NS INVASION: Mt Rainier, Saturday November 2nd!

[Literature]

Meet at around 10 in the Paradise parking lot, and bring your shovel. It should be awesome.

 

[cobra_commander]

sounds like fun, not sure what i am doing that day though, it is over 5 years away, kinda early to plan something. mount rainer might blow before then, and to bde honest I would not plan anything affter dec 21 2012.

 

[caylorswift]

saturday is the first budday.

 

[cobra_commander]

not in 2013! Nov 2nd is on a Saturday in 2013.

 

[Fish_Sandwich.]

Did I miss something or are you already drunk.

 

[freezed]

Saturday November 1st is what he means.

Be there!

 

[aaron.ebner]

word up!

 

[cobra_commander]

you missed something, November the 2nd will not fall on a Saturday until the year 2013.

 

[freezed]

Also, is anyone going vancouver > seattle on friday or seattle > vancouver on saturday? I need a riiiiide

 

[coolhandluke]

david what time are we leaving the mantis pad?

 

[Scott~]

Wont be there, physics midterm on monday 8/~

 

[Jamie_Baril]

its too far for me

 

[coolhandluke]

check the weather report!

 

[Literature]

Right. So I suck with calendars.

But not at having fun.

I think we shall blast from the mantis pad at about 8 or so.

 

[SushiMan]

jamie how far is it!?

 

[coolhandluke]

mantis leader says three hours to get there. thus subtracting 3 from 10, id get 7am.

 

[cobra_commander]

rain looks like fun, if you wait untill the 2nd (sunday) you might get some snow.

 

[A-Style**]

shiroooo. i think its about 2 hours away from us

 

[SushiMan]

far... not sure if can make it David... are you going beau?

 

[A-Style**]

nah

 

[coolhandluke]

billy what did you check? here's the NOAA forecast

 

[mccsteezy]

if the weathers nice ill be there.

 

[Literature]

Then 7 it is.

 

[coolhandluke]

check your beeper's batteries

 

[Balto]

anyone wanna come get me from wenatchee?

 

[Literature]

It's raining in Parkland. Freshies, mates!

 

[Literature]

And it has cleared up some, we'll see what happens come tomorrow.

 

[coolhandluke]

be glad you didn't go.

all it did was rain:

and the most important piece of equipment was a blue tarp:

remember the message: it only rains in washington, tell everyone to stay away (unless they are doing R&D work for Gore-Tex)

 

[cThorp]

did you guys get to any snow?

 

[coolhandluke]

yeah eventually. looks like we went very similar to where you went.

ridge:

summiting:

pitstop:

cloud level:

we finally get to some snow:

david cannot contain his pro model......they just took off skating:

we continued hiking up the muir snowfield to a little above 8000'.

vancouver crew plays "wheres matty":

rowen and i:

lel backwards and ian forwards

rowen backwards and matty forwards

we dropped down to the lower snowfield and sculpted some features:

blue steele's in action:

lel

rowen gets the 180 tap:

ian gets the 180 kungfu shovel kick:

rainbow:

david splaffy

matty and rowen high5's:

hike home:

 

[Literature]

This photo just screams rad action.

 

[coolhandluke]

he got that byerly hook