Well, how do I train for it?
Be adequately prepared for your trip.
Before you come, I strongly suggest that you prepare yourself physically and also mentally for the program. You will feel that much more at ease once you get here. Additionally, you are certain to learn many new and exciting things about the Alps. Being physically well prepared may seem evident. But please take the time to mentally prepare for your trip as well.
Learn a bit of French, read up on the culture, know where you are going. The most common thing people will say to me is "if only I had known" or "I had no idea"... Find out about what you want to do. Read some books, surf the web. The more familiar you are with the surroundings the easier and more enjoyable your vacation will be.
Mountain sports, such as climbing and skiing are very physically demanding. They are also very demanding technically and psychologically. Investing ample time into physical training is crucial in having a successful trip.
Lots of people ask me how to train for mountaineering and skiing and ask me what do I do? Well, I don't really train… Say what?
I am out climbing and skiing nearly all the time so I don't really go out and train, so to speak. I am fortunate enough to have a job that keeps me in prime physical condition. I do however try to stretch whenever possible and I also stay active during the off peak periods by adding some other fun sports to my list; cycling, trail running, squash, anything that involves moving around. So, really I do train - like crazy.
So what can you do ? Well, it really depends upon your present state of fitness. Where are you exactly ? Be honest with yourself. If you don't know, then get a physical done by a doctor that can give you honest answers. Tell he or she what you plan on doing.
This is an important element to take into consideration as your fitness will determine what you will be able to accomplish.
The very best advice I can give you is to get out there and move around. Nothing could be farther from the truth than to say that spending time on a stair master or an exercise bike will make you a great climber or skier. Both of these exercises will help your fitness, but you REALLY need to get up and out and move your bones around. The same goes for lifting weights. Spend your training time wisely, having big biceps isn't going to help you get up any mountain. Use whatever time you have train with as best you can. Highlight sports that involve stretching, balance and agility rather than weight training.
Take the hard way up – yeah that means using the stairs – on the way up and on the way down. Go walk to get lunch and while you are at it find something creative to do while on the way – walk along the edge of the sidewalk, along the bridge railing, do some stretching while you are standing in line waiting.
Exercise within your target zone of 75-80% of your max heart rate. Only by staying there for extended periods of time will you obtain optimal fitness.
Always try to incorporate activities that use balance and agility into your daily routine rather than classic ones.
Walking on even moderately rough trial is better than running on pavement. You have to develop and build the motor skills (yes, they are skills) needed when mountaineering or skiing, which all have to do with balance. The majority of either of these two sports involves balancing on small rocks, scrambling up and down boulders, stretching from one spot to another. Now what does this have to do with pumping iron in the gym???
Being able to move with ease on this type of terrain will allow you to save energy and therefore go farther with less effort which exactly what you want to do when you will be at higher altitudes.
It may sound simple, but these are all skills that must be learned. And you can't learn them on the treadmill.
Now for those of you who want to get out there and fill your pack with weight to "simulate" doing something harder – STOP. Take a lightweight day- pack and go out and cover twice as much ground. Your joints will be better off and you will cover more ground and therefore be training much more effectively.
One of the most frequent questions I have is "How hard IS the climbing?"
Well, as one can probably imagine, climbs vary according to the conditions, time of the year and your climbing level. The information found here should only be used as a base to give you an idea of what to expect. If you have particular questions on something, you always email me and I will get back to you as soon as I possibly can. Also - don't forget to check on the weather report, avalanche danger and if using a hut - reserve it !
How is the level of a climb determined ? In Europe we use letters to rate the difficulty of a climb.
These ratings take into account the technical and physical levels of the climb as well as any objective dangers such as rock / ice fall, the descent, the exposition of the climb, the altitude, the length, and the overall commitment. There is a lot to take into account. Obviously, a climb can change dramatically from one day to another, let alone from year to year. Weather and the amount of climbers / traffic will also influence the routes and their ratings tremendously.
What makes a mountaineer ?
Be in good health, physically fit and be able to endure harsh weather conditions or sudden changes in temperature.
Proficient in the use of all types of mountaineering equipment.
Knowledge about mountains and the type of weather you may encounter at higher elevations.
Being able to navigate; read a map, use a compass and an altimeter.
Skill in rope management on rock, snow and ice and in difficult situations or in emergencies.
Being able to move quickly over tricky ground.
Knowledge of the conditions that favor avalanches and how to foresee them and take evasive action.
Sound judgment on route finding ability.
How much vertical terrain do you usually cover per hour?
Well of course that varies quite a lot. Altitude and time of the year (conditions) can make those numbers very different.
However a general rule of thumb is to figure on a benchmark of 300 vertical meters per hour ascent rate. On a given typical day in the Alps expect to cover roughly 1000 vertical meters gain.
I want to do technical climb, what is the best way to train for it?
Sure getting out and climbing is great but rock gyms and even bouldering are better. Nothing beats plastic for the ease in which you will improve your skills and techniques. Join a club at the gym, make friends and enjoy the climbing.
Why do we leave so early in the morning?
- weather: as the day goes on, the temperatures rise and often create thunderstorms.
- it is also easier to breath when the temperature is cooler.
- sometimes we need the whole day to complete longer climbs.
Mont Blanc Massif (2 Volumes) - Lindsay Griffin / Excellent books in English.
100 Finest routes in the Mont Blanc range. - Gaston Rebuffat / the reference for classic routes available in English.
The Alpine 4000 meter Peaks - Richard Goedeke / good descriptions of all the big peaks of the Alps, in english.
Any of the Piola topo guide books - all of which are available in English.
Neige, Glace et Mixte - Damilano, Perroux / the complete up to date guide book for snow, ice and mixed routes in the Mont Blanc area, available only in French for the moment.


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Hirohito was the emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989. His reign encompassed a period of Japanese militarism that resulted in Japan's participation in World War II, the United States' dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the United States' military occupation of Japan following Japan's defeat. After World War II, Hirohito's authority changed, and he was reduced to a ceremonial figure.
Hirohito was born in Tokyo on April 29, 1901, and was educated in Japan. He became emperor on December 25, 1926, at a time when Japanese parliamentary government suggested that democracy and international cooperation would continue to grow. However, forces within the military sought to dominate the government and embark on a course of expansionism within Asia. Though he had private misgivings about the rise of militarism, Hirohito took no action to stop the generals. His advisers were concerned that imperial opposition would lead to the military overthrow of the monarchy.
As the 124th direct descendant of Japan's first emperor, Jimmu, Hirohito was considered sacred and was referred to as Tenno Heika, meaning "son of heaven." Because Hirohito was unwilling to exercise his divine authority against the military, the Japanese army invaded China in 1937 and in 1940 joined in a military alliance with the Axis powers. The alliance led to Japan's participation in World War II and its attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States on December 7, 1941.
The attack on the United States led to severe consequences for Japanese Americans. On February 19, 1942, President franklin d. roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066, forcing the relocation of all 112,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast (including 70,000 U.S. citizens) to detention camps in places such as Jerome, Arkansas, and Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Roosevelt issued the order after U.S. military leaders, worried about a Japanese invasion, argued that national security required such drastic action.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the forced relocation in korematsu v. united states, 323 U.S. 214, 65 S. Ct. 193, 89 L. Ed. 194 (1944). Justice hugo l. black noted that curtailing the rights of a single racial group is constitutionally suspect, but in this case military necessity justified the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast. In retrospect historians have characterized the removal and detention as the most drastic invasion of individual Civil Rights by the government in U.S. history.
Hirohito gradually became more open, within the inner circles of government, about his desire to end the war, especially after the United States inflicted numerous military defeats on Japan. But many members of the military wished to fight until the very end. With the United States' dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Hirohito pushed for the surrender of Japan. On August 15 he broadcast Japan's surrender to the Allied forces. He broadcast to the Japanese people additional messages that were credited for the smooth transfer of power from Japan to the U.S. military occupation force, under the leadership of General Douglas MacArthur.
Although Hirohito was implicated in Japanese war plans, he was exonerated in the War Crimes trials of 1946–48. He had changed the importance of the monarchy in 1946, when he publicly renounced his divine authority. The 1947 constitution that was written for Japan by MacArthur and his advisers had transformed Hirohito from a sovereign with supreme authority into a "symbol of the state," and placed control of the government in the hands of elected officials. Hirohito had endorsed the change, which reduced the emperor to a ceremonial figure.
Hirohito embraced the ceremonial role. He traveled widely and became more accessible. He also pursued his interest in marine biology. He died on January 7, 1989.
Bix, Herbert P. 2000. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins.
Executive Order No. 9066. 1942. Federal Register 7:1407.
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(3.) "Tennosei minshushugi no tanjo: 'Showa tenno no message' o yomitoku," (The birth of imperial democracy: Construing the Showa Emperor's Message), Sekai (September 1999), 221-232.
Imperial Democracy: Conundrums of Japan in American Embrace
He also suggests that the number of religious adherents is decreasing, whereas the opposite is true, and he notes that the Showa emperor only took a decisive stand during his reign when he demanded that Japan surrender in August 1945.
To Dream of Dreams: Religious Freedom and Constitutional Politics in Postwar Japan
If death occasions a remembrance of things past, then the passing of the Showa Emperor recalls what has been the most cataclysmic reign of Japan's history from the Roaring Twenties through the Depression, World War 11, the occupation, up to today's unprecedented prosperity.
Death of an emperor: do non-Japanese fear the flame?
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Queen Elizabeth II Dead at 96
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PopCrush Staff Published: September 8, 2022
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Queen Elizabeth II, who celebrated her historic 70-year reign in 2022, passed away Thursday (Sept. 8). She was 96.
The late queen passed away "peacefully" at her Scottish holiday home, Balmoral Castle, reportedly surrounded by her family.
The news was confirmed by The Royal Family on Twitter.
The queen was born April 21,1926, to her mother Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and father King George VI. Elizabeth became the heir apparent to the British throne after her father took over for his brother King Edward VIII who abdicated in late 1936, according to History.com.
She ascended the throne herself Feb. 6, 1952, after her father passed away. Elizabeth was only 25 when became queen and head of the royal family, according to CBS News.
Her rule was historic in nature. She stands as the longest-reigning member of the British monarchy.
RELATED: SEE REACTIONS TO THE QUEEN'S DEATH
In 2022 Queen Elizabeth became the first British monarch to mark her Platinum Jubilee, which honors 70 years of service on the throne. The royal family announced plans for a four-day celebration and national holiday to take place in June 2022.
During her time on the throne, Queen Elizabeth interacted with multiple U.S. presidents including both President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump. She also engaged with many other foreign dignitaries.
Although her time on the throne will go down in the history books, she had many other accomplishments in her life.
Queen Elizabeth II married her late husband Prince Philip Nov. 20, 1947. She also has four children and was a grandmother and great grandmother.
Prince Philip passed away at the age of 99 in 2021. The couple enjoyed 73 years of marriage before then.
Queen Elizabeth II leaves behind her four children — Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex — and a multitude of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Her eldest child Prince Charles is the heir apparent and will assume the throne in her wake.
Queen Elizabeth II's Life in Photos
From her childhood as a princess to her historic Platinum Jubilee, revisit some of the late Queen Elizabeth II's most memorable moments throughout her life.
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Honda has officially confirmed it will be putting a road-going version of the RC213V into production for 2014 as it tries to give a massive boost of excitement to the Honda brand.
Honda boss Takanobu Ito made the announcement on today (Friday) in Tokyo as part of a bigger speech outlining the future of the firm. The RC213V production bike being presented as a halo bike which will be hugely expensive and strictly limited in numbers.
This is definitely not a replacement for the CBR1000RR Fireblade and will be more akin to the £40,000 Ducati Desmosedici RR which sold out and was built in bigger numbers than first planned despite a massive price tag.
The rumours of a road-going Honda based on a MotoGP bike have been doing the rounds since the World Championship ditched 500cc two-strokes in favour of four-stroke 1000cc machines in 2003.
It's known Honda was very close to putting a 1000cc V5 into production in 2006 but this never happened for reasons known only to Honda.
Honda is now ready to make the leap and in part this may be helped by the firm's decision to make a run of customer specification engines for the Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) in 2013 which will change the way the engines are made.
Ito said: "Since its market introduction in 1987, the RC30 (VFR750R) super sports bike has been loved by a large number of fans.
A full MCN investigation into this story will be in the September 26 issue on sale next week.


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No, no one "anticipated" a levee breach, if "anticipated" means "thought it was more likely than not." But a competent chief executive, having been told that the levees might be topped, would have asked what the risk was that they would fail entirely. And an honest human being wouldn't have pretended, afterwards, that the failure to plan for the worst wasn't ultimately his fault.
Mickey Kaus, following Patterico's lead, had me going for a while with this one:
A good deal of the gleeful Froomkinian outrage in the press and Democratic party over that pre-Katrina video seems to be based on what is at best is a semantic misunderstanding. After Katrina, Bush said "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." In the video, Patterico points out, Bush is warned by hurricane expert Max Mayfield that there's a chance the "levees will be topped."
Topping is different than breaching, no? When a levee's "topped," or "overtopped," some water sloshes over it and into the city. Then the storm passes and that's it. When a levee's "breached," there's a hole in the levee and Lake Pontchartrain pours in the gap and keeps pouring in until the city is completely flooded.
What Bush said after the storm seems quite consistent with what Mayfield told him before the storm &#8212 i.e., he thought the levees might be topped by the storm surge but not that they'd be breached, with the catastrophe that resulted.
At first blush, a fair point. Bush was warned that the levees might be topped, not that they might be breached, so he wasn't wrong to say later that no one anticipated that they'd be breached. Is it plausible that the press, in search of a good story or a "gotcha," would elide the difference? Sure.
Naturally, Tom Maguire and Glenn Reynolds, always (like Kaus) eager to criticize the performance of the media as long as the error tilts left rather than right, piled on.
All this is fair enough (if we omit the fact that &#8212 as Maguire notes &#8212 Brown had previously warned Bush about the risk of levee breaching, and the further fact that several official reports about the risk to New Orleans from a big storm specifically considered levee-breaching as a danger). Maguire even has a reasonable basis for his claim that Bush's comment was "spot on," as long as "anticipate" means "expect," and "expect" means "consider more likely than not."
But there's just one thing. Bush's job title isn't "Chief Weather Forecaster." He's supposed to be the Chief Executive. His job wasn't to guess what might happen, but to make sure that the country was ready to deal with whatever did happen. The fact, if it is a fact, that no one assigned a levee breach a probability of over 50% doesn't in any way absolve Bush and the people working for him from the responsibility for not having plans in place to deal with it if it came to pass.
The President failed miserably, and his "I don't think anyone anticipated" line was a miserable and dishonest cop-out.
Imagine just as an exercise that we'd had an actual CEO running the country instead of an overgrown frat boy. He's at a briefing, with Michael Brown present, at which Max Mayfield of the National Hurricane Center says that it's likely that the levees in New Orleans will be "topped" by Katrina. Here's a part of the dialogue that might follow:
The President: "Topped"? What's that?
Mayfield: Water comes over the top of the levees.
The President: Does that mean that the whole city floods?
Mayfield: Not necessarily, sir. Not unless the levees are actually breached. The worst case is that the levees are so weakened by the water washing over them that they give way completely.
The President: How likely is that?
Mayfield: We're not sure. Maybe the Corps of Engineers has some estimates, but we haven't seen them.
The President: Of course you aren't sure. But give me a range. Is it less than 5%? Would you give me 20-to-1 against it?
Mayfield: No, sir.
The President: Right. Then we'd better be ready for it if it happens. (Turns to Brown.) Are we? How much of the city would be underwater if that happened? How many people would we have to evacuate? Do we have enough capacity to handle an evacuation that size? How fast can we acquire that capacity? Where do they stay while they're waiting to be evacuated? Is there enough food and water in place? Where do we put the evacuees once we get them out? Who has the contingency plan, and who has the authority to order it into operation? How much warning would we have? What sort of monitoring is in place?
Brown: (Mumbles incoherently as the President piles on the questions.)
The President: Oh, for Chrissakes! You mean we're don't even have a plan for the worst case? You're just sitting there and hoping it doesn't happen? You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie! Now you've got six hours to get me answers to those questions, or I'm sending you back to measuring horse-cocks or whatever the hell it was you used to do. Capisce?
At that point, of course, our hypothetical President gets and stays on top of the situation until he's sure that there's either a plan in place or someone in charge with the authority to improvise one. And he keeps asking people, as the storm news comes in, whether the levees are holding.
The actual President, of course, stayed on vacation and accepted vague assurances that everything was being handled properly until he saw otherwise on television. And then he tried to alibi by saying that no one "anticipated" a levee breach. And now his spear-carriers are quibbling about the difference between Bush's having been warned about levee- breaching during the meeting in the video or before the meeting in the video. Feh.
Update Josh Marshall has some wise thoughts on Michael Brown's role in the disaster: just because he was scapegoated then and is doing some limited modified truth-telling now doesn't change the fact that he was grossly out of his depth as FEMA Director.
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THEN: About a year after he recorded this fashionable throng on Second Avenue celebrating the visit of President Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet in the spring of 1908, Frank Nowell became the official photographer for Seattle's six-month-long Alaska Yukon and Pacific Exhibition in 1909.
NOW: As a guide, Jean Sherrard's 'repeat' includes, on the far right, a glimpse of the Moore Theatre at the southeast corner of Virginia Street and Second Avenue.
Perched near, and somehow above, the sidewalk on the east side of Second Avenue, Frank Nowell, the photographer of this flood of fashionable pedestrians, is standing about a half-block north of Stewart Street. The crowd seems to spill onto Second from what the Times called the "immense viewing stand" on its west side. The pack has gathered to celebrate President Teddy Roosevelt's 'Great White Fleet' during its four-day visit to Seattle. The American battleships were circumnavigating the world in a show of her military prowess.
Designed to support a mix of spectators paying a dollar a seat and free-loading dignitaries, the Chamber of Commerce enlarged the viewing stand from ten-to fifteen- thousand seats in hurried construction the week before the grand parade of Tuesday May 26,1908. Nowell's camera (for the featured photo at the top) points to the northwest, so given the shadows on both the celebrants' faces and The Harvard Hotel at the northwest corner of Virginia Street and Second Avenue, it seems likely that this was recorded after the morning parade when its route was safe to swarm.
The Hotel Harvard in need, clipped from The Seattle Times for February 19, 1901.
A Seattle Times cartoonist suggests that broad-brimmed hats might get in the way of fleet sight-seeing.
A Seattle Times satire printed on the same May fleet-week day as the cartoon above: May 26.
Asahel Curtis' stock postcard shot of the Atlantic Fleet on Puget Sound.
that the four-day visit of fourteen battleships from Roosevelt's Great White Fleet would be "the greatest event in Seattle history." It may have been, in terms of condensed sensation, remembering that in 1908 there were no radio, television or smart phones to distract one from mixing with others in patriotic fervor and sartorial show.
Looking west on James St. from the Collins Building at its southeast corner with Second Avenue. Some of the Fleet-visit bunting can be seen here draping a corner of the Seattle Hotel. The feet is also seen parked in Elliott Bay.
One of the most-favored decorations was the illuminated battleship hung above First Avenue between Marion and Madison Streets. Its sponsor, the Seattle Electric Company, anchored it in the Hotel Rainier Grand, see here on the left. Below: looking south on First Avenue from Madison Street, most likely after the parade.
The days of the Fleet's visit were filled with a variety of sensations including visits to the battleships and fireworks.
It was this newspaper's penchant to print on its editorial page the latest estimate for the city's booming population. At the time of the fleet's visit, it was 276,462, plus about 125,000 more who reached Seattle by all means possible. Seattle's suburbs were abandoned, the Times reported. Full-up, the Great Northern Railroad "left 250 standing on the platform in Wenatchee." Fifteen-thousand arrived by railroad in one afternoon, which the newspaper headlined, "Chaos Reigns in King Street Station." In its front-page afternoon summary of the morning parade, the newspaper estimated a total of about 400,000 for those watching the parade and marching in it. The latter included 6000 men from the Fleet.
Above: The Grote Rankin department store used the Fleet's visit to sell bedding, which the Century Furniture Co., below, use it to go out of business.
This newspaper's weeklong coverage of the Atlantic Fleet's sensational visit is truly wondrous and often whimsical. Readers, we are fond of reminding them, can use their Seattle Public Library cards for online explorations of the Seattle Times Archives. You will be taken away. And while delving we recommend both historylink's essay on the fleet's visit and Bob Royer's astute reflections on his own blog The Cascadia Courier. Here's the link http://www.thecascadiacourier.com/2014/07/the-arrival-of-great-white-fleet-in.html. I suspect that many readers will remember his early 1980s term as Seattle's Deputy Mayor and brotherly advisor to Charles Royer, mayor then and for many years following. Bob Royer is presently historylink's Chairman of the Board.
Anything to add, lads? Gosh Jean we spent a good part of the afternoon searching the archive here in Wallingford for a sizeable stack of glass negatives of scenes from the fleet's 1908 visit, but failed to find them. Our club of addendums have now another member. When we find them we will print them. Otherwise we have, as is our custom, a few part features – most of them recent – from the neighborhood. Thanks to Ron Edge for helping us mount them this week again.
The Bellingham Parade, above and below.
A visit to Elliott Bay by the Navy in 1936. Pier 54 is on the far right, although it was then still number Pier 3. Next to it to the right is the fire station and then the Grand Trunk Pier and Colman Dock.
Resting in Lake Union, the unique war surplus of Woodrow Wilson's Wooden Fleet. This is the southeast "corner' of the lake and that's Queen Anne Hill on the left horizon. A hint of the Gas Works shows itself far right.


There have been a couple of software updates recently that I haven't covered because I was busy with other things. Capture One received a semi major update, and Apple updated its Raw software for MacOS. Both of these are of interest to Fuji X-Pro 2 shooters, not so much because of what's in them, but because of what's missing.
Notable by its absence is the aforementioned Fuji X-Pro 2. This has been the second Raw update from Apple since the X-Pro 2 shipped and there's still no sign of support from Apple. Even if you have no intention of using Photos (or the older Aperture) with your X-Pro 2, lack of proper support means that you can't even preview your RAF files in the finder or even get proper thumbnails for them.
Unfortunately for X-Pro 2 users, support for the camera remains as "Preliminary". This means that there are still a good few issues with using an X-Pro 2 with Capture One at the moment. For a start, compressed RAW files aren't supported. Secondly, lens correction isn't supported, and you can't add correction manually either. This even includes using correcting chromatic aberration correction properly, which is a serious limitation. Finally, in my opinion the calibration is off. In my testing it seems to me that the black levels for the X-Pro 2 are sett up quite a bit, and images appear flat. While this is easily fixed, it's still not quite at the level of quality that 16mp X-Trans cameras offer.
I hope they rectify this soon. If the X-T2 gets released and it has the same sensor, then maybe there might be more movement on this front, but for now, as someone who really likes Capture One, this is a bit of a pain.


People sure seem to find a lot to complain about. Now, I can get all cliché-crazy here (You can't have a positive life with a negative mind!) but I'll try to keep it my voice, as much as possible, today. Through Rescue, I don't hear many complaints from the volunteer team, but when I do (or when I've made them myself in the past!), those complaints generally center around the perception that someone wasn't contributing as much as the others were contributing. But I've been able to shift my own focus and the focus of the team as necessary, reminding myself and reminding them that we all play different roles. Some roles are more public, more obvious time working with foster rabbits or educating the community. Some other roles, the behind-the-scenes roles and even the sending of positive, supportive vibes and spreading our Rescue message, may not be as obvious but are just as important as the physical tasks. We treasure help in all its forms, from all givers. We are all taking action, whether you can see it or count it or not.
Also through Rescue, I'll have the occasional "dumper" (someone who is trying to "dump" his/her rabbit on us) complain that we aren't helping them. No, I can't just take your rabbit. We do offer help, to anyone who asks—just not necessarily the kind help they anticipated or wanted. I've found that posture is huge with handling and even avoiding these complaints entirely. I've taken what I've learned about posture from my entrepreneurial reading and mentors and applied it to Rescue. I never tell anyone we can't help them. I clearly and firmly show them how we can help. Then, if they still complain, that's on them. I can't control that crap.
So, let's shift this idea into our lives, our experiences in general. Are you complaining? About what? Why? Or, perhaps the better question: Why aren't you doing anything about it?
You can wish, want and whine forever. But change comes through action.
Are you surrounded by complainers? At work? Walk away. On social media? Unfollow. At home? Well, spray some White Angelica and do something uplifting for yourself. That positivity will spread, but even if it doesn't, you'll be in a good space. In Miracles Now, Gabby Bernstein writes, "Say to yourself, 'I choose to remove any negative energy I've been holding onto. I choose to retrieve all the positive energy around me and within me. My intention is to share my positive energy with the world.'" So start there. Take action through your intention. Speak it into existence. Keep it as positive as possible. There is nothing, seriously NOTHING, about you and your circumstances that cannot be met and overcome with action. Much Love.


Very pleased to have sailed through presale a having already booked flights. I am in block 116 which kind of looks ok. My husband wanted seating rather than standing (not that anyone actually sits anyway) and I have had back problems so couldn't do the full standing yet.... the arena looks great and we have 4 nights in Copenhagen with an airfare less than a train ticket for one of us to London! We've booked an air B and B apartment so am so glad just to have got tickets after hearing all the US upheaval. Bring it on.... and if you are from Copenhagen, recommendations for things to see please! (we will get the lonely planet too). Hope everyone else got what they wanted too.
You will enjoy the Arena, transport to/from is so easy with the Metro.
Live in Copenhagen and just pm me and I can easily help with recommendations to food, what to see and so on based on your preferences.
I think you have no need to worry for block 116. And it's Edge's side (I hope). I'm in block 115.
Hope you and your husband will have a great time in Copenhagen!
Great city so enjoy it. Do one of the canal boat rides aound the city. Nice way to chill out and get your bearings.
I'm in 117. Looking forward to an awesome show. Would be nice with a more detailed seatingplan though.
We're doing Copenhagen as well, should be a decent city break topped off with a great gig. Would be nice to find a non expensive (but not necessarily the cheapest) in the late afternoon before the gig - with a jukebox stacked with U2 tracks ! Or better still, some live music with some U2 covers thrown in ! Maybe we can organise an informal pre gig meet up ?


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Berkeley chosen as home for computer theory institute
May 17, 2012 by Dean Shankar Sastry
Thanks to a generous grant of $60 million from the Simons Foundation, UC Berkeley is poised to become the worldwide center for theoretical computer science.
The new multi-disciplinary Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing will convene top researchers from around the globe to explore deep unsolved problems about the nature and limits of computation, and contribute algorithmic tools and methods to virtually every area of scientific endeavor.
A deeper understanding of theoretical computing will impact all aspects of our everyday lives. The new institute will offer scientists a computational lens with which to explore problems ranging from fighting diseases and creating more accurate climate change models to making social and commercial interactions on the Internet more secure and efficient. The insights gained in this way will often reflect back to the theory of computation, opening new directions and advancing our understanding of fundamental theoretical issues. Through its research and programs, the institute will develop the theory of computing as a core intellectual discipline for students and will act as a magnet for increased collaboration among a global network of researchers.
Richard Karp, one of the college's most distinguished faculty, was named the founding director of the institute. He has received the Turing Award, the Kyoto Prize and the National Medal of Science for groundbreaking contributions to theoretical computer science. He holds faculty appointments in four departments at Cal–EECS, BioE, Mathematics and IEOR. Professors Alistair Sinclair (EECS and Statistics) and Christos Papadimitriou (EECS, IEOR and Mathematics) will be the institute's founding associate director and founding senior scientist, respectively.
The institute's goal is to allow the theory of computing to explore the methodology of the physical, biological and social sciences; and by doing so reveal new insights into the theory of computing itself. We were chosen as the institute's home after a highly competitive and selective national search. The reason, said Marilyn and Jim Simons, the co-founders of the Simons Foundation, was Berkeley's "outstanding leadership and scientific ambience."
The new institute, to be located on campus in Calvin Hall, builds on Berkeley's decades-old reputation of innovation and achievement in theoretical computer science research and scholarship. It will enable us to establish new partnerships and new frontiers of investigation into some of the most pressing and urgent problems of science and technology.
With great enthusiasm and anticipation, I look forward to the groundbreaking work at the new Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing.
As always, I invite your thoughts and ideas,
S. Shankar Sastry
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SFB 1074
Overview of Projects
Projects in Detail
A1 H. Geiger / M.C. Florian
A2 - H.J. Fehling
A3 - F. Oswald / H. Geiger
A4 - C. Buske
A5 - A. Rouhi / F. Kuchenbauer
A6 - M. Feuring-Buske
A8 - P. Gierschik
A9 (new) - E. Hobeika
A10 (new) - H. Jumaa
B1 - S. Stilgenbauer
B2 - D. Mertens / H. Döhner / S. Stilgenbauer
B3 - K. Döhner / L. Bullinger
B6 - L.-H. Meyer / K.-M. Debatin
B8 (new) - J. Krönke
B9 (new) - R. Siebert / R. Wagener
Z1 - H. Kestler / C. Buske
Z3 (new) - S. Wiese
About SFB 1074
SFB Board
A Brief Summary of SFB 1074 Projects
Over the past decade, basic research with characterization of oncogenetic events in the hierarchy of hematopoiesis, preclinical research in tumor models, translational research with identification of novel targets and, ultimately, targeted therapy against pathway lesions have been at the frontline of progress in clinical research in general and have led to significant progress in the care of patients with leukemia. The availability of modern technologies in the "omics" area, in combination with well-annotated biobanks of large patient groups in clinical trials as well as leukemia models that closely resemble human disease, has opened the window for immediate transfer of discoveries on oncogenic targets and pathways for targeted therapies.
Ulm University has a long-standing tradition in hematology with one of the first Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) of the DFG ("Zellsystem-Physiologie") addressing issues of normal and aberrant hematopoiesis and first hematopoietic cell transplantations, in both children and adults, performed in Germany. Throughout its history, research on blood disorders and leukemia has been one of the central pillars of the profile of Medicine in Ulm and the University in general. Along this line, recruitments to central positions in the Medical Faculty have always been strongly guided by keeping hematology and in particular leukemia as a central focus.
CRC 1074 is in the core of this central pillar. Based on the highly visible expertise in Ulm, projects were brought together in the first funding period that address basic aspects of genetic lesions and pathways involved in leukemogenesis in molecular studies as well as in experimental leukemia models, using genomic mouse technology, complemented by programs that directly involve genomic studies and preclinical models to characterize sensitivity and resistance in CLL, AML and ALL. Significant progress has been made not only in the individual projects, but also in bringing together so far distinct research programs and technologies. Results of programs in the previous period have led to hallmark papers with immediate clinical implications mostly addressing novel targets of therapy in CLL and AML. Projects within CRC 1074 also led to novel concepts of aging and damage responses in hematopoietic stem cells. Preclinical mouse models have been developed and expanded to cover a spectrum of genetic models and "co-clinical" models and trials in immunodeficient mice on a range of leukemia subgroups have identified novel therapeutic targets and therapeutic approaches.
Based on the now well-established models and expanding on the leukemia biobanks, the projects for the second funding period will continue and even increase the focus on specific leukemia-associated oncogenic lesions, deregulated pathways and/or putative therapeutic targets. As an asset to our program on lymphoid leukemias (CLL, ALL), specific signaling projects and a strong epigenetic project on prolymphocytic leukemia will be added. The Steering Committee went through several rounds of selecting and shaping the research projects for the second funding period into a comprehensive program addressing leukemia cell biology and its translation into the clinic. We expect that the second round will significantly increase the immediate clinical translation of the research projects within the CRC.
Here is a brief overview of our projects.
Prof. Hartmut Döhner


Thoughts on the lessons that the school imparted, critical thinking, and the interdisciplinary nature of higher education.
Since graduating from Carnegie Mellon in December of 1993, I have remained involved at my alma mater. For instance, the alumni newsletter interviewed me about Big Data in February of 2013. The next year, I spoke at CMU's Silicon Valley campus about The Visual Organization, my book on data visualization. I hosted a webinar for the CMU Alumni Association in 2015 on why business communication typically fails. Finally, I've interviewed dozens of aspiring Tartans as a member of the Carnegie Mellon Admissions Council (CMAC).
I recently sat down with Stefanie Johndrow of CMU's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Among other things, we discuss how Carnegie Mellon prepared me for the real world, how to change careers, my favorite professors, and the interdisciplinary nature of higher education. We also expand upon some of the points that I made in a recent post.


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Geryonidae – rodzina skorupiaków z rzędu dziesięcionogów i infrarzędu krabów.

Kraby te mają szerszy niż dłuższy, sześciokątny do prawie sześciokątnego, gładki do umiarkowanie ziarenkowanego karapaks o krawędzi frontalnej z parzystą liczbą płatów lub zębów i wcięciem środkowym, krawędziach nadocznych z niewyraźnymi szczelinami, a krawędziach przednio-bocznych z 3–5 ząbkami każda i krótszych od tylno-bocznych. Na powierzchni regionów epibranchialnych karapaksu mogą się znajdować listewki z rozproszonym ziarenkowaniem. Czułki pierwszej pary mają dłuższy niż szeroki, nieruchomy lub ruchomy człon nasadowy. Szczypce lewy i prawy różnią się rozmiarami i układem zębów, a odnóża na których są osadzone są krótsze od odnóży krocznych. Propodity szczypiec mają żeberka, gałeczkowaty wyrostek w pobliżu połączenia z karpopoditem i pozbawione są kolców. Grzbietowe powierzchnie meropoditów odnóży krocznych uzbrojone są kolce lub płaty. Szwy pomiędzy sternitami 4 i 5 oraz 5 i 6 mogą być niepełne. Segmentów odwłoka od 3 do 5 u samców oddzielone są nieruchomymi szwami. Samca cechuje ponadto masywna, zwężona w części szczytowej pierwsza para gonopodów i nie dłuższa od niej, cienka para druga.

Systematyka rodziny wygląda następująco:
 podrodzina: Benthochasconinae Spiridonov, Neretina et Schepetov, 2014
 Benthochascon Alcock et Anderson, 1899
 Raymanninus Ng, 2000
 podrodzina: Geryoninae Colosi, 1923
 †Archaeogeryon Colosi, 1923
 †Archaeoplax Stimpson, 1863
 Chaceon Manning et Holthuis, 1989
 Geryon Krøyer, 1837
 Zariquieyon Manning et Holthuis, 1989

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The greatest Olympic free speech moments
From the Black Power Salute to Kozakiewicz's Gesture, the Olympics have long served as a platform for political demonstrations, writes Brian Pellot.
Left: Gold Medallist Tommie Smith, (center) and Bronze medallist John Carlos (right) showing the raised fist on the podium after the 200m in the 1968 Summer Olympics, AP Photographer. Right: Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz makes a gesture to the crowd after setting a new world record in the Olympic pole vault final 30 July 1980 in Moscow and winning the gold medal, STAFF/AFP/Getty Images.
The modern Olympics have long served as staging grounds for political protest. Gestures and demonstrations at the Games continue to spark free speech debates around the world. As the torch rapidly approaches London, here's a look at five Olympic moments that raise interesting – and sometimes amusing – issues around freedom of expression.
1. "Kozakiewicz's Gesture" – Moscow, 1980
Polish pole vaulter Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz slapped his bicep and thrust his right fist into the air after winning gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. In an already tense political climate, with some Western countries boycotting the games, the predominantly Soviet audience interpreted the gesture as an unambiguous middle finger to their host nation. When the Soviet ambassador to Poland later suggested Kozakiewicz be stripped of his medal, Polish government officials attributed the athlete's gesture to involuntary muscle spasm.
2. "Black Power Salute" – Mexico City, 1968
In the midst of America's civil rights movement, US sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial discrimination and human rights violations. The silent gesture was met with a roar of boos, overshadowing the American national anthem played to recognise the pair's gold and bronze finishes in the 200 metres race. The International Olympic Committee ordered that Smith and Carlos be suspended from their team and expelled from the Olympic Village for violating the Games' apolitical mission. The sprinters faced death threats on their return to America, but are now honoured for their efforts to advance racial equality.
3. "Daley Thompson's Shirt" – Los Angeles, 1984
British decathlete Daley Thompson's controversial antics reached their apex when he took a victory lap after his 1984 gold medal performance in a shirt bearing the words "Is the World's 2nd Greatest Athlete Gay?" Making an obvious reference to Carl Lewis, who won four golds the same year, Thompson fanned the speculative flames around Lewis' sexual orientation. Many spectators questioned whether such an ostentatious intrusion into another athlete's private life was suitable for the Olympics stage.
4. "Mary Peters' Homecoming" Munich, 1972
As The Troubles escalated in Northern Ireland, Belfast native Mary Peters won gold in the pentathlon for Britain. Despite numerous death threats, Peters returned victorious to Belfast and paraded through the city streets. Her refusal to accept violent intimidation championed free expression the same year Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Games and killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches.
5. "Free Condom Protests" Salt Lake City, 2002
Olympic organisers have offered free condoms in the Olympic Village since 1992. When the Games came to the conservative Mormon heartland of Salt Lake City, this standard practice became a source of controversy. Religious pro-life groups protested the planned distribution of 250,000 free condoms, and the official number was scaled down to 100,000.
This is one of a number of features on the Olympics and freedom of expression on freespeechdebate.com. To learn more about how free speech debates have shaped the Olympics, visit Free Word Centre's Politics and Olympics Exhibition or pick up Index on Censorship's latest issue Sport on Trial.
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TRIBUTE, A KADEY KROGEN 39
Trilogy, Our Other Boat
Interior Improvements & Repairs
BC- Alaska (AK): Trip Preparation
BC & AK-1: Northbound - Puget Sound & Vancouver Island
BC & AK-2: Northbound - Northern British Columbia
BC & AK-3: Northbound Ketchikan & Misty Fjords
BC & AK-4: Northbound Wrangell & Petersburg
BC & AK-5: Northbound Juneau & Hoonah
BC & AK-6: Glacier Bay National Park
BC & AC-7: Southbound - Sitka to Wrangell
BC & AK-8: Southbound - Wrangell through Northern BC
BC & AK-9: Southbound in the Salish Sea
BC & AK 10: The Numbers and Final Thoughts
BC-Alaska Trip: Information Sources
BC & SE ALASKA - 8: WRANGELL TO PRINCE RUPERT (Final Version)
Friday, July 22 - Anan Bear Preserve near Wrangell
A weather front was slowly moving through the panhandle bringing low clouds, cooler weather and periods of rain.
There are five tour outfits in Wrangell that go to the Anan (pronounced Ann-Ann) Bear Preserve. Laurie had chosen Alaska Vista tours based on the recommendation of the city staff person in the harbor office and the glowing recommendations on Trip Advisor. Their jet-boat picked us up at the marina and we quickly got a flavor of the speed of the day by zipping to their dock at 40 miles per hour where the other co-owner of the company, Silvia, would drive the boat and be the tour guide along the route. Also joining the boat was Robert who would be our guide for the bear preserve.
Part of the experience was the travel by jet boat, a 22 foot welded aluminum hull with enclosed cabin, that was powered by two V-6 engines that could make the 40 mile trip in 45 minutes if needed. Silvia sat on a spring-loaded seat on the boat's centerline and rather than a steering wheel, she used a long lever to control the boat's direction. She really liked to drive and she was a very good presenter, making half-dozen stops to show examples of human history, geography, cultural history and natural history. The ride was generally mirror smooth and the jet-skimmed along with a draft of only 6 inches. She went right along the shoreline, often less than 30 yards from the trees and sheer rock face of the mountainside.
At Anan, the first stop was a forest service cabin to drop off a family from Holland who were going to spend 5 days in the cabin and they unloaded all the supplies and gear on the beach after Silvia put the bow on the sand. Then, we went through the anchorage that had one trawler swinging on a hook. The tide was very low revealing the narrow river channel. The boat was beached again and we walked off the short ladder that is hinged to the bow and preceded up the beach to the introduction station that is staffed by a Forest Service employee.
A floatplane from Ketchikan landed and off-loaded four passengers. The dingy from the trawler came ashore bringing three people. The Forest Service allows only 60 people per day, through a permit system, into the preserve during the peak season of July 1 to August 25. This is the time when the salmon are running up Anan Creek and for hundreds of years, if not more, bears and humans have come to harvest them. Though there are countless rivers and creeks in the area, Anan is unique because it has a huge lagoon where the salmon can transition from salt water to fresh water and there is a steep and narrow gorge that has many boulders, both for the fish to rest behind and the bears to stand on to feed.
The bear preserve was created in the late 1970's and the Forest Service built a three-quarter of a mile long trail along the edge of the lagoon and an observation deck with a photo blind underneath that puts the observers at eye level with the bears. The observation deck is partially covered to provide shelter against the rain and there is a railing to keep the visitors contained and to guide the bears.
Visitors have to be escorted from the beach to the observation deck by trained and armed guides because the bears are everywhere. Robert is a retired biologist and managed a bear population in a region in Alaska before retiring. He is one of two guides that are highly respected by the Forest Service staff and he provided an interesting narrative about the bears and the forest during the walk. He carried a lever action rifle; nearly a 50 caliber with very long shells that contained a lot of gunpowder and said the rifle was first designed to bring down buffalo. He had never had to shoot a bear in self-defense. He also carried a large can of pepper spray that he explained was very effective against a bear.
All along the trail, we were on full alert for bears. Robert pointed out the trails they make, the beds they lie down and the scat they leave behind. But, no bears were seen. Reaching the clearing of the observation deck, Robert stopped the group so the Forest Service Interpreter could check the edges of the forest for any bears and then gave the go-ahead signal to cross the clearing. The observation deck is about 40 feet above the creek, provides a commanding view both up and down river and is in front of a long, steep slope that is heavily wooded. On deck about three feet from the railing is green line. When bears are approaching the deck, visitors are to stand behind the green line.
At first look there were no bears, which continued the on-going joke that there are no bears in Alaska or British Columbia because in 7 weeks and 1,900 miles, not one had been seen. But all of that would change.
In the course of the following three hours about a dozen bears would just appear out of the woods, without noise or warning, and from different directions to go to different places on the river to catch salmon. Many were black bears but there were a few mottled brown ones that have the same genetic make-up as grizzlies. The bears had a range of skill levels in getting salmon. The younger ones would lose their footing on the boulders or took multiple tries to grab a salmon with their teeth. An older bear that was slow to move and apparently had poorer vision just stared at the water for a long time before giving up and moving along. Then there were the master hunters who just appeared out of the woods, went straight for the water and without a pause, an introduction or foreplay, just grabbed a fish with one bite and carried the flapping salmon into the forest.
There were lulls with no bear activity but we were captivated by the eagles that waited in the trees for the leftovers, the thousands of fish that choked the small pools, and the beauty of this small gorge and the river itself. Then, suddenly and quietly, a bear comes into the clearing next to the observation deck and walks right next to the railing on its way to the river. This scenario would repeat itself several times. The photo at the top of this section is a bear that walked right up to the observation deck and has not been cropped or enhanced.
We could stay as long as we wanted but hunger and fatigue set in after three hours. Food is not allowed in the preserve as a safety precaution. Robert radioed Silvia to bring the boat and we walked back to the beach and found the tide had risen by 10 feet and filling the lagoon. On the way back to Wrangell, Silvia took us to waterfalls, a petroglyph, and we followed an orca whale for 20 minutes.
The day was closed with dock-tails, a light dinner and a movie to settle all of the day's excitement.
Saturday-Sunday, July 23-24 - Wrangell and waiting for a weather window
The heavy rain woke us up in the early morning and this would last all day with only a few breaks. The winds were strong on the straits causing small craft warnings with high waves and gale wind warnings. It was day to hunker down and stay put. Many fishing boats were leaving to be at their destination for the opening of a fishery. More pleasure boats arrived to find shelter out of the weather.
Laurie, Ken and Pauline took a cab into town to run errands and shopping. The morning was spent culling through nearly 250 photos taken yesterday that resulted in keeping about 70 of them. The afternoon was cleaning and reading.
A Kadey Krogen Whaleback trawler docked and we toured each other's boats. After dock-tails, dinner was a Cornish game hen and the evening was closed a movie.
The next day, the winds were calm and the rain was light to moderate all morning with very low clouds and the temperature was 58 degrees. The morning was baking, writing, and catching up on communicating. The current going south on along Wrangell Island in Zimovia Strait dictated the departure time of 2:30 PM. The notion was to do a two-day trip to Ketchikan, with a shorter day today and the longer day tomorrow.
After leaving Wrangell, about 25 commercial fishing boats had strung their nets across the strait at Nemo Point. Shipperly was leading and Ken and Pauline did a fine job dodging the nets and snaking through the floats. After Nemo Point, the boat traffic was light and the water remained calm with the winds light.
Laurie had found three possible anchorages with two of them behind Deer Island in Ernest Sound. AIS identified a boat in Santa Anna Inlet and they answered a call on the VHF radio. They recommended the anchorage and there was plenty of room. At 7PM, the anchor was dropped in 65 feet in a beautiful bay that was protected and quiet. Tribute had travelled 35 miles.
Monday-Tuesday, July 25-26 – Ketchikan, AK and Foggy Bay, the last stop in Alaska
The long Alaskan summer days with sunrise at 0415 hours has allowed for very early departures. Normally, we would not depart before 0900 hours but on this trip, it has not been unusually to leave at 0700 hours and earlier. This would be one of those early days to take advantage of the currents because not paying attention to them can change the speed by 2 knots or 25% of the possible speed.
The notion was to catch the ebb current or as the tide is going out for both Ernest Sound and Clarence Strait. We were up at 0430 hours to feed Millie, make coffee and do the prep work so the anchor can be raised at 0500 hours. The morning was calm and the water was mirror flat with the sky having patchy fog and the air temperature was 60 degrees.
Leaving Santa Anna Inlet and entering Ernest Sound, Tribute carried us at 8.5 knots. Two hours later, we turned to port and traveled the eastern shore of Clarence Strait that was calm and flat with a slight 5-knot breeze on the bow. For the next three hours, the trawler sedately travelled at 6.8 to 7.4 knots as we were not enjoying the predicted current. Perhaps the mild current was on the outside curve of the strait. Then, after crossing Behm Canal was the entry to the Tongass Narrows that goes to Ketchikan. The amount of vessel traffic was 10 fold with tankers, commercial fishing boats, state ferries, and sport fishing boats.
Tribute arrived in Ketchikan at noon, passing the airport, the huge dry-docks where two ferries were being repaired and three cruise ships were in port. The first destination was the fuel dock to load just over 300 gallons that should be enough to take us all the way Tribute's homeport of Everett, with extensive side trips and still not be in the 25% reserve level.
The fuel dock was busy and space was limited because a huge fuel barge was preparing to leave and needed dock space for the maneuver. Everyday, a huge fuel barge leaves to supply the other fuelling operations in this part of Alaska. Shipperly was able to fit on the end of the fuel dock. Tribute idle around doing a large circle for about 45 minutes until space was available. Since Juneau, Tribute used 319 gallons or 2.5 gallons per hour and earned 2.75 miles per gallon. At about 1:30 PM Tribute was docked at the Bar Harbor Marina after travelling 67 miles.
The afternoon was spent planning for the food provisioning trip to the local Safeway Store and doing the preliminary research to cross the Dixon Entrance, one of three large bodies of water that can be trouble. Also, a nap was in order for the crew. After dock-tails on Shipperly, we walked to a restaurant for a splendid dinner and afterwards, we did part of the shopping on the way back.
The next day started at a more normal time of 0700 hours. The sky was cloud-filled, an occasional light drizzle and the temperature was in the low 60's. The folding cart and plastic box was taken to the store to fill with beer and wine and a backpack was filled with food to finish the provisioning. The quality of the Internet connection was taken advantage of as Verizon provides 4G LTE that is the fastest speed in SE Alaska because every other community had the slower 3G.
Researching the crossing of the Dixon Entrance required a review of the information in the guidebooks, what the predicted current would be, what the wave heights were forecasted, and what the wind forecasts are. Several days were analyzed. What was the best day? Northbound, we did the 84-mile trip from Prince Rupert to Ketchikan in one day. This time, it was better to do it in two days that started with a 37-mile trip to Foggy Bay. What was the best departure time to Foggy Bay and what was the departure time from Foggy Bay to Prince Rupert? Those questions filled the remaining of the morning. The decision was made to leave for Foggy Bay today and cross Dixon Entrance on Wednesday.
Tribute left the Bar Marina at 1230 PM and coincidently, Shipperly left at the same time. The water was flat and calm and the mild wind was from the south. However, the current was opposing the boats for the entire trip that resulted in a 4-hour trip taking 5 hours. The boat traffic 5 miles away from Ketchikan was minimal.
Foggy Bay is a wide-open bay that is often used by commercial fishing boats and their accompanying tenders that take their fish. However, the inner Foggy Bay is reached by a narrow and shallow channel and is used by pleasure craft. The rocks and the shoals were missed and the depths on the chart were just wrong, rather than being deep, it was under 60 feet, making the anchorage very nice. At 5:45 PM, the anchor was dropped in 40 feet after Tribute had travelled 37 miles.
Shipperly rafted onto Tribute and Pauline hosted a great dinner.
Wednesday-Thursday, July 27-28 – Prince Rupert
Environment Canada's weather forecast and sea conditions at 0530 hours confirmed that the crossing conditions were really good with calm winds, combined swell and wave high height of about 2 feet, and the air temperature was 65 degrees. The current would not work for Tribute for the first half of the trip but the opposing forces would be acceptable. Shipperly was released from Tribute's portside at 0630 hours and they would lead the way out of Foggy Bay, skirt the rocks and shoals and head for Prince Rupert.
Past Foggy Point, the number of commercial fishing boats with gill nets deployed was significant. The Gene S, a large tender that took the catch from the boats was following Tribute and would our companion for the first two hours as the fishing boats were past and their nets avoided. The water to the south and the west was huge, silvery flat with rhythmic swells that gently raised and lowered the trawler. Sometimes we wondered if the boat was really making forward progress but the speed over ground display 7.5 knots.
At the international border, Verizon Wireless was the first to make the notification with a notice that their services would be more expensive. Then Pauline called on the VHF welcoming us to Canada. The opposing ebb current slowed the speed to 6.5 knots and the two to three foot swells remained easy and gentle on Tribute's stern corner.
Just north of Dundas Island, a young humpback whale was seen working the shelf for food. Past Grey and Green Islands, the water remained flat and calm the crossing of Chatham Sound was smooth at 8.5 knots as the tide started to rise. Venn Passage took us around Digby Island and we came into Prince Rupert through the back door and a route that the fishing boats take.
The initial news about staying at a marina was bad as Cowbay Marina and the Prince Rupert Yacht Club were both full. As we planned to clear customs at their dock and then find anchorage, we learned that Rob and Sally of Riot were at the Cowbay Marina and persuaded the harbormaster to make room for us. Customs was cleared via a phone call from their dock and Tribute docked at 2:30 PM after a tricky situation with wind, current and docking in an inside slip with a very narrow fairway. But it was successful, which is defined as no yelling, no hurt feelings and no damage.
Cowbay Marina has the best Wi-Fi encountered on this trip and we took full advantage of it for the afternoon. Laurie and Pauline walked to the Safeway store to provision on fresh produce. A long docktails with Ken and Pauline and Rob and Sally on Tribute was the precursor to going out to dinner at the nearby pub where the story telling continued.
The next day, Tribute needed to leave as the boat that belonged in the slip would be back about noon. Shipperly also did not need to stay in Prince Rupert. The destination was one of the anchorages on the Grenville Channel. The weather forecast for the open water of nearby Hecate Strait was northwest winds 15 to 25 beginning in the evening and lasting through Sunday. The winds on the inland waters could be the same or not.
Both boats left at 0800 hours with a mild southerly wind and the temperature 62 degrees, cloudy skies with high humidity. An hour into the trip and the low clouds were on the water bringing down the visibility to about two miles. The radar, chartplotter and following a large trawler made the path between the buoys and skirting the small islands very easy. The clouds lifted 40 minutes later but the tops of the mountains would remain shrouded for most of the day.
At noon, Tribute entered the Grenville Channel and as planned the ebbing current had diminished and soon we were riding the current change southward. Grenville Channel is nearly straight, wide and the cruising was easy. A harbor seal swimming on its side with a fin out of the water caught our attention. The Canadian Coast Guard was doing a training exercise in the area and we watch them work.
At 2:30 PM, we opted to get off the channel and went into Klewnuggit Inlet to anchor in the eastern arm that had received good reviews. At 3:15 PM, the anchor was dropped at near the head of the bay that provided good protection from the northwest winds and in 60 feet of water. There were millions of jellyfish in the water and they use quiet coves to spawn.
The afternoon was simply relaxing in the warmth, under partly cloudy skies with the satellite radio playing. The setting was idyllic and wonderful and Tribute stayed calm and quiet the whole night.
Friday, July 29 – Bishop Bay Hot Springs
The blessing of great weather continues with a morning that this calm and still in the anchorage with no indication that the wind on Grenville Channel, on the other side of the mountains is 15 to 25 knots. The first clue of higher winds came when the boat that was in the anchorage before us, left and we followed them on AIS as they went out into Grenville Channel to go to Prince Rupert and turned around and came back. They called us on the VHF radio and said the winds were nearly 30 knots on their bow with 2 to 3 foot waves.
Tribute and Shipperly were going in the opposite direction, with the wind and waves and we decided to check out the conditions. Klemnuggitt Inlet parallels the Grenville Channel for the about a mile just before the two meet and we got a clear taste of lumpy water, white caps, and a consistent 2 to 3 foot wind chop. Once Morning Point was cleared, and the U-turn was made and Tribute was heading southeast, the ride was very comfortable. The 0900 hours departure time was timed to meet the predicted slack current at Evening Point and then the current would carry us toward Hartley Bay.
The more southward we go, the more boats are seen. Today, there are three cruising boats ahead and two fishing boats behind. At Lowe's Inlet, a minke whale is seen and a humpback whale is spotted near Hartley Bay. We considered following two pleasure crafts into Hartley Bay but Shipperly had learned that their fuel dock was closed for this holiday weekend. They had slowed down for nearly all of the Grenville Channel passage and conserved enough fuel to safely make it to Klemtu.
Today's destination is Bishop Bay Hot Springs that had good reviews in the guide books and was recommended. There is almost no good anchorage because the inlet is deep but BC Parks installed three mooring buoys and there is a small float for boats less than 30 feet. The backup plan included time to anchor at a small cove about 6 miles away. However, when the last point was rounded, two mooring buoys were available, one on each side of a 47-foot yacht. At 2:30 PM, Tribute took one and Shipperly took the other after traveling 56 miles.
The dinghy was lifted off the cabin roof with the crane and after dock-tails at Shipperly; it took all of us to shore. The park is in disrepair and one issue is the ramp to the float is gone. The dinghy is beached on the rocky shore and the 60-foot line is needed to tie it to a tree during the rising tide. Parts of the boardwalk are damaged and the hot springs bath is a concrete pool covered with a timber structured that is etched with names and initials. It is quaint and interesting but also disappointing.
We walked along the boardwalk to the campground and found the BC Parks sign about the price of the mooring buoys, float and campground – all facing inland. The amount of fees collected is probably quite low.
An hour before sunset, the dinghy took everyone to their boats, the dinghy was put back in its place and the evening was closed.
Saturday-Sunday, July 30-31 – Klemtu, Rescue Bay and heading to Ocean Falls
A panorama of Rescue Bay at sunrise.
With a potentially long travel day ahead, the mooring buoy was released at 0700 hours. Environment Canada had forecasted the winds to be 15 to 25 knots on the coast. But the inside passage waters are well protected and because they are rarely straight for more than a few miles, the waves do not build. Tribute traveled down Ursula Channel and Fraser Reach with a 7-knot head wind and a changing current and kept up the normal cruising speed of 7.5 to 8 knots.
This would be day of whales with a total of 9 whales seen, 5 humpbacks and 4 minkes. This is different from 7 weeks ago when none were seen. The other change is the amount of fish jumping out of the water as the salmon runs are in full swing. At Butedale, an abandoned cannery that has docks for boaters, an ocean going tugboat is pulling a massive barge northbound that is bound for Alaska. The barge has containers piled five high, steel trusses, construction materials and finally, at least a dozen vehicles are on top. Shipping by barge from Seattle is one of the main ways to get bulk items into Southeast Alaska. A barge leaves Seattle every Wednesday and Friday.
Tolmie Channel provides the most direct route to Klemtu and Shipperly continues on to get fuel. Tribute took a turn to the east to take new route through the Hiekish Narrows and Finlayson Channel where we look over Bottleneck Cove. At Jane Island, we turn toward Klemtu and catch up to Shipperly at the fuel dock.. We opt to not stop at Klemtu but Laurie uses the great cell coverage to call her mother.
We continue to try to travel on different routes and stay at new places while going southward. The destination is Rescue Bay that is on the east end of Jackson Passage. The passage is very narrow and includes a blind curve that is just before the bay but is actually easy to navigate and is safe. Rescue Bay is a large anchorage that is well protected and has 10 other boats at anchor and is the most the boats we have anchored with.
The anchor is dropped in 40 feet of water at 4:30PM and Tribute travelled 72 miles. Shipperly rafted onto the port side and we enjoyed the quiet evening.
The next day the weather forecast for Queen Charlotte Sound for the next 4 days is being closely watched. This is the second big water that must be navigated and can be troublesome. The immediate forecast is problematic with a high pressure system bring steady 15 to 25 knot winds from the northwest and this creates combined waves from 3 to 6 feet. Tribute is looking for 2-foot seas or less and winds that are less than 15 knots. There is a crossing window tomorrow, but we are two days away from being in position to cross. Somewhere, we need to hole up, stay off the coast and yet still be in the position to take advantage of the weather window to cross this 40-mile wide sound.
Today's destination is Ocean Falls. For most of the day, Tribute would retrace its steps but the weather would be different and the traveling view is looking south and east rather than north and west. The anchor is up at 0830 hours and we head southbound in Matheson Channel. Two minke whales are seen, probably a mother and its calf. At the end of Matheson Channel, Lizzie Rocks have to be navigated and the 2-knot opposing current slowed Tribute.
Then Reid Channel is the bypass to stay out of the ocean and stay within protected waters. This channel ends at Seaforth Channel where the three-foot swells from the ocean drove Tribute eastward. At the end of Seaforth Channel, most boats turn to Shearwater and Bella Bella. Tribute continued eastward into Gunboat Pass that is narrow, shallow but scenic and easy to transit. Near the end, a Coast Guard boat is heading westbound and turns on its AIS signal just before we see it around a bend.
Gunboat Passsage between Shearwater and Ocean Falls.
Monday-Tuesday, August 1-2 - Ocean Falls, BC
For the next two days, Tribute stayed at Ocean Falls, which is at the end of Cousins Inlet that branches off from Fisher Channel. At the junction of Gunboat Pass and Fisher Channel, the 15-knot wind created a two-foot chop that was rode all the way to Ocean Falls. The public dock is large and can handle over a dozen boats. There is water and Wi-Fi but no cell service, or commercial services. The dockage is only 50 cents a foot. The scenery is spectacular and the fishing is crabbing is suppose to be excellent.
However, the topography funnels rain here. They call themselves the rain people because it receives 170 inches a rain a year.
Ocean Falls is described as a modern day ghost town. Founded over 100 years ago, electricity is produced from a 70-foot high dam, and once had a population of 10,000 that supported a huge pulp mill. When the mill closed in the 1970's, nearly everyone left, leaving the offices, mill, and residences behind. We walked and biked around the deteriorating paved streets, past the houses that were semi-demolished, and the vacant 1960's era commercial buildings.
It was sad to see on one hand, an illustration of what can happen when the roots of a community are destroyed and there is no sustaining momentum to keep it going. Where other communities adapted and survived, this one was abandoned and now is a place waiting for its destiny. It is stuck in the past, with no present and waiting for the future. With ample electricity and water, roads and very cheap land, and served by a ferry nearly every day in the summer; on paper, there should be a bright future. Instead, it languishes.
A walk and the folding bikes showed us the town. The BC Ferry came and dropped off visitors, we heard from Pauline and Ken about the museum that "Nearly Normal Norman" runs, and we met nice people including Shannon and Tom who came on their 20-foot fishing boat, Kathy and Jim who had a Bayliner 32-foot motor yacht, and Steve and Elsie who have a sailboat.
Tuesday-Wednesday, August 2-3, 2016 – staging for crossing Queen Charlotte Sound
Shipperly stayed in Ocean Falls so Pauline could use the Wi-Fi for work. The early morning was calm and still and the inland water forecast on the app PredictWind showed the calm conditions would last much of the day. However the subsequent days are predicted to be windy. We opted to take advantage of the travel window and to get closer to a jumping off point for crossing the Queen Charlotte Sound. We agreed to meet Ken and Pauline tomorrow or the next day at Fry Pan anchorage.
All the weather forecasts showed substantial and unsafe winds for Queen Charlotte Sound beginning today and would last for several days. We needed to be in protected place and be ready to take advantage of a travel window.
At 0745 hours, Tribute left Ocean Falls and headed westbound. The water was smooth and calm for the first 4-1/2 hours and Tribute provided a great ride at 8.5 knots. The fishery at Fitzhugh Sound was open and at least 20 gillnetting fishing boats had strung out their 300-yard long nets. Must of them were towards the shore leaving the center of the sound open. But occasionally, we had to evade the distinctive large orange floats that marked the end of a floating net.
More gillnetters were working Fitzhugh Sound and clearing them was easy. The water changed dramatically near the entrance to Hakai Passage that opens to the sea and where the low hills do not block the 25-knot westerly wind that was coming off of Queen Charlotte Sound. For the next hour, Tribute handled a 2 to 3 foot wind chop and white caps. Then, the mountains on Hecate Island blocked the wind and water was flat. The chop came back when the wind could whistle through the gap between Hecate and Calvert Islands.
Only this time, Tribute rode the chop eastward to the destination of Green Island. Rounding a small island, the water became flat and the wind dropped to about 5 knots. The anchorage behind Green Island is shaped like a club in a deck of cards. A large sailboat from Victoria was in one lobe of the club and Tribute took the other. At 2PM, the anchor was dropped in 33 feet at high tide after traveling 48 miles.
We watched the crew from the sailboat spend three hours on shore picking berries. Laurie took a nap and the afternoon was quiet and laid back. Steaks were grilled on the BBQ after drinks in the cockpit and the evening was closed with a movie.
A panoramic shot of Green Island Bay.
The next day, the morning was calm and still in the anchorage and Fitzhugh Sound was calm because a ridge of high pressure was slowing sliding over us. Higher winds will follow behind the ridge. The tide was at its lowest point before breakfast and we elected to wait for the rising water because of the amount of rocks around Tribute. These are rocky islands and the change in the depths happens quickly, often from single to triple digits in just a 100 feet.
The weather forecast for Queen Charlotte Sound continues to be a challenge with a minimum of 25-knot winds for the next three days. The anchor was pulled at 0915 hours and Tribute took us the15 miles to Frypan Bay and to wait for Shipperly. At the narrowest point between two islands, with a width of about 70 feet, a 15-foot long boat came at Tribute at full speed. They zipped by us with a few feet of clearance and waving at us the whole time. We were livid at the stupidity of their actions as they had several hundred yards to slow down or change direction. At the anchorage, that skiff belonged to 65-foot yacht. There is a relationship between the bigger the yacht and thus the bigger bank account and the complete absence of common sense. They are so self-involved that perhaps they truly believe that there really is no one else in the universe and thus no need for consideration, courtesy or the thought of consequences.
The anchor was dropped in 50 feet at mid-tide. Laurie did a frenzy of cooking and then the deck bow and side decks and the swim step were thoroughly cleaned and stains removed. Shipperly arrived at about 2:30PM and dock-tails were held on their boat at 4 PM.
Queen Charlotte Sound and Queen Charlotte Strait. The marker is Cape Caution:
Much research and consideration is going into this crossing and navigating the next body of water. There are two bodies of water that are back-to-back, Queen Charlotte Sound is a huge body of water that extends south to Cape Caution and is a 30-mile trip. The desired sea characteristics are combined wave heights of 2 feet as reported by the West Sea Otter buoy that is off the southern point of Calvert Island and what the Egg Island Light reports. The westerly swells will be on Tribute's beam, making for an uncomfortable ride because we are going south.
Queen Charlotte Strait is between the north end Vancouver Island and the mainland and extends southeast from Cape Caution and is about a 30-mile trip. From the north and after passing Cape Caution, Tribute travels in a southeast direction. The evening wind forecast for the strait is from the northwest, which is good. However, the wind speed is too high, 20 to 30 knots and 25 to 35 knots for the next four days.
There are two plans. Plan A is to travel at sunrise when the wind speeds are at their lowest and move from one protected anchorage to another. Plan B is to wait for a travel day and do the whole trip in one day. We decided to go with Plan A and every morning and afternoon the buoys will be checked for the right conditions for safe travel.
After a dinner of homemade chicken enchiladas, the evening was closed with a movie.
Thursday-Friday, August 4-5 - Transiting Queen Charlotte Sound and Queen Charlotte Strait to Sullivan Bay, BC
When the alarm went off at 0515 hours and it was still dark, the realization came that we are not in Alaska anymore. The wave height in Queen Charlotte Sound was 1 meter and the wind was from the west at 10 knots. Ken was consulted by radio and all agreed that the conditions were not perfect but were do-able. However, the darkness and fog delayed the start by 30 minutes.
Tribute's anchor was raised at 0630 hours. The tight cluster of small islands that provided protection from the wind and swells were cleared and quickly Tribute was heading southwest, out of the protective cover of Cape Calvert and into gentle rolling swells from the Pacific. The two to three foot swells and the gentle 10-knot wind was from the west. Tribute quartered the swells on the bow and at Paddle Rocks, made a turn toward the south.
Sally and Rob on Riot called us on the VHF radio. They were ahead of us and heading toward Sullivan Bay in the Broughtons and they told us about Shelter Bay on the north side of Queen Charlotte Strait. They were sailing with only a foresail and Tribute passed them about an hour later. At Table Island, the swells had more sets of 4 footers. The sea conditions were too demanding for the autopilot to keep up with. Standing was becoming tiresome so the tall director chair that is used when the pilothouse is an office made for a suitable fix. The first anchorage opportunity at Millbrook Cove was immediately disregarded because the sea conditions were acceptable and we were traveling at over 8 knots.
Tribute was quartering the swells on the bow. 80% of the time the swells came from the same direction and the roll and pitch was minimal and predictable. 20% of the time, the swells were larger and came into the beam and when the rogue set of swells was not seen, the roll was higher and sudden. However, experience had taught us that it was not unsafe or cause to be afraid, just stay on full alert.
After Egg Island, Tribute was turned to the southeast and headed for Cape Caution. A large shoal extends from the cape and continues along the northern shore. Tribute turned again to the south to clear the shoal and turned again to the southeast. Shipperly was following along the whole time. Tribute had crossed Queen Charlotte Sound and was now in Queen Charlotte Strait.
The swells were now behind us and the wind remained light to only 10 knots. However, the swells grew to consistent 4 footers with some 6 footers and they would glide underneath the trawler and lift it as the swell passed on ahead, going faster than our 7.5 knots. The autopilot did the steering for this part. The second anchorage option at Miles Inlet was briefly considered but we were too far to the south to get there in these high swells.
The destination was Shelter Bay because fatigue was setting in. Riding the swells into the bay and past the aqua-farming operation, Tribute went between two islands to enter the northern arm of the bay. Near the head of the bay, the water was smooth. At noon the anchor was dropped in 30 feet of water at a lower tide. Tribute had traveled 44 miles.
Shipperly rafted onto the portside and we had a celebratory moment. After lunch, the wind increased to a steady 18 knots and the narrow cove was filled with white caps but there were no swells. Ken and Pauline discussed ending their trip after Sullivan Bay by going to Port McNeil and putting Shipperly on its trailer and heading home to Alberta.
Laundry was done, Laurie baked a rhubarb and blueberry crisp as an early birthday present for Ken. Dock-tails were served at 4PM in Tribute's cockpit and the enclosure kept the wind out. After dinner, Laurie served the crisp and all agreed to proceed on to Sullivan Bay. The forecast for tomorrow is 5 to 15 knots. By 9PM the wind had abated to 8 knots.
The next day, the morning was partly cloudy, the wind was 7 knots and the report from the buoys was acceptable. Shipperly was released at 0800 hours. The anchor did not come up easily because an old crab trap line was snagged on it. The long boat hook was able to reach it and lift the line off the partially raised anchor. Shelter Bay had only gentle swells coming down its length and this did not prepare us for what Queen Charlotte Strait was going to give Tribute and Shipperly: another taste of its power.
At the entrance to Queen Charlotte Strait, 4 to 6 foot swells were rolling down the length of the Strait from west. The water was confused and rippled, a sure sign of a strong opposing current. Shipperly immediately turned and hugged the shoreline, thought about jumping off the strait in 12 miles to another anchorage, and powered up to 9 knots. Tribute went further into the channel anticipating the need for more distance to clear the Jeanette Islands. As it would turn out, Shipperly made the better decision because the strong ebbing current would slow Tribute's speed to 5.8 knots.
For nearly an hour, the building swells would raise Tribute and push on its stern. Sally and Rob on Riot were ahead, having spent the night closer to Cape Caution in Alison Harbor and left at 0600 hours. They reported that the water was nearly calm east of the Jeanette Island and it was true. Tribute continued eastward, getting cellular service from Port McNeil to download email and Laurie made several phone calls.
Tribute left Queen Charlotte Strait at Wells Passage; entered the Broughton group of islands and immediately the boat and radio traffic magnified and it felt like boating in an urban area. The marina and floating village of Sullivan Bay came into view at 12:30 PM. Shipperly had arrived an hour before.


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