Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board What happened? This board went

cold stone quiet.

Ok, people, something is up....

Looking at the number of hits today, it is at about 10% or normal. It is as if a main branch of the Internet has died. I have been able to check in at various times today, and so access is ok for me.

Anyone else having trouble? (of course anyone having trouble couldn't reply.) I am hoping people who are regularly on-line will reply.

Thanks.

I have been over in PMland. Lots of discussion over there. ........................DUG

with all the recent negativity and trash talking - a break was probably not a bad thing.

And now for your Whitney viewing pleasure:

Tomcat that's what I'm talkin about.Great pic!!!

I'll confess, it was all my fault. I was in Texas paying a $1.869 for gasoline.

Our local BP station here just dropped down to $1.71 $1.69 yesterday.

CaT

(AP) - E-mailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on a Web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world's most dastardly junk e-mail gangs.


http://apnews.excite.com/article/20081117/D94GVDA01.html

Ken wrote:
> Spam volume has been cut by more than half

I saw those news articles. I think maybe the Internet network people are getting a little smarter in tracking the source of the junk.

Here's a graph of the WPSMB usage. Late last night, the bar for 11/18 was really short, which was the reason for my post above. Now it shows normal height. So maybe it is just a matter of when the software generates a new graph. The graph below was "Generated 19-Nov-2008 04:18 PST". It appears it generates a new graph only once every 24 hours.

I like seeing the tallest bars on Mondays.

There was a definate drop in volume Steve.I check the board several times throughout the day and the past few days it was slow but yesterday I checked in and there were no new posts all day.

So, are we going to see what the upper reaches of the mountain look like?????

schedule is full through mid=December - when did you have in mind



sadly only one summit of Whitney this year - #25 will have to wait until next year(unless the weather is kind in December?)

2008 summit shot

Interesting graph! Looks like most people read the board on weekdays (presumably from work), with a lot of "catching up" on Mondays. Not as much activity on weekends. Hmmm...maybe folks on this board have something better to do on weekends than sit at a computer??? Just ask Laura...

I thought the photo was a teaser for a TR on a climb you did last weekend. :-(

I've got plans for the next three weekends: Split Day-Climb, Family Fun On Whitney and Walker Pass to Kennedy Meadows, but nothing beyond that. I'm going to try and make up for last year's zero winter climbs by climbing it a lot this year, so if you want to plan something, let me know. Anytime.

BTW, great photos!

Don't you recognize Beach from his first MR summit - ahhhh what a day !!!

Ssorry last Saturday's hike remains secret - we were searching for hidden jewels in other mountain ranges - successful btw

Walkers to Chimney Peak or all the way to Grumpy Bears -- I have done the Chimney Peak crossing - that was a 28 mile hike - you will moan at the people who bring you down and west of the high line - just to regain it at the Spanish Needle saddle. But it is a good way to get familiar with the layout of the land and terriain.

Will stay tuned for December Whitney fun - need to do some winter mountaineering this year too.

Now that you remind me, yes I do!

I confess to lurking. Didn't think anyone on this board would be interested in my hikes under 10K in So Cal.

I could use some advice on suitable boots/snowshoes for winter hiking, though. Assuming I could get myself to the snowy parts...