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A most splendiferous day for a spring hike in the Sandwich Range of New Hampster’s White Mountains yesterday. The sky was speckled with those cotton ball clouds and casting moving shadows on the rolling landscape creating an aquatic wonderland. While I love a clear blue sky for its crystalline purity, the watery, undersea effect is unique to partly cloudy skies. Here’s a landscape shot from atop Sandwich dome that illustrates what I mean, click it for a larger view:
From left to right: Mt. Tecumseh, the Franconia Ridge, and Mt. Osceola.
Hiking in the White Mountains this time of year is tricky. While the lowlands are in full spring mode, the alpine zones are only just now realizing that it’s not winter any more. Looking at the mountains from the base, one could get the mistaken notion that the summits are clear of snow. Oh, but how wrong you’d be!
Snow patches started appearing at about 3,000 feet with solid coverage above 3,500 feet. The last 500 feet (about 0.6 miles) to the summit of Sandwich Dome, I was hiking on a condensed snow base that was at least three feet deep. I didn’t bring crampons or snowshoes, didn’t need ’em either. The snow was consolidated enough that I could just kick in and keep going. Postholing wasn’t a problem. The ice patches were covered with enough blown down spruce needles and branches that traction was like, *not* a problem, y’know? Fer sher, fer sher.
Had a great view of snow-capped Mt. Washington, click it for a bigger view:
The vista toward Mt. Washington as seen from atop Sandwich Dome.
And then I took the same picture above but cropped in on Mt. Washington, click it for a bigger view:
Same as above except zoomed in on Mt. Washington.
The reason you see all the snow on Mt. Washington and not on the surrounding mountains is because Mt. Washington (along with most of the rest of the Presidential Range) is above treeline. The fact is that all the 4,000-footer summits in the White Mountains are still buried in snow. The spruce trees around the summit on the lower peaks cast shadows that prolong the snow cover into the spring and early summer, long after the above-treeline peaks are cleared back to naked granite and schist.
You see those photos above? THAT is why I hike. When I hit a summit on a day like yesterday, I plant my skinny butt on a rock, whip out my binoculars, and feast my myopic peepers on those fabulous vistas. Running my eyes over those peaks and valleys makes my bowels rumble. But that’s a story for another time. Giddyup.
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Certain models of Whirlpool microwave ovens have a problem with their thermal fuse that causes them to overheat. Whirlpool has a service bulletin out on this problem. Details here.
So, this guy’s icemaker broke. His solution? Why, buy a whole new refrigerator!
Here’s a sorry story: a five-year old GE washer and the transmission is fried. And, naturally, it’s just out of warranty. Yep, a common story with GE. As much as we keep warning people about GE, folks keep buying GE crap, “‘cuz they sell ’em at Home Despot, an’ all.” So, the freak show continues.
Here’s a clue: just because it’s good to own GE stock, that does not mean it’s good to own their appliances. Think on these things.
This has gotta be the most freaky dryer outlet problems I’ve ever seen! This woman is damn lucky her whole house didn’t burn down.
Today is Easter (Pascha) for Orthodox Christians. Millions of Orthodox Christians all over the world are greeting each other with the traditional greeting, “Christ is risen!” And the traditional response, “Indeed He is risen!” In their own language, of course.
For example, in Japanese, the Samurai’s pseudo-native tongue, the greeting is, “Harisutosu hukkatsu!” And the reply, “Jitsu ni Hukkatsu!”
In another example, Orthodox Christians in Minnesota greet each other, “So, Christ is up dere den!” And the response, “Ya shure, ya betcha, He’s up dere den!”
Below is the traditional Paschal icon. Click it for a larger view.
After He died on the cross, Jesus descended into Hell and restored humanity’s fallen nature, represented here as freeing Adam and Eve. Hell was unable to withstand the Light of Christ and so was destroyed by the very presence of the Lord.
Looking at Mt. Kearsarge from the Ledges on Mt. Sunapee.
Church on Mt. Flume
More stunning photos from the Mt. Flume hike on 4/15/2005.
Sometimes, the solution to this problem can be something really simple.
GE is getting sloppy with the documentation on its sorry-ass appliances. In this case, it’s a GE Triton XL dishwasher that tripped the circuit breaker (model number GSD6600G00BB). This is one of those abortion-that-lived dishwashers with the over-priced, unreliable electronic control boards. Turns out the problem was that an undocumented surge suppressor in the water inlet valve circuit had shorted– this surge suppressor was not shown on the wiring diagram! How sloppy is that? Well, that’s GE fer ya.
And, here’s a tip: putting electronic controls in wet appliances is a great recipe for selling lots of replacement control boards.
I have never seen the inside oven lining on a KitchenAid wall oven self-destruct. This happened on a KitchenAid model KEBS207DBL8. 