if i had to choose a way to get whacked getting the zeus zap would be the way to go. lightning bolt electrocution is pretty near instantaneous i hear. best of all if it doesnt kill you you live!
the face is total choss. dont even think of going in and trying to put up any new routes. you will rue the day you were born as huge chunks of semi solid dirt rip off everywhere you try to stand or hold on to.
the zamberlan calanques is a wicked boot like shoe. i climbed slesse in a pair and never bust out my rock shoes. takes strap on poons good, stiff enough to kick steps.
the mtn master is only OK if you are not gonna do any snow. but i trusted them enough to wear soloing up the approach pitches to calculus crack. i get about 2 yrs out of a pair of MMs before the inside heel gets all worn through from my bone spurs. they will only last 6 months if you wear em around town though. the LS boulders are such thin soles they probably wear out in like a week.....
i heard good stuff about kayland spiders.
I heard the hot new GU flavour for summer 2003 is Barbequed Snaffle. You can't be an award winning chestbeater unless you knock back 50 GU packets on a 'single push, alpine style, summit or plummet' climb of the dreadly Mt Si Haystackwand.