thelawgoddess

um .... yeah.

when climbing in squish in the spring bring your skis. when it rains, it's a short drive up to whistler to frolic in pow. i've had great long weekends doing both.

i'm not familiar with jah man, but if you do ancient art your friends and family can hike around and watch. it's a nice area to hang out and topping out looks like a lot of fun.

that looks like a fun one!

went to do the ribbon on tuesday and decided not to once we got there. the first pitch is rather thin. a little too thin for our liking. and the approach wasn't looking so great either. (good day for soft slab slides!) so we headed up camp bird mine to check out some other stuff. anything small was falling off and most stuff had streams of water running down them. it was warm - i think it hit over 40 that day. the park turned out to be the safest bet. there's a lot of hooking going on there ... which is to be expected when you've got that many people climbing there day after day. hopefully it will get some coverage during the current storm. wednesday was also unseasonably warm up and into the 40's. we headed over to silver pick falls in telluride. it's in and looks really fun, but it's mostly freestanding and after testing the thin portion at the bottom we decided the risk wasn't worth it. it was not strong at all and just weighting picks caused shearing. best to come back after the heat wave has passed. ames upper falls is fat. left side is moderate. [center is to be avoided.] right is shorter but much more fun and you can do a mixed variation if you want. cool to have all that water running behind within view. we drove out to look at bridalveil. unfortunately neither of us lead wi6, so we just got to ooh, aah, and drool. a local guide said it's the fattest it's been in years. it looks sweet as sin.

what length? have you actually skied that baby yet? just curious about the performance in crud, crust, and on the hardpack ...

sold

scarpa and garmont also do not make small enough boots. don't think i haven't done some homework and talked to the companies directly!!! i'm still working on lowa - they wouldn't give me an answer so i just bought a pair of their smallest boots and will find out soon. won't help with the dynafit "problem" but i already bought some at bindings anyway.

pretty pic dru!

sutbai ultralights ... they're GREAT! check 'em out at pro mountain sports in seattle if you want to fondle some. they'd be happy to give you advice/suggestions via email as well. they sell a ton.

oooh!

i didn't mean to question the strength of the dynafits. if they made boots my size i definitely would have considered them myself. i was referring more to what gslater said - that "the little two-pin rear heelpiece mechanism just seems kind of sketchy to me".

personally, i wasn't talking fingers or fist. i meant FIVE!

if i bought you two would i win?

a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!

[quoteif i had made the same joke it wouldnt be hidden. i guess your height isnt the only short thing about you? shit; you guys are killing me. thanks for the worktime entertainment!

i'm not climbing with you again. just in case you get antsy to use those bandaids once and for all!

but if you are really hot and sweating - you're either already dead and in hell ... or still alive and in heaven.

lately when i go ice climbing i take my file.

in the winter i'm pretty much cold all the time. and i'll admit i whine about it some, but it sure as hell doesn't stop me from skiing or climbing ice almost every day!

yeah, the italics are sexy. the VIMFF sounds like fun. i won't be able to make it over the border until april, though.

if you're really worried, why don't you just get a beefier AT binding than the dynafit to start with?

holy crap!

you shouldn't pick on distel just 'cause he's a boulderer. there are lots of other reasons ...