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26 April 2035 00:41
Up to Camp Muir for the second time since my birthday in July. What made it good was
- the fact that I didn't get wasted the night before and
- all the suncups were gone and there had been a refill, including some of the holes on the Muir Snowfield.
Jeezus Farking Keerist... the glaciers, especially the Kautz and the Nisqually are looking REALLY bare.
Ran in to my friend Patrick and we went up to Muir together
At Pebble Creek. Let's skinning up!
2/3s of the way up to Muir ran in to my friends Erica and her friend.
Almost to Muir.
And now, we ride!!!
What a great sunset on the way back to the lot!
2/3s of the way up to Muir ran in to my friends Erica and her friend.
Almost to Muir.
And now, we ride!!!
What a great sunset on the way back to the lot!
Content Warning! I say this because we all knew this person!
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I knew him! A LOT OF YOU knew him!
- My snowboarding teaching for this season ends this coming weekend.
- I want to do my Level 1 PSIA-AASI (Professional Ski Instructors of America and American Association of Snowboard Instructors) certification this season, but I am not going to rush.
- I finally signed up for the Ski/Splitboard mountaineering couse. Happens first weekend at Baker. Hopefully we summit and ride down from the top, weather permitting. If not, at least acquire glacial travel and crevasse rescue skills.
- Plan to train and get ready for this class by touring every weekend. Sucks that the road past Ashford to Paradise Visitor Center is closed because of slides and tree downings. Hope it opens soon. WSDOT is estimating another month. That blows because I want to go tour up to Camp Muir every weekend.
- Applied for the Enchantments Lottery for my birthday weekend. Hope I get it.
- Really REALLY want to backpack Section J of the Pacific Crest Trail in both directions, aka Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass and vice-versa. Also, want to backpack a bunch in the Alpine Lake Wilderness.
- I am active member of Climbers of Color. Signed up for CoC's Intro to Top Rope climbing course and Mountain Leadership 1.
- After intro to top rope, mountain leadership and the ski mountaineer, last class I have to do is an Alpine Scrambling Course through the Mountaineers just so I can get better at off-trailing, bushwacking (need to get a carryable machete) and peak scrambling and peak bagging.
- I have less than zero desire for pure roped climbs. Snow is where I want to do most stuff.
- Some sports medicine and physiatrist appts are needed.
- All in all, I want to summit Baker, St Helens and Adams this year using my splitboard.
- And speaking of splitboard, I got one after having gone through four different ones in the last couple of years, and it's a freaking beautiful board.
I am now a snowboard instructor.
And before I can even start teaching a physical class, I have passed in the e-learning and written portions of the Level 1 certification.
Can't wait for the on-snow exam!
Here's how you get ready for them in the city...
http://mtntactical.com/knowledge/how-to-train-in-the-city-to-prepare-for-the-mountains/
http://mtntactical.com/knowledge/how-to-train-in-the-city-to-prepare-for-the-mountains/
I do these a fucking lot, including the Bouldering V-Sum since I am now a member of a climbing gym.
Slogging through Leg Blasters and loaded step-ups (loaded with a 25 to 40lb pack or weight vest) has become a torturous pleasure of mine. It ain't fuckin' guilty because I LOVE IT!
https://mtntactical.com/knowledge/mnt3229-rob-s-top-5-exercises-for-mountain-athletes-2014-07-03/
Slogging through Leg Blasters and loaded step-ups (loaded with a 25 to 40lb pack or weight vest) has become a torturous pleasure of mine. It ain't fuckin' guilty because I LOVE IT!
https://mtntactical.com/knowledge/mnt3229-rob-s-top-5-exercises-for-mountain-athletes-2014-07-03/
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15 December 2019 21:03First weekend of on-snow snowboard instructor training was ridiculously wonderful.
Weekend 2 aka final weekend or days 3 and 4 next weekend.
After that, following weekend (right after Christmas), AIARE Avalanche Refresher and then hopefully, I am hired as an instructor for the season and I start teaching first weekend in January.
Weekend 2 aka final weekend or days 3 and 4 next weekend.
After that, following weekend (right after Christmas), AIARE Avalanche Refresher and then hopefully, I am hired as an instructor for the season and I start teaching first weekend in January.
I hate sandbags...
13 December 2019 22:52But they're amazing for exercising. Especially when they weigh almost half my bodyweight. I've worked out for 10 days straight using a combo of a dryland ski program (program for getting ready for winter), a chassis integrity program (it strengthens everything from knee to shoulder) and bouldering aka gym climbing to get stronger. After this, it will be a backcountry ski program for ski mountaineering.
That said, on-snow instructor training is back on. After conferring a lot with Chris, I am doing it. It will help me become a better snowboarder. They teach you better technique, and help you getting your PSIA/AASI Level 1 certification (Professional Ski Instructors of America/American Association of Snowboard Instructors). After that teach and ride a metric fuckton and eventually in two years time, right before the epic trip to Alaska take my level 2 and then eventually get my level 3.
Lastly, I love my gawddamn job at REI.
That said, on-snow instructor training is back on. After conferring a lot with Chris, I am doing it. It will help me become a better snowboarder. They teach you better technique, and help you getting your PSIA/AASI Level 1 certification (Professional Ski Instructors of America/American Association of Snowboard Instructors). After that teach and ride a metric fuckton and eventually in two years time, right before the epic trip to Alaska take my level 2 and then eventually get my level 3.
Lastly, I love my gawddamn job at REI.
Written by Rob Shaul
The mountain doesn’t care about you, your future, the loved ones at home waiting for you to return, how good you are, how good you think you are, how much you know, or don’t know.
The mountain doesn’t care about you, your future, the loved ones at home waiting for you to return, how good you are, how good you think you are, how much you know, or don’t know.
The mountain has its own soul, mind, spirit, schedule, beauty and … brutality.
Your enjoyment and safety are not it’s consideration.
You may love the mountain, but the mountain … Does. Not. Love. You.
The mountain does its thing – rock slide/rainbow, avalanche/wildflowers, sudden storm/morning dew, falling tree/bubbling brook.
It’s up to the athlete to stack the odds in his or her favor. Refuse to show respect at your own peril.
“Respect the Mountain” means being physically fit, mountain aware, getting an alpine start, layered up appropriately, ready for the unexpected, properly fueled and hydrated, constantly re-assessing the situation, doing things right, and safe, always.
It means being technically skilled in your mountain sport, solid with the fundamentals, understanding what to do in an emergency, practicing it, and having the proper, well-maintained equipment.
Author Lt. Col. Dave Grossman describes the overall attitude of a soldier in combat ( I’m paraphrasing here.)
At first, he writes, soldiers believe they are invincible, and they’ll never get hit.
Then, after experiencing combat and it’s seeming random violence, they become convinced for sure that they are going to get hit.
Then, later, after more combat, they come to understand that the longer they are in the combat zone, the greater the chance they’ll be a victim of violence.
Preparation, skill, safety, care, fitness – these can all help, but the randomness of combat is cold-hearted. The more time in the danger zone, the greater the chances of injury.
I’ve thought of this progression often, and it’s application to the mountains, especially for the senior mountain guides and most experienced professional mountain athletes we work with here – folks who are in dangers’ way, a lot.
The best guides, and most professional athletes, intuitively understand this, and it shows in how they prepare – physically, technically, equipment choices – and how they move through the mountains: deliberately, watchful, on guard.
Their packs are never the lightest. They never move the fastest. They are super aware, always. Danger ends at the car.
Perhaps most important, they choose their partners very carefully. Young and reckless never get picked for a trip.
Here in Wyoming, people die in the mountains all the time – rafting accidents, bear attacks, falling rocks, climbing accidents, avalanches, ski fall trauma, exposure. For every death, there are numerous near misses.
I wonder, how many of those caught in one of these accidents or near misses, right when it happens and they realize what is happening, say to themselves, “I never thought it could happen to me.”
This is what the combat vets and the mountain professionals know -“It can happen to me,” and the longer I’m in the game, the higher the chance it will.”
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5 December 2019 22:41 Snow is shit. The next two weekends have nothing happening at SnowBlowMe Pass so teacher instruction might not happen. Why? Because if they push the last 2 days of the on-snow training to the last weekend in December, I can't do it because I have my avalanche level 1 refresher.
This global warming can suck my brown dick right now. I WANT MY FUCKING SNOW!
This global warming can suck my brown dick right now. I WANT MY FUCKING SNOW!
Snowboard on snow training this weekend and Dec 14 and 15.
AIARE Level 1 refresher Dec 27, 28 and 29
If SkiBacs hires me, 6 weeks of teaching snowboarding.
An Introduction to Ski Touring 3-day class third weekend of Feb
Cascadia Splitfest Saturday of Feb.
Baker Splitfest Mid-March for three days.
Take ski mountaineering class end of March in the Coast Hut Range in British Columbia.
Scrambling class in May.
Ski mountaineer St Helens, Adams, Hood, and Baker in end of May/June
And then a metric fuckton of Wilderness First Aid teaching.
And lastly taking WIlderness First Responder training.
A ton of backpacking.
And finally, BACKPACK THE FUCKING ENCHANTMENTS and of course, trail-run and climb most of the peaks in that region.
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