thelawgoddess

when can i move in with you guys? i am really starting to feel homesick ...

i recently scored boots on rei.com. they have a few prior year models in limited sizes that they are trying to offload. i wasn't sure if your goal was to get a new downhill setup or move into a ski mountaineering (which would mostly likely mean AT) set up. you can use your downhill stuff for some ski mountaineering but you will discover very quickly that it sucks. you can't hike in downhill boots, and they are heavy as crap to lug up a mountain ... and you'll probably want snowshoes so you're not postholing like mad. the most versatile setup you could get would be AT (naxo or fritschi freeride) bindings that you could use with AT boots and downhill boots both at and away from the resorts. they will allow you the freedom of skinning with your buddies up mountains (instead of carrying your downhill boots and wearing snowshoes) but can also handle the rigors of inbounds skiing. they are not cheap but they will be versatile. ps - i saw a pair of the regular fritschi bindings on clearance for $99 at rei downtown when i was there on wednesday night. those would probably work just as well for your level of skiing.

yeah; i was impressed with them as well. these are cool skis. light and handle pow quite well despite how skinny they are. if only they were 160's!

now there's something to think about!

sometimes i see this old guy on the bus who i could swear is your dad or your uncle. uncanny resemblance! but somehow ... i think your dad would dress better. (this guy looks like a flyfisherman.) what you are going to study in mongolia???

not sure i'd recommend that so much ... but you could take a nice ferry ride and have brunch on the peninsula.

mmm ... enduro. hope you get some equally nice tele gear for that!

what do you mean "back pocket is still there"? how old? what color? how much?

ivar's salmon house over on lake union does a nice sunday brunch ... lotsa food, invasive northwest "native" decor, water view. it's not downtown seattle but i think your visitors would really enjoy it.

nice work distel. never new you had an interest in that part of the world. who's gonna go to all those baseball games while you're gone?

whining. what else? go back to work, rumr! (rumr just hates skiing 'cause he can't ski 5.13's. )

hmm ... really miss that last summer! i did some of my best leads up there in squish with erock at the other end of the rope. er ... i hope he was still holding onto the rope when that shot was taken! [miss you, erock!!!] some day i'll climb again ...

geez, tex ... you're starting to sound like rumr!

if this is the unishelter, that's a better deal than i was offered to buy it for ...

with all the tech savvy people in wa you'd think they could get any ski bum bozo to make them a kickass website.

the pics are nice. i really wish i was going skiing this weekend ... bring it on!!!

yeah; it was weird to get off the bus this morning and see the streetlamps still on ... winter is coming ...

yeah, right. i was actually working a full-time job in a very little but very well-off ski town in colorado. and ... i also got nearly everything i bought on pro deal. and yeah, where is extremo? i want to see some jibbing!!!

I'm going for a full new package this year (I think)..... decisions, decisions.... Me, too. I just gotta get the nerve to toss $1k or so at once. Carbon Surfs ooh; carbon surfs? sweet! last season i got new tele boots, bindings, and skis AND new at boots, bindings, and skis. so this year i got new downhill boots and am planning to get some new downhill skis ... as well as some dynafit bindings and another pair of touring skis ... and ... who knows what else! bring on the freshies!!!

yeah ... i just picked up new ski boots last night!

in case you've been waiting for them to go on sale ... part of amazon.com's friday sale: here

planning the climb with your wife should be lots of fun! i'm glad you are looking to do it the "right" way by learning a lot and practicing before you go. btw, what is that dead thing in the picture?

my arcteryx bibs have those too. somehow i still manage to get ski cuts outside the patches, but i would hate to imagine how they'd look if they didn't have those!

personally i find the RT mildly annoying - as in i didn't like how i could feel it when i tilted my head back. and that was without a helmet. other than that it seems like a great design, though, and it probably works out just fine for taller people (or people with taller necks) than me. i really wanted one of these until i tried on one. but maybe i'm just too picky.

hmm; don't know about that. there's some hippies in colorado who may be slow-talking, but they ski like bats outta hell!