Thread: East Coast Roll Call V---> SO MUCH better then all the other roll calls

Snorkel style (sort of) in wine country...bring it!

Originally Posted by Moeghoul

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...2=-72.6857&e=1

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lionel...29943883721275

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts...-Glen/6day/top

Suppose to et down in the 20's!

Looking forward to phishing tomorrow, weather looking good for jamming.

Gonna get cold at my pad Friday Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.

^excellent! looking forward to some pre-game, tailgate action. Phish rollcall for tomorrow?
i'm thinking my crew will be there early. look for me, giving shit to wooks, about buying industrial gas, from the tweaker meth heads.


stoopid wooks!

roll call
buttahflake, i like to dance!

Originally Posted by buttahflake

look for me, giving shit to wooks, about buying industrial gas, from the tweaker meth heads.

Wait a sec, you mean industrial grade nitrous isn't the same as Medical grade??? NO WAI! Besides, all that moon-surface methface lets you know they know their shit!

Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel

Looking forward to phishing tomorrow, weather looking good for jamming.

Gonna get cold at my pad Friday Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.

Originally Posted by buttahflake

^excellent! looking forward to some pre-game, tailgate action. Phish rollcall for tomorrow?
i'm thinking my crew will be there early. look for me, giving shit to wooks, about buying industrial gas, from the tweaker meth heads.


stoopid wooks!

roll call
buttahflake, i like to dance!

"stoopid wooks!" lol

Looking forward to some cooler temps and for Phish tomorrow night as well, heading in with mag sequoiashan. Stoked for this show since I didnt make any this Summer. Meeting up with TC tonight to give him his ticket. Hope to make it to the lot by 4ish.

Stoked for this up coming season, still working out my Winter plans, but I will be shredding some northeast powder for sure.. Until the snow flys, the mtn biking is still good..

here is a little backyard action...

Originally Posted by From_the_NEK

I'm usually up for some turn making in the NEK region.

Sounds good! I grew up skiing at Burke but have sadly lost touch in the last few years. Looking forward to exploring it again. My folks have a place at Burkeside so I'll be there on a pretty regular basis as my winter work schedule is pretty loose.

Saturday was beautiful up here (blog updated):
This is not me...

Originally Posted by highanxiety

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dope! Thanks for the ticket again. Gonna be good times for sure.

Originally Posted by From_the_NEK

Saturday was beautiful up here (blog updated):
This is not me...

Nice shots! Stoked to hit Burke a few times this year. Found some nice stashes last time around... Hoping to see those massive tandem skis in action again too (=

Pretty dope backyard. Looking forward to getting up north this weekend. Gonna be hiking in the ADK High Peaks. Looks like the nights are gonna be dipping into the 20s. And so it begins....

Originally Posted by From_the_NEK

Saturday was beautiful up here

Dougs' ? hate seeing all of the dead birch everywhere

Originally Posted by From_the_NEK

Saturday was beautiful up here (blog updated):
This is not me...

Saturday afternoon? I was up at the mid-mountain parking lot watching those guys, too. Any chance you were the tall dude videotaping the action?

Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel

Dougs' ? hate seeing all of the dead birch everywhere

new liftline. if you really want to feel your heart sink a bit swing through jungle, not only do you get scenic dead birches, but nice open canopy where a swath of them got topped

good news is you don't have to wear your special rubber helmet to ski the powerline anymore, new poles/elevated line

in light of the recent fancification we will not be skiing anymore, but please stop by and say hi at the new boot shine and goggle polishing booth at mid burke, TGR member discounts applied of course

Originally Posted by kingdom-tele

new liftline. if you really want to feel your heart sink a bit swing through jungle, not only do you get scenic dead birches, but nice open canopy where a swath of them got topped

good news is you don't have to wear your special rubber helmet to ski the powerline anymore, new poles/elevated line

in light of the recent fancification we will not be skiing anymore, but please stop by and say hi at the new boot shine and goggle polishing booth at mid burke, TGR member discounts applied of course

My bad, the rock is not mossy so would not be Dougs. If I look around I should have my rubber helmet from my childhood. Sure did save a lot of damage way back when. I am looking forward to the goggle shining booth as it is one of the only pimp offerings not available at the "new Bush".


I am looking forward to da show tonight, should be in Essex around 4-5 . My pal Chris is setting up his pizza oven at the car dealership across the street. I am stopping there for free dinner and would meet anyone here.

Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel

...hate seeing all of the dead birch everywhere

The birch are like the canary in the coal mine. I have been watching the birches slowly die at Jay over the last 20 years and believe it is primarily due to the effects of acid rain. The trees die from the top down.

From this site:

"Acid rain has been implicated in forest and soil degradation in many areas of the eastern U.S., particularly high elevation forests of the Appalachian Mountains from Maine to Georgia... . ...the impacts of acid rain on trees are due to the combined effects of acid rain and these other environmental stressors. ....Acid rain does not usually kill trees directly. Instead, it is more likely to weaken trees by damaging their leaves, limiting the nutrients available to them, or exposing them to toxic substances slowly released from the soil. Quite often, injury or death of trees is a result of these effects of acid rain in combination with one or more additional threats." etc. etc.

Acid rain hitting the ADKs and New England is a result of emissions from Canada, in particular the Superstack in Sudbury (sorry about that, folks) and coal-fired generating plants in the midwestern US.


The Superstack is not your friend.

Sorry about the buzzkill.

On a lighter note, the Farmer\\\'s Almanac winter outlook is looking very positive for the NE, especially NVT.



And better yet, after two weeks of research and fence-sitting, I have decided to pull the trigger on a pair of 2012 Sir Francis Bacons. This ski could be a contender for the ultimate EC quiver of one. Sold my beloved Prophet 100s, thinking I was going to get the new P98, basically the same ski with early rise tip. Then I started reading about the new Bacons. The Farmer's Almanac forecast tipped the scales. Why not get a ski that is perfect for perfect conditions and (theoretically) works well the rest of the time. Now the big question is length. 172 or 178? My P100s were 172 and they were ideal. I guessing that with the early rise tip and tail I should go a little longer. Any advice is appreciated (tech talk, I know).

OK, well, I've talked about trees, snow and skis, that about covers it. End of ramble.

Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel

My pal Chris is setting up his pizza oven at the car dealership across the street. I am stopping there for free dinner

Send me a couple of slices...

Originally Posted by RedWolf

Saturday afternoon? I was up at the mid-mountain parking lot watching those guys, too. Any chance you were the tall dude videotaping the action?

That probably wasn't me. I pulled into the mid-lodge around 2:40 snapped a couple of quick pictures and then headed up the toll road.


The white birches on Burke are concentrated between 2250 and 2600 feet. You can see this region from my house circled in the picture below. The birches are dying all the way around the mountain and it is sad to see. When I first saw the dead birches statement I immediately thought "you should see Jungle" but Kingdom-Tele beat me to it Jungle is the most obvious die back section just left of center in the circled area.



Edit:
Quick question - Does the goggle polish remove scratches? I've got some doozies from tree branches and trying to brush off snow/ice with my gloves.
Not gonna bother with a boot until I get new boots. Can you do my helmet instead. I want to sparkle.

multiglisse: i would go a bit longer. i went from salomon guns in 175 to shoguns (early rise) in 182 and they're great. can't wait to shred frost & rocks on the old guns though

attn montreal mags, Jay passes will be available at IF3 for $70 off. Apparently, this makes student passes $200(!?). I probably won't try to scam one and will instead hike and buy $42 tickets from WAX in Mansonville. Also thinking about the Sutton Friday pass for $145+tax.

Originally Posted by From_the_NEK

The white birches on Burke are concentrated between 2250 and 2600 feet. You can see this region from my house circled in the picture below. The birches are dying all the way around the mountain and it is sad to see. When I first saw the dead birches statement I immediately thought "you should see Jungle" but Kingdom-Tele beat me to it Jungle is the most obvious die back section just left of center in the circled area.

Crazy when you think of all the changes in our environment over the past decade or so. Dutch elm, lodgepoles out west getting destroyed, acid rain killing the white birches, etc. etc. etc. makes you wonder what our landscape and canopy will consist of in 50 years.

Originally Posted by From_the_NEK

Edit:
Quick question - Does the goggle polish remove scratches? I've got some doozies from tree branches and trying to brush off snow/ice with my gloves.
Not gonna bother with a boot until I get new boots. Can you do my helmet instead. I want to sparkle.

Fuckin right it does, power buff and skoal spit shine.

for you NEK, being a friend and all, we''ll give you the "pricey" shine with the Copengahen

Originally Posted by Mr. Multiglisse

On a lighter note, the Farmer\\\'s Almanac winter outlook is looking very positive for the NE, especially NVT.

That's a pretty classic La Nina look. Broad strokes but somewhat reasonable.
Active is a good word you'll see me throw out there.

Originally Posted by lionelhutz

That's a pretty classic La Nina look. Broad strokes but somewhat reasonable.
Active is a good word you'll see me throw out there.

I like active... When's it going to snow already. I'm as excited for WROD skiing as I've ever been. Just need to get my new slalom skis.

and so it begins...

http://wxcaster.com/gis-snow-overlay...?STATIONID=CXX