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Monday, December 12, 2005

Snow camping

I went snowshoe camping this weekend on Sasse Ridge east of Cle Elum Lake. The weather was lovely, the snowmobiles kept a low profile and I was the only biped in evidence. Night in the tent was surprisingly unpleasant, considering that the last time I slept on snow it was snug and cozy. For some reason I decided to use my jacket as a pillow instead of as a blanket between the sleeping bag and bag cover, and persisted even though I never really warmed up properly. Clearly, I wanted my pillow. I think there's a psychology experiment here someplace. Next time I'll need to put a little more thought into an alternative pillow setup, although not, of course, any kind of effete "hiking pillow."

Here are the requisite scenics and gear porn from the trip.









Finally, a bit of advice to Dan A. Nelson, author of The Mountaineers' book Snowshoe Routes Washington: When writing a guidebook to routes and trails, avoid statements like "Unfortunately, trying to map all the junctions and byways is difficult, so you will have to use your best judgment and occasionally backtrack if you make a wrong turn." A wrong turn such as, say . . . buying a guidebook to snowshoe routes that punts on giving meaningful directions when the going gets tricky.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice photos... it sounds like it was fun (albeit chilly!) ;)

December 12, 2005 10:10 AM  

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