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Pages: << 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | (show all) Sean Puett Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/06/10 Loc: always cloudy, washington Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: csa/montana]       #5743348 - 03/19/13 04:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   There is a nice hill that has a great view to the west but it is a neighborhood so I am a bit nervous just hanging around after dark. Post Extras:       Spaced Post Laureate Reged: 03/01/05 Loc: Tacoma, Washington, USA Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: Sean Puett]       #5743452 - 03/19/13 05:00 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: How about that sky? Simply . . . wow. Is there actual, you know, AIR up there? Post Extras:       csa/montana Den Mama Reged: 05/14/05 Loc: montana Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: Spaced]       #5743546 - 03/19/13 05:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yep, good, clean mountain air! Post Extras:       zerro1 Postmaster Reged: 08/02/09 Loc: Smokey Point , 48.12°N 122.25°... Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: square_peg]       #5744019 - 03/19/13 09:18 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Badger, Jameson, Quincy, Vantage - you must have been driving all night making the loop. Yeah.. Pretty much. From Jameson, I came back down through Orondo, south through Wenatchee and Quincy to Vantage. I almost took the Moses Coulee road, but its kind of a slow go and winds around a bit. Post Extras:       square_peg Postmaster Reged: 03/26/04 Loc: Maple Valley, WA Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: zerro1]       #5744258 - 03/19/13 11:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I love Moses Coulee. I used to hunt chukar there years ago. Post Extras:       zerro1 Postmaster Reged: 08/02/09 Loc: Smokey Point , 48.12°N 122.25°... Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: square_peg]       #5744318 - 03/20/13 01:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: I love Moses Coulee Yep Me too! I think Spectacular is an Apt description! It's stark, desolate, and neither at the same time. Layer upon layer of flows each with it's own size and charcter. We( my dad and brother) fished at Jameson so many times...my earliest memories are of those cliffs dropping straight through the surface of the lake. Post Extras:       square_peg Postmaster Reged: 03/26/04 Loc: Maple Valley, WA Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: zerro1]       #5746550 - 03/20/13 11:00 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I used to spend a lot of time at Banks as a kid. There's a place the locals call 'The Rocks'. Cliffs of every height from water level to about 50' are available for diving. I never went higher than about 30'. I saw one guy's dive from 50' turn into a belly flop. Thankfully his friends were there to drag his unconscious body out of the water. That was enough to keep me off the 50' cliff. Post Extras:       Spaced Post Laureate Reged: 03/01/05 Loc: Tacoma, Washington, USA Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: square_peg]       #5747710 - 03/21/13 02:09 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: I saw one guy's dive from 50' turn into a belly flop. Somehow, "Ouch" just doesn't seem enough. Post Extras:       csa/montana Den Mama Reged: 05/14/05 Loc: montana Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: Spaced]       #5747742 - 03/21/13 02:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   "Splat" seems to fit perfectly. Post Extras:       Sean Puett Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/06/10 Loc: always cloudy, washington Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: Spaced]       #5747774 - 03/21/13 02:51 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   There is a good spot east of gold bar to jump from cliffs into the skykomish river. Very cold water though. There are about 3 different levels to jump from with a stump being the highest. You can get a running start from all but the stump. I never did the stump. I could only jump if I was running and it was to late to stop. Then on the way down I flap my arms trying to fly back up. I have some fear of heights that makes jumping a huge rush. It always took a while to talk myself into jumping. But it was always fun. I would probably have a heart attack now:-) Post Extras:       Stacy Star Partyer Reged: 09/15/02 Loc: 48.0153° N, 122.0625° W Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: Sean Puett]       #5747822 - 03/21/13 03:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hmmm, Sean flapping his "wings" trying to fly back up a cliff as he flails about in an uncontrolled spin toward the icy Skykomish. I am assuming Spedos, but perhaps not? Interesting mental images regardless. Post Extras:       Spaced Post Laureate Reged: 03/01/05 Loc: Tacoma, Washington, USA Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: Stacy]       #5748117 - 03/21/13 05:35 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   When in college at UPS a friend of one of my roommates worked at the girl's gym, which is where the swimming pool is located. There's a catwalk that hangs from the ceiling, about 40' above the pool. When the pool would close down after the evening open swimming session he'd let us climb up to that then jump off. I could never muster up the gumption to go head first, but it was sure fun to go in feet first, utilizing great care to keep the *feet together* when hitting the water. Post Extras:       zerro1 Postmaster Reged: 08/02/09 Loc: Smokey Point , 48.12°N 122.25°... Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: Spaced]       #5748490 - 03/21/13 08:46 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   We just used to jump off number 12 tie on the 35 foot tall railroad bridge in Bothell...Much beyond that elevation is all your's. Post Extras:       MadHungarian sage Reged: 11/18/10 Loc: Cloudy WA Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: zerro1]       #5748865 - 03/22/13 12:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: We just used to jump off number 12 tie on the 35 foot tall railroad bridge in Bothell...Much beyond that elevation is all your's. Hmm, the water in the Sammamish Slough in Bothell isn't generally real deep. Sometimes it seems the ducks are walking across rather than swimming. I don't think i'd want to jump off that bridge myself... Btw, did you notice the weather is clearing up a bit for this weekend, just in time for the full moon? Arrgghh. Post Extras:       zerro1 Postmaster Reged: 08/02/09 Loc: Smokey Point , 48.12°N 122.25°... Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: MadHungarian]       #5748886 - 03/22/13 12:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Quote: We just used to jump off number 12 tie on the 35 foot tall railroad bridge in Bothell...Much beyond that elevation is all your's. Hmm, the water in the Sammamish Slough in Bothell isn't generally real deep. Sometimes it seems the ducks are walking across rather than swimming. I don't think i'd want to jump off that bridge myself... Btw, did you notice the weather is clearing up a bit for this weekend, just in time for the full moon? Arrgghh. Yes, the number 12 (number branded into the tie) is where the deep point "was" back then. I don't think I'd test it out now I have to work Sunday so Saturday is out for me anyway. The payback is that we're getting monday and tuesday off, paid, for working Sunday. Post Extras:       Sean Puett Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/06/10 Loc: always cloudy, washington Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: Stacy]       #5750066 - 03/22/13 04:11 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Hmmm, Sean flapping his "wings" trying to fly back up a cliff as he flails about in an uncontrolled spin toward the icy Skykomish. I am assuming Spedos, but perhaps not? Interesting mental images regardless. I wouldn't wear speedos under my jeans. When I was 16-17 I had a wetsuit left from California beach bum days. That was perfect for that icy river. Later shorts were not quite up to the same level. I think you would probably lose your manhood jumping off that cliff in speedos. Post Extras:       Sky Captain Metal Whisperer Reged: 11/07/04 Loc: Loc: Loc: Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: Sean Puett]       #5751502 - 03/23/13 10:27 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Going for the comet tonight on Badger Mtn. in Wenatchee! Going to be cooooold up there! Post Extras:       zerro1 Postmaster Reged: 08/02/09 Loc: Smokey Point , 48.12°N 122.25°... Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: Sky Captain]       #5751707 - 03/23/13 11:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Going for the comet tonight on Badger Mtn. in Wenatchee! Going to be cooooold up there! have to work tomorrow... It's a conspiracy, I say!!! Every Time even half way decent weather comes around, I get stuck on a night job, or I have to get up so early that it's impossible to consider getting out... Hope you get great views!!! Post Extras:       SteveG Post Laureate Reged: 09/27/06 Loc: Seattle, WA Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: zerro1]       #5752494 - 03/23/13 07:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I saw PanStars last night from a nearby ridge in Woodinville. I started at about 7:45, scanning the western sky with 8x42 binocs. I was about to give up, and then I spotted in low on the horizon just a little north of due west. This was at 8:30. I quickly setup my ed80 for a better view. The comet showed nicely at low and mid powers, and looked much like the pictures I've seen. The comet was not visible naked eye. There was quite a bit of murky haze on the horizon. I'm planning on checking it out again tonight or the best clear night. Post Extras:       MadHungarian sage Reged: 11/18/10 Loc: Cloudy WA Re: Pacific NW Mt St Helens EternaThread Pt 6 [Re: SteveG]       #5752596 - 03/23/13 08:09 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well that encourages me a bit. I'll make a try tonight on my hill in Bothell with my 10x50 binocs, if the clouds allow. According to Stellarium, at about 8pm it should be about 10 degrees up at about 290 degrees. Did sneak out last night for a few minutes and snagged the last binary remaining on my Binary Star certificate. Down near the horizon through some trees. Horrific viewing conditions there -- you know that if you can just barely see a Mag 5 star in a 6" SCT, the conditions are horrible. But, well, it's done now. Post Extras:       Pages: << 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | (show all)

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