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12-06-2022, 10:17 AM #2601
Look at recent youtube descriptions... it's all there.
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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12-06-2022, 10:26 AM #2602
Thanks J, I looked at the “GEAR Used in Episode” write up on the latest YouTube about the traverse, but maybe since they didn’t seem to be using any glacier gear in the episode they didn’t list anything. I’m interested in any ropes used.
I may be looking in the wrong place, tooo.
And sorry but I’m reviving an old account and I’m not Steve K (not sure what that’s all about). I’m Darren Jakal.All conditions, all terrain.
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12-06-2022, 10:51 AM #2603Registered User
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From what I remember, Cody uses the Petzl Rad line for a rope. I have a 30m and they're great for ski mountaineering (glacier travel and rapping)
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12-06-2022, 11:31 AM #2604
Thanks Bronco! That’s a great, if expensive, option. My old 8mm should be replaced soon and I would love to lighten it up a bit. Seems like Ti-Blocks could work with this rope, but I’ll look into that more.
I would be interested in what crevasse rescue system they use, also.All conditions, all terrain.
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12-06-2022, 12:39 PM #2605
Used a basic glacier kit. Though we mainly just lugged it around for 90 miles. Used it once though, so that felt nice it wasn't just extra weight.
Anyways, basic kit is either the Mammut 6.0mm Glacier Cord or Petzl Rad Line (they're essentially the same thing, though I have had less fraying with the Mammut Cord), 1 Tibloc, 1 Mini-Trax, 1 Double Length Sling, 1 13cm-17cm Ice Screw, 3 lockers and 1 non-locker. That's pretty much what I bring every time I'm on a glacier.
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12-06-2022, 01:24 PM #2606
Thanks for the reply Cody. Taking the rope for a glacier walk is pretty common and why I’m always looking for lighter alternatives. Are you using the 30m version?
When you used it was it for roped travel or a rescue, or both? I’m always concerned about how much distance I can put between skiers, but still have enough left over for a rescue with a 30m rope.
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12-06-2022, 01:35 PM #2607
Yeah always use a 30m rope used for roped travel, rescue and rappels. Generally I use for 2-3 people and in a pinch, 4 for roped travel. The thing I've found, is if you practice good rope management on heavily crevassed terrain, you don't need to conduct a rescue ever. Keep that rope tight and usually a fall won't be beyond a couple feet...this is from experience too.
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12-06-2022, 01:40 PM #2608
Yes, that is the key. Keep the rope taught. This is a skill that is often overlooked.
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12-14-2022, 09:51 AM #2609
This just dropped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIhP9fz2uToAll conditions, all terrain.
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12-14-2022, 10:38 AM #2610
Thanks for the great content! You might appreciate this winter shelter I’ve been working on for some years. It’s more for making remote summits from the road, but it could be useful in a traverse.
https://timtinker.com/ftr-tent-stove-photos/All conditions, all terrain.
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12-14-2022, 02:08 PM #2611
Cody, how did you decide where to leave your caches? Was any thought made about what you’d do if one of them wasn’t there for some reason? Like were they in spots you could easily exit, or somewhere easy to have someone meet you with food?
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12-14-2022, 03:23 PM #2612
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12-14-2022, 04:43 PM #2613
If I get a time machine one of the things I'm going to do is make sure Art, Penn, and Dav don't put any traverses in the book.
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12-14-2022, 06:39 PM #2614
We ran into an ornery pine martin on this trip a few years back: https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ng-of-Katahdin
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12-14-2022, 08:31 PM #2615
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12-14-2022, 08:36 PM #2616
There wasn’t much beta on cache placements for our direction so I based it on a guesstimate of distance traveled and the number of days to get there. It was just some educated guessing. I didn’t factor in ease of exit in case the cache was raided much…didn’t think it’d be an issue honestly. If we did lose a cache, it would’ve been a miserable but survivable exit. But not gonna lie, it was hard to decide where to put them and the first one I should’ve put up high near silent lake to avoid carrying a super full pack up 3k vert. Our second cache we nailed.
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12-14-2022, 09:04 PM #2617
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12-14-2022, 11:10 PM #2618
Sounds expensive. We just went with scrap wood because we didn’t want to buy a bunch of lumber for a box we were gonna burn a few days later. We just didn’t get a chance to bury it well enough on a frozen morning and didn’t get to seal it up well enough. But it all worked out.
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12-15-2022, 05:54 AM #2619
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12-15-2022, 05:57 AM #2620
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12-15-2022, 01:00 PM #2621
The views / drone shots ( especially around the 8 minute mark) would take away some of the suck out of a traverse. Type 2 fun.
There are some that think it acceptable to use plastic buckets for caches (I’m not one). Find the cache, drink the booze, pig out, and incinerate the buckets in a mother fucking bonfire. You would be amazed what some will burn because “plastic is pretty much petroleum”.
Anyway, I hope there is an episode that goes into a little more detail on the logistics of the adventure. Like the cache decisions, stove and fuel amounts, and so on.All conditions, all terrain.
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12-15-2022, 01:04 PM #2622Registered User
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Funniest episode to date.
My first and only hut trip to BC involved the daily morning ritual of sheparding the pine martin out of the outhouse where he'd decided to take up residence.
You should take Elise on a fun traverse in Europe sometime. Where you ski, carry light packs and have sweet charcuterie boards and beers served to your at huts.
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12-16-2022, 02:57 AM #2623
Lol, pine martins are such assholes.
Be glad it was not a farrier or a badger.watch out for snakes
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12-16-2022, 01:29 PM #2624
Probably also had something to do with them camping at a summer trailhead that time too.
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12-16-2022, 01:47 PM #2625
So Cody, now that it’s been a while, do you feel that after you did that Death Valley bike ride and the bike ride up to the PNW to ski, do you think you did any irreparable harm to your body? Or do you think it was good that now you know how that pain feels and you can avoid it, or do you have flashbacks? Even now, I sometimes go to that pain zone and I kind of like the flashbacks.
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