| Not quite upright [message #24386] |
Fri, 18 December 2009 18:59  |
 b_twin_1
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Not quite upright - but not quite horizontal either. 
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Not quite upright [message #24389 is a reply to message #24388 ] |
Fri, 18 December 2009 21:23  |
Aaron
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That's great. fell into step beside me and we pitoned and ice-axed our way up the alternate slope... just picturing it makes me smile.
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It does sound good, "cramponed" is good too, and perhaps closer to the event. I have always liked the sound of "post holing" and "plunge stepping" as methods of moving in snow. I should admit that all of this is academic to me. I climb but crampons and ice-axes are part of the mountaineering end of the sport and I try to stay on the "warm granite, short pants*" end. There is a quote attributed to Isabelle Patissier to the effect that climbing in the mountains is bad because you have to "get up early and wear big clothes".
*Mike Graber quoted by Doug Robinson.
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| Re: Not quite upright [message #24393 is a reply to message #24390 ] |
Fri, 18 December 2009 23:19 |
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| Kuro wrote on Fri, 18 December 2009 19:27 |
It's snowing here in mountainous Virginia. It was supposed to start at midnight. Started at 7pm. Forecast now predicts 13-24 inches. At least we'll have a White Christmas, right?
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Wow! I noticed the forecast earlier and you're right; you're predicted to get dumped on. Hope you don't have to go anywhere and can just keep inside and enjoy the scenery. Stay warm!
FairyTales - http://xkcd.com/872/
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| Re: Not quite upright [message #24401 is a reply to message #24386 ] |
Sat, 19 December 2009 15:12 |
skating librarian
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And when the snow finishes with Virginia, it will eventually move north to the VT-MA
border, which is one mile away.
The weather guys keep warning us to be ready, but the fact that the temperature is rising might just make the snow worth it. When it is below 0 (F) the cold seems especially invasive.
Articulate, polite children can be so delightful, and I wish more of them grew up to be involved with writing, producing, directing, etc. TV and films so that folks might see that foul mouthed, sullen, mini adults pretending to be children are repulsive. There seems to be a misapprehension that well behaved children are repressed, but 25 years of dealing with about 400 per year convinced me that the well behaved are the confident ones who will probably grow up to be happy adults.
End of rant. Hope you're back on your feet literally and figuratively.
"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin
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| Re: Not quite upright [message #24402 is a reply to message #24386 ] |
Sat, 19 December 2009 15:31 |
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Kuro
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Snow shouldn't be finished with here until late tonight. Already had a foot fall and expecting another foot by evening. The rest of the body is expected to drop Christmas Eve. (Yes, MORE snow is predicted. I don't know if we're going to be able to travel on time this year.)
The cat is officially annoyed with us. The white stuff (which is over his head) is blocking his view of the backyard.
Edit: Okay, so we actually went and measured the snow. Twenty inches so far, and still falling hard. On the up side it's a light powdery snow so the lawn tractor can handle the five foot drifts.
[Updated on: Sat, 19 December 2009 16:29]
This is goodnight and not goodbye.
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| Re: Not quite upright [message #24435 is a reply to message #24404 ] |
Mon, 21 December 2009 14:03 |
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| Robin wrote on Sat, 19 December 2009 18:54 |
Jodi? You other Virginia person? Are you there? Do you have snow instead of broadband at the moment?
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Whups. Lost track of this thread. We had broadband AND snow. We had 18 inches here!
It's melting and turning slushy during the day here, but there's still quite a lot outside. It's very pretty! (Where the snowplows haven't turned it to slush.) We're supposed to get more on Thursday and Friday, so we'll have a white Christmas. My first ever!
[Updated on: Mon, 21 December 2009 14:12]
Smooshes!
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| Re: Not quite upright [message #24554 is a reply to message #24553 ] |
Thu, 24 December 2009 02:00 |
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I drove the WV mountains earlier this year. In the rain, semis hurtling by like it was sunny.
It was a little terrifying. *g* I'm glad you had a safe trip over them!
Smooshes!
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| Re: Not quite upright [message #24607 is a reply to message #24598 ] |
Thu, 24 December 2009 22:40 |
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Meanwhile we will have a white one just north of Dallas. THis is unheard of. Snow, sometimes, but usually in late winter. Tuesday it was 70°F. Today, this.
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| Re: Not quite upright [message #24613 is a reply to message #24598 ] |
Fri, 25 December 2009 02:34 |
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| Black Bear wrote on Thu, 24 December 2009 20:30 |
Amazingly, it depends which bit of the midwest you're looking at.  Somehow all this snow has missed the central midwest almost completely... we're supposed to have pouring rain all night, tapering off tomorrow, and then maybe some vague flurries by Saturday. I'm dreaming of a Wet Christmas...
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I think this turkey is tracking too far north to hit you. We've had 8-9 inches of snow so far, deeper in the drifts, and are supposed to end up with another 10 or so. Hopefully none of it mixed with freezing rain--it's not very cold. This is a lot at one time for us, since we're on the dry side of the lakes.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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