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Thread: The FIFTY
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05-17-2019, 09:36 AM #701
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05-17-2019, 09:52 AM #702Registered User
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05-17-2019, 09:53 AM #703
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05-17-2019, 10:13 AM #704Registered User
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Wild that Joffre keeps peeling away looks like a pretty steep wall is left now. Just think of the climbing opportunities! And Messner said all the good first ascents were taken... pfft.
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05-17-2019, 10:43 AM #705Registered User
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05-17-2019, 11:16 AM #706
The failure plane on the central buttress extend below the left buttress. That left buttress will almost certainly peel off. Just a question of when. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe 10 years. Maybe 100 years. Needs some more freeze-thaw. But how much?
Just Joffre Couloir left now
Man these were such cool lines. Glad I and many others got a chance to experience them
2008 - flank below Joffre Couloir
2008 Joffre couloir
2008 - Joffre Peak - skied Aussie due to whiteout
Sorry Cody about turning this into a Joffre fapfest but i've always had a bit of a love-affair with the mountain.
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05-17-2019, 11:35 AM #707“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
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This is OUR mountain - come join us!
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05-17-2019, 12:33 PM #708
Looking down Central Couloir(RIP) a couple weeks before Cody was up there.
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05-17-2019, 12:51 PM #709Registered User
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05-17-2019, 12:52 PM #710
So is it worth for Cody to ski Joffre again because now it’s a “new” line?
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05-17-2019, 12:57 PM #711Registered User
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Yeah it probably is unstable, but less so than what fell off at least. Its all comimg down sooner or later. My experience is rock scars are usually dirty, but actually pretty good rock once cleaned up.
Although a lot of Canadian alpine climbing isn't exactly know for stellar rock quality.
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05-17-2019, 01:03 PM #712
I started a new thread -Joffre aka Last Descents- don’t want Cody’s awesome project to get to derailed by this event.
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05-18-2019, 06:33 PM #713"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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05-18-2019, 07:10 PM #714
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05-19-2019, 07:20 AM #715
A similar but different viddy by the Cody.
watch out for snakes
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05-21-2019, 01:09 AM #716
There was another incident recently where a group activated their PLB and thought that was all they needed to do. It seems from the SAR report it was a while before the group of three sent one of their own for help and SAR didn't even get the first call for over 5.5 hours after a bad fall. So there's a combined 'questions about skiing with PLBs, etc.' here
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...Bs-InReach-etc
There are some other similar circumstances that allowed for survival not related to PLBs. the biggest of which is they were in groups of three (Iknow not really in cody's situation but it ended up being three people). I think in both cases the without a third person being there, the injured would likely not have survived. Something to think about.powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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05-22-2019, 09:45 AM #717
next up
watch out for snakes
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05-22-2019, 10:48 AM #718Registered User
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They definitely seemed sketched out that episode. Really cool to watch. Bummed the summers coming up and these are about to slow down. Make a great lunch time watch.
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05-22-2019, 11:00 AM #719
Actually was surprisingly calm the whole way through. When I'm really sketched out, I generally stop talking. This was sort of a breakthrough line personally because climbing with massive exposure has tended to be an achilles heel to me. I couldn't rationally control it and unnecessary fear and doubt would creep in...like in AK on Sphinx. Despite the exposure, shitty facets and steepness, I felt solid all the way through knowing there was zero chance I would fall and there was no overhead hazard to push me off the mountain. I felt great despite it being about as exposed as it gets. That being said, once we got in the gun barrel with warming snow and rocks above us down low, I knew it was time to move fast and gtfo.
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05-22-2019, 11:01 AM #720
heavy day
27° 18°
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05-22-2019, 11:04 AM #721
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05-22-2019, 11:43 AM #722
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05-22-2019, 11:49 AM #723
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05-22-2019, 11:56 AM #724
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05-22-2019, 12:36 PM #725Registered User
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