I just have to sit back and ponder, just what it must be like to have
that kind of free time to document
such a dumb ass farce ....oy.....




Dana Dorsett wrote:

>Mount Wachusett MA, 25 May 2004:
>
>It was weeks in the planning & preparation stage, but the weather wasn't
>in our favor.. Finally a break- but it wasn't predicted to last!  What
>to do- abandon carefully laid plans for the expedition, or go fast &
>light, get in & out while we had our chance???
>
>The latter of course!
>
>Quickly assembling the lightest gear in the quiver we made our way to
>base camp post haste.
>
>http://www.narsil.org/Dana/WaWa/WaWa-Images/1.jpg
> (The Lightest Skis in the Quiver: XA Blades and Luv BigFoot)
>
>The warning signs were ominous, but we were committed (as well as
>perhaps Committable? I'll ask Jan...  or maybe I shouldn't... :-) ), we
>pressed on!
>
>http://jshefftz.photosite.com/~photos/tn/880_1024.ts1085553114000.jpg
>(Danger signs abound- hey shouldn't that read, "Jonathan & Dana, IF YOU
>CHOOSE TO SKI..."???)
>
>
>Ascending rapidly (off unbelay!) up the most direct route ignoring the
>apparent hazard, around the bend our quarry came into view, the majestic
>Wachusett Glacier!
>
>
>http://jshefftz.photosite.com/~photos/tn/878_1024.ts1085553114000.jpg
>(On approach. is that a Yeti?)
>
>With pounding hearts and bated breath we approached the toe of the
>glacier with caution- it had been warm recently the snow bridges had
>collapsed- musn't get nailed by calving ice, now that success was so
>near at hand!
>
>http://jshefftz.photosite.com/~photos/tn/879_1024.ts1085586681735.jpg
> (At the crevasse.)
>
>Scaling the glacier went smoothly and quickly despite the treacherous
>dirty suncupped surface, but looking down from the bergschrund was
>intimidating, given the rock exposure on the E side and the steeply
>inclined western aspect (not to mention the sudden drop at the
>crevasse!!)
>
>http://www.narsil.org/Dana/WaWa/WaWa-Images/2.jpg
>(View from the top- must be S4 or S5 (or at least as bad as anything
>_you've_ ever skied))
>
>But the first descent went well, and our anxieties soon evaporated. By
>the 70th lap it was skiing like a groomer!
>
>.       Dana Skiing
>http://www.narsil.org/Dana/WaWa/WaWa-movies/Dana_Skiing.mov
>
>.       JShefftz Skiing
>http://www.narsil.org/Dana/WaWa/WaWa-movies/JShefftz_Skiing.mov
>
>
>.       Steeps Training
>http://www.narsil.org/Dana/WaWa/WaWa-movies/Steeps_training.mov
>
>An hour later the faint murmur distant thunder above the whispering of
>the leaves signaled the closing of our window of opportunity-  it was
>time to make a quick exit in failing light.  There will be another day.
>
>dana
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