Tina summited Shasta!!!

[Rick M]

Hi Jim,
I really loved Popo but not sure if they let people climb it still because of the 1990s eruptions (I was there in 1989) I also like St Helens and thought it would be cool to x-country ski into it during the winter (legally?). I was there (illegally) in 1980 just days before the May 18 eruption and we were among the first to climb it with permit when they opened it back up. That was an interesting experience because what we thought was steam/smoke coming out of the crater was a constant avalanche of rock fall down the walls (about one large slide per five minutes). As I understand it, the guard rail they put up on top ???lasted but weeks before it totally slid away.

Now we "fly" over mountains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAL6v0U80sw

Rick

[tinaballina]

Oh Rick, i am attempting Rainier next week....can't wait. three months three volcanoes would be cool to conquer.
Plan to do Jefferson and more next season.
Have to learn ice climbing for some of those within the Jefferson area....can't wait.
ps...don't tell jim lol

[tinaballina]

Hi Jim,
I really loved Popo but not sure if they let people climb it still because of the 1990s eruptions (I was there in 1989) I also like St Helens and thought it would be cool to x-country ski into it during the winter (legally?). I was there (illegally) in 1980 just days before the May 18 eruption and we were among the first to climb it with permit when they opened it back up. That was an interesting experience because what we thought was steam/smoke coming out of the crater was a constant avalanche of rock fall down the walls (about one large slide per five minutes). As I understand it, the guard rail they put up on top ???lasted but weeks before it totally slid away.

Now we "fly" over mountains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAL6v0U80sw

Rick, don't tell the DWA you were there illegally, they will hunt you down.

Rick

[Hikin_Jim]

Hi Jim,
I really loved Popo but not sure if they let people climb it still because of the 1990s eruptions (I was there in 1989) I also like St Helens and thought it would be cool to x-country ski into it during the winter (legally?). I was there (illegally) in 1980 just days before the May 18 eruption and we were among the first to climb it with permit when they opened it back up. That was an interesting experience because what we thought was steam/smoke coming out of the crater was a constant avalanche of rock fall down the walls (about one large slide per five minutes). As I understand it, the guard rail they put up on top ???lasted but weeks before it totally slid away.

Now we "fly" over mountains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAL6v0U80sw

Nice rocket, Rick. Now if I give you the coordinates of the DWA headquarters, could you...

I was down in the Popo area about 10 years ago. They were still not allowing climbing then. Popo was quite active when I was there.

Pico de Orizaba is higher and is fair game as I understand it...

HJ

[Rick M]

Tina, Hope you have a great (and safe) time on Rainier.
Been there three times. http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/400753/liberty-ridge-i-don-t-want-to-turn-back.html
We had once thought about doing all 14 of the large Cascade volcanoes from Lassen to Baker in fourteen days but the logistics and weather didn't cooperate. Mt Adams north face was my favorite.

What is DWA ?

Jim, We did Popo and Ixta in two days, then headed for Orizaba. The people were great until we got to Puebla which is a beautiful city with lots of Baroque architecture. We got up in the morning and got cold shoulders and saw "Yankees go home" spray painted outside our hotel room. We then found out that the US had invaded Panama. Climbed Orizaba the next day and spent X-mas in Mexico City.

[Hikin_Jim]

We had once thought about doing all 14 of the large Cascade volcanoes from Lassen to Baker in fourteen days ...

Now don't go giving Tina any ideas!

What is DWA ?

Strictly speaking, the DWA is the Desert Water Authority which owns the land at the base of Snow Creek although many of us now believe it stands for the Devil's Willing Assistants. They're suing many people who post on this forum who have climbed Snow Creek accusing them of trespass and blaming them for higher coliform bacteria counts in Snow Creek's water.

Jim, We did Popo and Ixta in two days, then headed for Orizaba. The people were great until we got to Puebla which is a beautiful city with lots of Baroque architecture. We got up in the morning and got cold shoulders and saw "Yankees go home" spray painted outside our hotel room.

Interesting. I hadn't realized that there would be such resentment, particularly since Noriega wasn't exactly popular with his own people. That's quite something to wake up to isn't it?

HJ

[Rick M]

DWA ok, maybe I should post our climbs in SC (from the seventies with permission) but not post the dates and let them sue us.

The Panama thing lasted just a couple of days. I think it was the thought of US invading a Latin American country and you have revolutionaries everywhere down on Americans. Christmas time a few days later in Mexico City was cool, although some lady trying to get off a crowded subway did get her purse strap tangled on my ice axe and she had a few words for me that I didn't know but the meaning was obvious.

So when Tina travels down to Mexico to climb the third highest mountain in North America, she needs to watch her ice axe on the subway!

[Hikin_Jim]

Hey, Tina,

Rick says you'd better watch your axe.

HJ

[Hikin_Jim]

Just don't cross any DWA land, OK?

HJ