Petzl has issued a recall on 8,000 caribiners because of potential fall risk.
According to Petzl: “These carabiners have a green button that acts as a safety mechanism to prevent unlocking. The recalled carabiners can unlock unexpectedly without pressing the green button, posing a fall hazard.”
A section of Highway 123 within Mount Rainier National Park will reopen at noon Wednesday, in time for the holiday weekend.
The highway has been closed from the junction of Highways 410 and 123 to Stevens Canyon Road since Tuesday, after several large rocks fell onto the highway from the hillside above the northbound lane.
"Federal geotechnical experts carefully examined the hillside above the
highway and determined that two large rocks we were concerned about are
stable and the road is safe for travel," said superintendent Dave Uberuaga.
Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews
UPDATE
Since this post appeared on our cycling blog (which is now this blog) in
June, REI has added the WSU jersey to its online inventory.
Who says we can’t change the world?
I got a cool gift for father’s day from my wife and kids. A
Washington State University cycling jersey. Just one catch, my wife
said, "you’re going to have to find it
yourself."
While the Seattle-based Adrenaline Promotions manufacturers the
jerseys, she couldn’t find them in any local stores. I called
Starting Friday, anglers fishing parts of the Cispus and Tilton rivers will be able to keep up to six adult hatchery-reared coho salmon per day. The new limit was announced this afternoon by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife
Only hatchery coho measuring at least 12 inches that are marked with a clipped adipose fin may be kept. All wild coho with an intact adipose fin must be released.
The new daily limit for adult hatchery coho will be in effect on the Cispus River from the mouth upstream to the north fork, and on the
Tacoma’s Jerry Lynch was a pioneer at Mount Rainier. It was Lynch who teamed with Lou Whittaker to incorporate the first climbing guide company on the mountain in 1969. He spent nearly 30 years working for Rainier Mountain Inc., which is still the largest guide service in the United States.
Lynch died Oct. 29 at the age of 76.
Click here to read more about Jerry Lynch.
And here are a few photos of Lynch courtesy of his oldest son, Chris.
Highway 123 has been closed to the public until further notice due to a small rockslide event on the east side of Mount Rainier National Park. Park officials said this morning that the closure is in effect from the junction of Stevens Canyon Road to Cayuse Pass at the junction of Highway 410.
Park road crews are working with Washington State Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration officials to clear the debris and to determine the stability of the embankment above the slide.
Early in “Playground,” Warren Miller’s new movie, a skier jumps over a highway. It’s one of the sweetest stunts in the movie, but it has nothing on a jump pulled off by a local boarding legend.
Temple Cummins, who works at the University Place Northwest Snowboards (owned by his dad), pulled off one of the sickest jumps you’ll ever see a few years back. Cummins cleared a moving train. Check out the video below
DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME.
Photographer Russ Carmack hiked the Mount Pete trail in Enumclaw to illustrate our winter hiking guide and he came back with a ton of good photos.
Click here to check out his slide show from the 2-mile hike.
