eKat
Trad climber
BackInTheDitch BackInTheDirt BackInTheDay
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2012 - 10:59am PT
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YAY.
So. . . did your friend let you drive?
OH, PLEASE SAY YES!
Once you've driven one of those puppies, your dreams of PERFECT SNOW change forever!
:-)
I can actually HEAR that perfect roar in my dreams!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 29, 2012 - 11:18am PT
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No. We were in the Winch cat, so he didn't want to risk it. He said if we were in a normal cat it would have been all good. I did however get to drive our snowmobile clubs PB a little bit last year. Super cool. Thing is like a tank! Ill see if I can scratch up a few pics.
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eKat
Trad climber
BackInTheDitch BackInTheDirt BackInTheDay
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2012 - 11:52am PT
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Yeah. . . everything Kassbohrer builds is totally bitchen. . . built, as my sainted father would say, like a brickshithouse!
:-)
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eKat
Trad climber
BackInTheDitch BackInTheDirt BackInTheDay
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2012 - 12:04pm PT
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Hey, wilbeer. . . how big are those trees?
NICE!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Nov 29, 2012 - 03:15pm PT
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they are somewhat midget spruce trees,near the timberline,there is a name for em,but i dont really know.only above 3000 ft.
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eKat
Trad climber
BackInTheDitch BackInTheDirt BackInTheDay
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2012 - 03:26pm PT
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there is a name for em,but i dont really know
Ahhhhhhhh. . . the ever beloved krummholz!
Nice to see that many of them in one place!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Nov 29, 2012 - 04:26pm PT
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krummholz eh? we are always hoping for more slides to wash them off the peaks,open up some lines,they are fun to slalom though!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 29, 2012 - 04:28pm PT
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Hahaha... In golden they just take the chainsaws and glade their own runs.... ;)
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eKat
Trad climber
BackInTheDitch BackInTheDirt BackInTheDay
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2012 - 04:29pm PT
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yeah:
krummholz |ˈkroŏmhōlts|
noun
stunted windblown trees growing near the tree line on mountains.
ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from German, literally ‘crooked wood.’
Sound right?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 29, 2012 - 04:47pm PT
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Ekat here's one of me in our club's 200d
Cool machine!!
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eKat
Trad climber
BackInTheDitch BackInTheDirt BackInTheDay
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2012 - 05:16pm PT
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LawdyLawdyLawdy. . . look at that thing!
POETRY IN DESIGN AND FUNCTION!
Your club must have some $$$$, eh?
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eKat
Trad climber
BackInTheDitch BackInTheDirt BackInTheDay
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2012 - 05:31pm PT
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NICE. . . do you have a garage for it?
We didn't, at Tamarack. Blanchard and Dit had to keep both of them running OUTSIDE at 8,600 feet in the shadow of the Sleeping Giant Herself, Mammoth Mountain. HUGE snow loads, mega wind, gnarly conditions. Guess all that jive just upped the pain threshold for later in life, eh?
:-)
SOOOOOOO. . . this club is for snowmobiling?
Do you let Nordic skiers play on your grooming?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 29, 2012 - 05:36pm PT
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Nope. No garage. She sits out in the elements at about 5500feet a lot. Unfortunately. Working on her in the snow sucks. It is what it is, so we try and bring her down to the parking lot for small maintenance and one of our members has a shop in town for the big stuff..
We have tenure to access our cabin via a public forest service road so yes, anyone can come play, not that we wouldn't allow them to if we could. We have people hike up all the time. We just aren't very fond of it when they break into the cabin...
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 29, 2012 - 07:09pm PT
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Couldn't resist... here's another shot.
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east side underground
climber
Hilton crk,ca
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Nov 29, 2012 - 07:22pm PT
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Hey big Mike , lets go drop those lines on the peak behind you and the cat......sick
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 29, 2012 - 07:27pm PT
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ya eastside.. bring your split!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Nov 29, 2012 - 07:32pm PT
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you know ive read that the dacks are compared to the black forest,germany,hey ekat thanks for learning me.......krummholz.....
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east side underground
climber
Hilton crk,ca
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Nov 29, 2012 - 07:36pm PT
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I'm all about the AT gear these day..... and really fat skiis....would love to bring my sled .... I MUST sno-mo up there someday. the terrian is mind blowing. Cheers
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 29, 2012 - 07:37pm PT
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if you come, you have to bring your sled!!
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