picture on that one. It is a traverse above a "no fall" zone, right above an 80 foot cliff. Definitely more exposure than I like.
My playground today on Diamond Peak. No action shots since I was alone. I climbed for four different lines. Two of them on the back side as the sun warmed the snow. Middle Sister, South Sister, Broken Top, and Mt Bachelor are in the background.
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Wow Rover, things are not going so well for you on BOL.
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Riding!
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How much of that have YOU done, besides skinning up various fairly easy ascents from parking lots? I think I picked up a few tricks here and there.
Looks like "Topper" comes out again. Rover, insult the technical aspects of the volcanoes in my back yard if you want, but I love them and I love climbing them. I've got 4 climbs in the next six days. I live a good life!
It doesn't change my point that you often post about things you don't know enough about. Dipsh!t.
Shasta, South Sister, then Middle, North, Jefferson, Hood. Adams there too, but cannot be seen in the photo. The photo is from Broken Top.
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I've never used Deeluxe GTS boots, but I think they would be be great for carving. I don't know why, but I think they just would. I never go in the terrain park, but I also think they would be great for big air, and the half pipe. You could definitely use them for skiing as well, but you would have to modify the sole for DIN bindings. Come to think of it, once you've modified the sole, you could use them on a split board, and they would be better than anything else out there.
I've been thinking about a new split board binding system that these boots would be perfect for. Because I'm a cheapskate, I'll try any stupid thing before I fork out for something that works. Instead of bindings, you need to carry a battery drill. For ski ascents, you just screw the toes down with some half inch sheet rock screws. If it's icy, just use longer screws and you have great ski crampons. Once the board is assembled at the top, screw the whole sole down at what ever angle looks right for that day (total adjust-ability). If you end up going too fast, you can use some of those longer sheet rock screws through the tail of the board to create some drag. I'd really appreciate any serious feedback on this new binding concept. I was going to patent it, but that is not in the spirit of snowboarding.
Awesome! I just fell out of my chair! :lol::lol::lol:
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Hey Bob, can I borrow this for another thread? ;)
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For example, what did I tell Valsam that was so wrong? This presumption that you have that one can only EC in hardboots is both false and egalitarian, and yet it obviously provides the groundwork of your opinion.
Rover, your posts are just gold mines for my point that you have no idea what you are talking about much of the time.
The presumption that I have that one can only EC in hardboots? Huh?
Obviously provides the groundwork for my opinion? WTF?
I don't EC. Done well, it is fun to watch, but it isn't for me. Sorry, very wrong again.
Most anyone else here knows that you have no clue about carving based on your statements to Valsam in that thread. It is clear that you are unaware of this fact.
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In answer to your question that you ask on almost every single post: "Why am I here?" Because I like to carve. Need there be another reason?
I don't know. More double speak? Below is the "reason" you gave a couple of months ago. I am pretty sure I can find more from other posts.
BTW: I am here because I am going to be setting up a splitboard (maybe even Jones' new one) for use with my Scarpa hardboots...as there are some peaks that I have a date with, and I don't want to continue needing to fall back on my AT ski gear in the harder sublimated crud found on some peaks. The reason I want to go to hardboots on a splitboard is mostly that the ascent would be far easier. I can't kick steps with my softboots. Labrador/Greenland has some great coastal icefields and we have the boat to get there. But not unless I get off me adze.
Rover I like Bomber and I love carving on groomer days, particularly on hardboots. I am here to learn about and discuss carving. There are some really good people here. I have met and ridden with quite a few of them. Others I communicate with through email or have traded gear with over the last several years. One of them that I have never met in person is going to stop over for a night with us while he is on a cross country motorcycle trip.
That above paragraph describes almost everyone here. The above paragraph does not describe you. From what I can tell, you just use BOL as just another place to talk at people, not with people. I don't want to put up with it.
There are reasons that Photodad catches so much hell, just as there are reasons that you catch so much hell. Always blaming other people for it has not served you well here.
Tex nailed it when he described your posting on BOL as verbal masturbation.
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Is abrasivenes just part of your nature? You never even answered the question.
No, not typically. It is very rare I go after anyone here on BOL (with one other exception). I much prefer stoke and good information about hardbooting.
It must have something to do with you and your abundant BS. I might be among the more vocal, but I know that I am not alone.
Your first post on BOL was a poor introduction for yourself. You are a ripping "flat boarder" who announces that he will never try hardboots. Wow. A softbooter who rips at straightlining, just what we need around here. Did you even take the time to learn what BOL was before you joined?
Days after joining BOL, you jumped head first into the huge softboot forum flame war of the season. In fact you were one of the top posters. How, after a couple of days on BOL did you feel you had the insight to define what BOL is against riders who have been here since the beginning?
You gave horrible technique advice to a hardbooter asking questions about an issue with his hardbooting. Even though you have never even hardbooted.
One of the bigger screw ups, you slammed hardbooters as wannabes on TGR. No one who belongs on BOL would have ever said that for any reason!
When ever you post on a topic I am familiar it is clear you know a lot less than you want us to think. I have to assume this carries over to most of the other numerous topics that you post about. Example 1, Example 2. There are other examples. Others have expressed the same opinion.
Your political advocacy on BOL, a hardbooting website.
One of my favorite Rover threads. You were going to redesign hardboot bindings without having a shred of experience using them?
The simple fact is that you don't belong here.
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John is in the Grand Canyon now after passing through southern Utah. He is still headed west. Sounds like an amazing trip!
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Anybody have any experience with the Deeluxe GTS boots?
Yes, I do. ;)
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Are you going to test them on the snow?
Yes, you can drill more holes in the locking lean adjuster metal plate to create more forward lean options.
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The difference, you incredible MORON, is that that ACTUALLY happened to me. I was robbed in Cozumel, stole pretty much EVERYTHING I had, including the receipts to my American Express traveler's checks, my passport, driver's license, everything. Had just enough pesos to buy some peanut butter and agua. An ex-U.S. Liason official lent me enough bus and ferry fare to get to the US Consulate in Merida and gave me a first-name contact at the Consulate. It was at the Consulate that I found out about the Foreign Service program for Americans Abroad who are in need, and their super-quick Diplomatic pouch money service. It saved me a LOT of grief, as I had no cards, no cash and no ID.
Let me ask you a question, Buell...do you have to practice being such an abrasive a**, or does it just come extraordinarily natural?...I'm inclined to think the latter. You are really quite abusive. As to Dilbert, you sort of remind me of that boss...except not quite as smart as him, even.
Classic! :lol::lol::lol:
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Hey Ladia,
They are Rebecca's splitboard boots. Rebecca has a low volume foot and she loves the fit. We have also been trying to get them modified for carving, but they will need more work next season. Stock, they were too stiff for Rebecca and gave her horrible shin bang.
I have tried a pair on and wear a 25 mondo. In Deeluxe I am 24 mondo, in UPZ and Scarpa a 25 mondo, and I measure 26.5 mondo feet flat on the floor. I also have a low volume foot.
I cannot tell you how you will like them for carving. The construction and weight are wonderful! Unbelievable really, compared to Deeluxe boots. The flex is dependent on boot deformation and is not adjustable (except with modifications to the boot, mostly the tongue). If the flex works for you, they could be great.
Mt. Shasta in July - school me or wanna come?
in Carving Central
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A couple of additions:
In the photo, the route crosses the small rocky ridge at 13,000' before the final pitch to the summit. The climbing gets harder after the crossover.
At almost 14,200' Shasta is way up there and the air gets pretty thin. Acclimation has been an issue for me sometimes (I live at 400 feet). Spending a couple of nights at some elevation could really help when you are in the final 1000 feet.
The red line in the photo is just the main route up and down. I have also stayed left of the crossover on the way down and ridden those wide open snowfields pretty far down. Just make sure you can easily enough get back to your camp and pick a good place to cross the rock ridges.