GNOLLS.ORG - Topic: AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/ Simple:Press Version 5.7.5.3 J. Stanton on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3660 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3660 Mike T:

I know a few splitboarders...anyone who ascends the mountain under their own power has my respect!

I hope your doctorate is proceeding apace!  Though my presentation will be on hunger and reward, met flex will make a brief appearance.

JS

]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:44:05 -0700 Mike T Nelson on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3657 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3657 Awesome that you will be AHS and AMAZING pictures there!

Whooo ha! Skiing (and in my case snowboarding, don't hate the knuckle dragger) in deep powder is sooooooo awesome. Oh ya!!

Glad you got out to enjoy it! Amazing pics

Rock on
Mike T Nelson PhD(c)

]]> Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:40:02 -0700 J. Stanton on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3627 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3627 eddie:

He's written many books -- but the two I recommend are the most important, because they contain his groundbreaking theoretical work. His other books on evolution are generally popularizations and explanations of more basic Darwinian principles -- not that there's anything wrong with that.

JS

]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:10:50 -0700 eddie watts on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3625 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3625 largely due to your page i am going to get the Dawkins book(s) on evolution.
also i had a very interesting conversation about his books just this weekend with someone who i totally did not expect to be reading his work.
(although she is reading the god delusion but still)

]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:08:52 -0700 J. Stanton on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3624 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3624 Jeff:

Let's hope the snow holds on long enough into a corn cycle to tag Hollywood.

Uncephalized:

Absolutely.  I have to choose, frame, crop, and process my photos carefully.  Some of the most spectacular vistas don't look like anything special in a photograph.

JS

]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:20:05 -0700 Uncephalized on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3617 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3617 Gods, those views are breathtaking. And having spent some time at similar elevations, I know the photos are nothing compared to the real thing.

]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:36:05 -0700 Jeff G on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3614 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3614 Hey Sean

I get up to the pole a few times each year, it evolves each time I'm up there and older ones degrade and blow away and are replaced my new things most often undergarments.

You can usually skin right up to the pole in winter when there is enough snow, when we went we perceived the avy danger to be to high to climb that last wind loaded pitch, but there were definitely lots of things tied to the pole.

Oddest thing I've ever seen up there was an ornate brass container that I though might be a summit log until I opened it and found it full of somebody's ash's!

]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:23:14 -0700 Sean on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3612 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3612 I actually have been on top of Flagpole, but only in the summer. That class 3 slab leading up to the summit is one of my favorite parts of Desolation. Are the various undergarments still attached to the pole?

]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:45:18 -0700 J. Stanton on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3608 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3608 LeonRover:

You can probably still go in the spring or the summer: apparently the Alps are having a huge snow year.

Valerie:

The end of the storm was very cold by Sierra standards.  It was a perfect snowpack: started as rain, gradually got colder, finished with some 5% fluff.

Unfortunately, I think Alaska got all the snow this year.  They'd probably rather have sent some of it down here, given the pictures I've seen of entire towns buried!

Paul:

It's evolutionarily discordant to not be able to use our strength, skill, and smarts to survive and thrive.  That's why wild places are so important.

Jeff:

It's ironic that the worst winter in years produced the single best storm in years.  Unfortunately it's quite literally 52 degrees right now and everything is melting fast.  Plan on grabbing some corn this weekend, because it'll all melt out soon.

Jenny:

It's one of my passions, and probably my strongest.

Sean:

I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures!  Have you ever been on top of Flagpole?

Asclepius:

I have the advantage that they're just outside town.  Sacrifices were made to live here, but they're worth it.

Birgit:

Sounds like last winter, for us: instead of starting in March, it started before Thanksgiving.  You're absolutely right to take advantage of the conditions while they last.  Feel free to share any of your mountaineering exploits!

JS

]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:36:33 -0700 Birgit on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3606 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3606 "So instead of working on yet another in-depth paleonutrition article for this week, I went skiing for four days straight."

Good to see you got your priorities right. I'd be terribly disappointed if you were working instead of skiing!

But sorry to hear that it took until now for you to get some decent snow.
I live in Austria these days, and we had one of the best winters in a long time, enabling us to do ascents that are ony possible once in a blue moon.
I've been out three to four days a week on average since late December. ('cause you gotta get your priorities right, right?)

Well, I hope you get a few more opportunities to put off work for a visit to the backcountry before that winter is over.

]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:15:44 -0700 Asclepius on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3602 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3602 I didn't manage to hit the slopes this year and these photos aren't helping me come to terms with it! 😉

]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:47:05 -0700 Sean on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3600 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3600 Of course Tahoe would finally get snow a month after I moved to Denver. It's great to see pictures of home, especially Desolation (by far one of my favorite places on the planet). Thanks for posting!

]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:30:04 -0700 Jenny on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3597 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3597 Fantastic - sure they bring back memories on a par with my windsurfing pictures.

]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:26:21 -0700 Jeff G on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3596 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3596 Thanks for bringing me back to the weekend John for a few minutes I was back on the mountain and not sitting in a cube right now.

Good times......
Jeff

]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:13:50 -0700 Paul Halliday on AHS 2012, Recommended Reading, and The Ascent And Descent Of Mountains In Winter http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3594 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/ahs-2012-recommended-reading-and-the-ascent-and-descent-of-mountains-in-winter/#p3594 Fantastic pictures! My mind is always in the hills, too ... face lashed with wind and turned into drizzle. Love it!

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