tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post3026001999926411044..comments2024-03-21T03:56:28.972-06:00Comments on Jill Outside: Mount OldsJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-22263079612817366012009-10-12T23:12:36.629-06:002009-10-12T23:12:36.629-06:00Listen to Jerry...Be careful! I am glad to see you...Listen to Jerry...Be careful! I am glad to see you have had some great October weather.<br /><br />And I love that you talk to your kitty. I think most cat owners do!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971829321577186599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-58745679969377066492009-10-12T21:08:46.422-06:002009-10-12T21:08:46.422-06:00This sort of 3rd class, wet, unconsolidated stuff ...This sort of 3rd class, wet, unconsolidated stuff can be more dangerous than things where you know you need a rope...<br /><br />Grivel makes a very light (aluminum) tool. Not useful for harder ice. Or BD makes the whippit trekking pole/arrester. Aluminum step in crampons are great. Need to practice self arresting bc have to learn not to spin yourself around and keep crampons off ice while sliding. Your area snowpack is death on a stick.chump nerdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00294377691221249223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-47996934120585440232009-10-12T20:43:03.363-06:002009-10-12T20:43:03.363-06:00At the risk of sounding like a mother (could that ...At the risk of sounding like a mother (could that be because I am?)I need to say that I hope you let someone know in advance where you are going when you go on these great treks. Just in case. You know.Barbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-41587607574398284152009-10-12T15:28:03.158-06:002009-10-12T15:28:03.158-06:00Thanks Anon. I'm looking at Mount Olds right n...Thanks Anon. I'm looking at Mount Olds right now from my friends' house (on Blueberry Hill) and see what you mean about the false summits. Not much elevation between them, but definitely dips. Also, I followed distinct footprints up the drainage I ended up in, so I'm guessing that might be a common route - still pretty steep though. I felt lucky that the ground was dry. Falling down a meadow indeed. <br /><br />Hiking in Southeast Alaska is pretty much nothing like hiking in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. But I am having fun in the learning process.Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-313655749422411142009-10-12T15:11:11.139-06:002009-10-12T15:11:11.139-06:00Mt. Olds has several false summits along the ridge...Mt. Olds has several false summits along the ridge and judging from your photos you were below a series of false ridge summits which lead to the actual top. I was up there late this summer in the fog and kept scrambling eagerly up and over what I thought was going to be the top only to find yet another little ridge climb ahead of me. Some light crampons and a light ice axe would be good things to carry at this time of year. There is a decent route between GC basin and the ridge if you know where to go. I like to say that SE Alaska is one of the few places in the world where you can die falling down in a meadow! Glad you made it out o.k.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-3535698384661453982009-10-12T14:47:09.077-06:002009-10-12T14:47:09.077-06:00I love that feeling. That "maybe I can" ...I love that feeling. That "maybe I can" hitting against "I probably shouldn't" Its not like its a good feeling. But it is exhilarating. That personal challenge. It just sucks when the latter wins.Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365926037861970686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-38159099637067099512009-10-12T10:30:34.688-06:002009-10-12T10:30:34.688-06:00Please be careful!Please be careful!Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-81282942932711526702009-10-12T09:22:30.297-06:002009-10-12T09:22:30.297-06:00Jill, it sounds like you made the right choice. Ri...Jill, it sounds like you made the right choice. Risks are great to take, but when life/death are in the balance, I'd need some more experience under my boots to go for it. I'd rather hike w/in 200 feet of 200 different summits than die trying to reach the top of one. Be safe, and keep on gathering that experience. It's quite the life you lead.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429366735333745647noreply@blogger.com