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Jay S
Mountain climber
Silver Gate, Mt
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 2, 2010 - 04:27pm PT
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I skied from Mount Whitney to Mammoth Lakes the last couple of weeks. I will post more details and pics soon!
Conditions varied form deep powder to corn and/or ice. There was also some great skiing and it is going to get better
Here is the link with a day by day acount, detailed gear list, and photos. Be sure to scroll all the way down for the photos.
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herm
Trad climber
Bishop
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Glad we didn't hafta send out SAR for ya. Well done!
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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You lucky dog. Must have been incredible.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nice going Jay. Congratulations!
You guys are quick. It took me 36 days in 1970. Here's a shot from our trip.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Hell A
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Nice job. what kind of gear were you on?
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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did you stay on the JMT or above it? top out some peaks or ski traverse? Some friends of mine did the high route from Mammoth to Yosemite a few weeks ago. Said it was gnarly avi conditions.. they were out in that storm week.
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powderdan
Social climber
mammoth lakes
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im super jealous!nice one!
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miss.julienne
climber
Capitola, California
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Saaaaaaweeeeeet. Good Job. Your my Hero
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Jay S
Mountain climber
Silver Gate, Mt
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Topic Author's Reply - May 4, 2010 - 05:10pm PT
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Thanks everyone.
DR, I can't imagine doing this trip in the 70's.
I used tele gear. There is a detailed gear list on the info link.
Stayed close to Muir Trail with a couple of minor detours.
Thanks
Jay
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Holy epic journey Batman!!!
Thanks for the link. What great pictures.
The mountain men said the rockies were the marrow of the Earth.
Here we see the close cousins.
NIIIIIIICE!!
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jsavage
climber
Bishop, CA
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awesome. thanks for the trip report.
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Footloose
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe
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Nice Jay!
Tell us more about your snow cave!
About building it and your experience in there.
"About 700 feet below the Pass it hit with a vengeance. I decided to dig a snow cave at 11 a.m. In about an hour and a half, I had a deluxe cave and bedded down with the MP3 player."
Jay wrote-
"How ironic would it be to survive everything else and get the chop from a Carbon Dioxide vent!? "
What makes em dangerous? Any details, I mean other than Co2 doesn't support respiration. I know Co2 is heavier than air. Can they create Co2 traps or what?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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great tr.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Finally read your TR. I didn't realize until I got into it that you were solo. Big congratulations for that!
My trip in 1970 turned out to be the second time it was done. We were halfway through our preparations when I came across Orland Bartholomew's account of his trip, the first, in 1928-29. A hundred days. Solo. If you want to read about it, look for High Odyssey by Gene Rose.
Bartholomew was pretty bad ass. carried a double-bitted axe, hickory hoe handles for poles, slept in lean-tos in a "12-pound down robe." He had specially made 5-foot skis, which was radically short for his day.
Here he is
He carried a self-timer camera. Here's one of his shots:
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Joe Metz
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Beautiful -- thanks for the TR and photos.
Packing list includes a "silver spoon" - a luxury item?
~Joe
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Jay S
Mountain climber
Silver Gate, Mt
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Topic Author's Reply - May 4, 2010 - 10:14pm PT
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Footloose: I dug the snowcave out because the weather was just outright nasty. Try to put up a tent in those conditions, it is easy to have your tent blow away before you get it set up. Also, while digging a cave you stay warm. I kept thinking it would break and I would be able to resume traveling. I love a good snow cave. They don't flap around in the wind like a tent does. You just want to keep the door well ventilated when you run your stove.
Later when I talk about the CO2 vents these are volcanic vents around Mammoth that I guess skiers have died in. Don't know much more than that about them.
DR: I have read Bartholomew's book and it is a classic! I could have used a 3 pound down robe instead of the 2 pound down robe I brought.
Joe: I just really like this Silver Spoon and I keep it in my food bag most of the time. It is part of a family set of silver we ended up with. I have three other wooden spoons I have carved when I forgot the silver spoon.
There were a couple of times on this trip I thought I had left it at the last camp. I thought I was going to have to go back and get it but fortunatly it was in my food sack each time...
It is now on the floorboard of my car from eating ice cream in Nevada.
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Mimi
climber
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Way to go, Jay.
Cool runnings for both fine efforts!
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