Dru

i walked around on some low angle ice with a buddys rambocomps and climbed a grade 3 pitch in them last year while evaluating different models and there was no problem.... face it for low angle ice just about anything will work good, even caulk boots like loggers use. the flexibility of the boot is much more important than the crampon for low angle stuff... the only thing to consider is that more points on the sole give you more traction when standing with just some part of your foot on a bulge on steep ice, and i still think the dmms are best for that cause they have like 30 little points down there. the m10s have some secondary points centred under the flat of your foot which theoretically is nice but with the antibotte they seem to just push it off the crampon too bad grivel didnt give you payola$$$ maybethey will change their mind if you make nice next time you review some gear online...

the best pack is a free pack you find as booty on a route. especially if it has a medicine bottle full of the sweet leaf in it ...the second best pack is a pack you get pro deal on...the third best pack is one that looks like it is full even when it is nearly empty so your buddy doesnt ask you to carry any of the beer cause he thinks your pack is stuffed full...the 4th best pack is the one that floats along behind you on little helium balloon supports.... i tried out that design on the design team at arcteryx but they were worried about what would happen in windstorms....

"Sangre de Cristo... blood of Christ... doesn't Christ ever get tired of Bleeding?" - William S. Burroughs, The Place of Dead Roads.

just like Sharma

quote: Originally posted by W: I don't do motorcycles. But i bet you climb in an old pair of Tao's

its 4:23 on Computer Time

When I snuck into the Enchantments on an overnight trip with a daypass, I filled out my day pass in the name of, and was ready to tell any rangers I might meet that my name was, Ray Borbon!

10!10, 9, 8!10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5!10!10, 9, 8, 7, 6!10!10, 9, 8!10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3!10, 9, 8, 7!10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5!10!10! Can anyone tell me what this is a reference to?

quote: Originally posted by Dwayner: the U.S. is STILL the most generous country on earth. - Dwayner You talking per capita, aid budget, charitable donations, total $$$ spent or what? This from a country that hasn't paid its UN membership dues in years?

Hey Trask! You aren't British by any chance are you? This sounds like you: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002050329,00.html [ 02-01-2002: Message edited by: Dru ]

that's not just a shovel pocket that is a Tech Flap that can take crampons AND shovel plus two axes, or other stuff like your helmet, rope & hydration bladder in summer. and removable for lightweightness. NOZONE... its not just the GHOST STRAPS TM that make it so awe-inspiring. OOops...I dont write catalogue spew anymore. In fact i never did

yeah Matt!!!! Discovery Channel before Baywatch any day. Why? Cause Discovery Channel has The Crocodile Hunter! "Crikey, he's a big one isn't he. What a beauty! Watch this, he's going to lunge for my calf muscle now. Lots of flesh on that, that would make a GRATE meal for a rabid dingo!" [ 02-01-2002: Message edited by: Dru ]

If you mean Kitty Calhoun I hear she deserted the PNW for Jay Smith and Utah.

Todd, when you check this thread on Monday1) you are a puss 2) Colorado sucks. That's OK, I dont mind. you can live there all you want. Twight and Donini moved there 'cause they were pusses like you who couldnt hack the bushwacking. 3) The Acadian is someone who lives en Acadie. You figure it out. [ 02-01-2002: Message edited by: Dru ]

Don't forget "Environmentalists are the true conservatives." I can't remember the source of that quote, though.

... and the fact that America is the Great Satan is just a forunate coincidence...

quote: Originally posted by todd: is there really a babelfish.com, or is that an illusion to "hitchikers guide to the galaxy"? I think its "allusion" you mean, and why not type it into your browser window and see?

quote: Originally posted by todd: and usually its "au canada", not dans la canada. i know its easy to confuse, as most canadians are feminine little poofs, but believe it or not, canada is masculine in french. eat more cereal. Ah, zut alors, quel dommage, hein, I was referring to "La Canada" which is the exclusively French part of Canada and home to les Canadiens. Quebec + Acadian NB + a tiny bit of northeastern Ontario. you can look it up.

i learned my portuguese, spanish, German, Korean etc. from babelfish.com - but i learned my French from cereal boxes and Mrs. Johannes in 3rd grade! and the french Nuit d'Hockey dans la Canada!

at least you're a rope lead now! and everybody but me and dan larson is really an avatar of mike adamson. thats 3/2000 or something like that.

todd, talvez você deve reconsider essa situação, vendo como como você você mesmo parece se sentar na frente de um computador. no fato, os idiots são encontrados em todos os níveis da abilidade escalando, e o fortes são justos como pequeno-ocupado como o meek - em alguns casos mais assim.

turn it off and turn it on again

W, can you fix my motorcycle for me

quote: Originally posted by Matt: Why do you think they are so angry at America? What has driven them to think the only solution is terrorism? I think it's because they are losers in the global ecomomy. They see us as greedy and unwilling to share. It is a simple case of the haves and the have nots. Osama bin L. is (was) a Saudi multimillionaire... I dont think your argument is very persuasive there...

whatever on the rambocomps climbing bad, todd, maybe you could explain that? like maybe grivel didnt give you payola $$$$ the way splitter gear did ??