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Lost skis in SW chutes
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30 Jun 2017 20:39 #229812
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Reward for a pair of skis was left at about the 9,800 mark in SW chutes last weekend. They were left skiers left of the mainline, above a prominent rock band and rib. Could have fallen from there since last weekend. They are Blizzards. I'm in Seattle.
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01 Jul 2017 13:52 #229813
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There has got to be more to this story but do I hope you get em back.
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05 Jul 2017 15:31 #229823
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Also interested in the story here.
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05 Jul 2017 20:08 - 07 Jul 2017 18:05 #229824
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Replied by river59 on topic Re: Lost skis in SW chutes
Skied the chutes this past Monday...didn't spot any lonely skis, but I hadn't seen this post at the time and wasn't looking for them.
Don't hold out on us! How did you leave a pair in the chutes? Glissade was just too damn appealing?
Don't hold out on us! How did you leave a pair in the chutes? Glissade was just too damn appealing?
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12 Jul 2017 08:04 #229839
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Left behind vs. ski released and lost em? Please tell more!
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a pair of skis was left
Left behind vs. ski released and lost em? Please tell more!
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12 Jul 2017 16:21 #229840
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Will trade full story for skis .
FA: you'll get the full version in L4, hopefully in early December.
Had to do with a self-rescue in my party. Needed to get out of the skis to get somewhere rocky, but the very touchy exit required moving fast due to immediate overhead hazard from snow/rocks via a route that didn't allow for a quick/safe ski recovery :'(.
FA: you'll get the full version in L4, hopefully in early December.
Had to do with a self-rescue in my party. Needed to get out of the skis to get somewhere rocky, but the very touchy exit required moving fast due to immediate overhead hazard from snow/rocks via a route that didn't allow for a quick/safe ski recovery :'(.
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12 Jul 2017 17:27 #229841
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Major props for the self-rescue and stepping up big time to help out your party member!
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12 Jul 2017 22:51 #229842
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good on ya, Andy!
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13 Jul 2017 12:47 #229843
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Thanks all. As is often the case, the self-rescuer was the one that stepped up the most.
Lemme know if skis show up this weekend!
Lemme know if skis show up this weekend!
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19 Jul 2017 16:35 #229852
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I looked around and traversed far over on Sunday, but I suspect that I ended up ~200' too low when I entered that unskied chute, as well as a little bit too far to the skier's right still.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to look again on Monday since I was solo and hence didn't want to be wandering too far away from the beaten path.
Plus I had some concern about rockfall that far left (especially how those unskied lines end up down low...).
Here's the view looking down from where I was probably the closest on Sunday. I suspect that I needed to do from that point was to hike back up ~200' vertical to the ascender's right. Then again, I could have been at the right spot yet missed the skis even if they were there among rocks -- last year's experience at the base of the SW Chutes made me realize how even a large red object can look like yet another rock from a distance.
[Edit, whoops, no view yet -- max file size is still 260k here?!?]
Unfortunately I wasn't able to look again on Monday since I was solo and hence didn't want to be wandering too far away from the beaten path.
Plus I had some concern about rockfall that far left (especially how those unskied lines end up down low...).
Here's the view looking down from where I was probably the closest on Sunday. I suspect that I needed to do from that point was to hike back up ~200' vertical to the ascender's right. Then again, I could have been at the right spot yet missed the skis even if they were there among rocks -- last year's experience at the base of the SW Chutes made me realize how even a large red object can look like yet another rock from a distance.
[Edit, whoops, no view yet -- max file size is still 260k here?!?]
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