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I went into REI today and put one of these on the candy scale. With the plastic wrapper still on, 7.5 oz. You could remove the big handle and prolly get it down to the same weight as the "evernew" Ti pot at 6 oz. Thanks for the tip It's even a little bigger than the Ti pot in case I forget my helmet.

Al is definately cheaper than Ti, but what's the latest on the correlation between cooking with Aluminum and Alzheimers? HUH? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? very subtle grasshopper!

My wife just got some and climbed a couple pitches Tuesday, she liked them. I think they are fine but, like special ed said, once you develop good technique, you don't really need tape or "jammies". Plus, it's one more thing to forget at home, kinda like my rock shoes on Tuesday. Nike rubber is so suck for rock climbing!

Erik: Check PM box! No IOU's either!

Yes,

Erik: I have a Coleman 2 burner whitegas stove I could make you a good deal on, fairly new and not used much. I have an antique 3 burner that gets most of the car camping duty.

I think I'll pass on the offer but, thanks anyway.

Ironical that they just launched the search about the same time he was hacking through his elbow tendon. I wonder what kinda knife he had.....

Not for long! And where are you hangin your hat nowadays?

yeah, that's plan B if I don't find a Titianium pot for less than $20. I just want to be cool

All this stuff is in slightly used shape, just enough so you wont look like a gaper. There's nothing wrong with any of it, just doesn't get used much anymore. Package Deal: 1 MSR Wisperlight, ( not the international model ) only 2 years old, used maybe 1/2 dozen times. photo 1 2 liter SST pot and lid that happen to fit the stove inside 1 33 oz MSR fuel bottle 1 11 oz MSR fuel bottle $60 OBO email if interested: ryan@rpmcousa.com

I know there has to be some old USSR or other off brand titanium pots available somewhere on the web for cheapskates like me. Anyone know of any sources? Just looking for a good snow melter, nothing fancy.

Baruffaldi ED Goggles worn once. They are comfy but, haven't been used in the last 2 years so here they are. I did a search for a photo of them and only found one here: http://vanbro.freeyellow.com/page7.html My appologies for the corny music and endless pop ups. The glasses are at the bottom of the page. $20.00 OBO send me an e-mail if you are interested: ryan@rpmcousa.com

As with all heavy leather boots, plan on a long and possibly painful breakin period. Don't wait until 2 days before you climb Baker or Rainier to start wearing them around the house. They should be fine for 3 season use although they are pretty stiff and thin soled - thus, more of a technical climbing boot than a glacier slogger.

Juan: The concerns you outlined are just the reason I don't advocate newbies finding partners with similar experience and "going for it" while learning together. I don't know either of the guys who wrote the aforementioned trip reports and am not calling them "newbies" but, there are probably some new climbers looking at your post and thinking "well, how the hell do I learn to climb if I don't push my limits? " In response, I offer the following thoughts for you to read, print and paste on your cube wall or more likely, just ignore all together: Mentoring is the best method to learn climbing, but you've got to be willing to put your ego away which is seemingly harder for some than others. There's a lot of cool guys out there that took the time to show me the ropes (once I demonstrated a willingness to listen and learn) and continue to offer advice and make themselves available for me to climb with. I am a much safer and less serious climber than I originally envisioned (and have more fun too) mainly becasue I was able to hang out and climb with experienced guys who were able to cut through the bullshit (numbers, times and grades) and get right to the climbing/fun. The happy medium might be organized classes or supervised group outings if you aren't able to do the mentoring deal for whatever reason. But the downside is the group usually is limited to whatever the weakest/slowest member is able to do thus, progress may be slower than you're expecting. So I challenge you hardmen and women to put your money where your mouth is and take a willing newbie climbing from time to time. Make them buy you lunch and carry your shit if that's what it takes, but at least offer up some help if someone asks once in a while. My rant for the day. "Life ain't nothing but a funny funny riddle, thank God I'm a country boy!"

I understand some locals hung a deer skull from a shrub growing directly below the last pitch of the Great Northern Slab, sort of above Sonic Slab in February of 2002. It wasn't a very good installation because you wouldn't notice it unless you knew beforehand it was there. But the pig head was the inspiration. Artists....sheesh!

Those boulders sometimes get mouthy and need to be punished too!

That reminds me of the time I raced with 3 brand new Kenworth rigs pulling trailers (I was in an unloaded pickup) from Montana to Washington via I-90 through Ideeho. Once we hit the Washington state line, it was like - race over for the truckers. I did learn those rigs can do well over 100 mph with a big ass trailer! Crazy bastards!

Sweet! I bet the casing to a ball point pen would work too if you made the incision with a sharp knife kinda like a field tricheometry procedure (like on M*A*S*H) and then you don't have to carry the extra weight of the spinal needle. Don't forget your ductape to hold the tube in place!

I have the same sitmo myself, where I don't get hungry all day when rock climbing. Still pretty new at it though so I have a fair amount of adreneline running through my system which is a great appetite suppressor. there's my $.02 You should still eat something during the day to keep your body fueled up.

We intended to climb that route last weekend, but, because of the cornices you see at the top and a small point release slide seen while we were debating how stable the cornice looked, we opted for the NE Couloir. The conditions were great in the NE Couloir if that's any indication, good secure step kickin. I did hear from a friend this morning that there was a bunch of new snow at Colchuck lake this week. Not sure how much though.

or send an email to Erik. I hear he's interested in a price.

that's not nice, just because he likes to wear pink spandex singlet's for sport climbing in, we shouldn't bad mouth him. I heard he got turned down for American Idol too, seriously man!

according to Erik's description it is a hybrid of a BD nut tool and a Petzly expedition ascender or whatever the sitmo may call for. he's sketchy tho. sitmo may be my new word to annoy the wife with, thanks Erik! "what we really need in this sitmo is a schnizly plabersom tibloc to haul us out of the pow pow"

This is great! me and Ursa could take care of the traffic problem once and for all- Ban SUVs, Cel Phone talkers, Teenagers, obviously Old people and Drunks wouldn't be tolerated, and anyone else who may annoy/irritate us or infact do anything different than we see fit, we are the only people that matter. DIE DIE DIE!