Lambone

This came up in another thread and I thoght I'd throw it out there... I'm curious what others think because I'm trying to decide between a down coat with a Laminate or one with microfiber. I will leave the brand names out of the question because I don't think the specific type of laminate or microfiber is all that important. Whats your take? Which is more important, breathability, weight, stuffability, waterproofness??? I want to use the coat for everything, summer trips paired with a suffer bag to ice climbing belays.

looks like he's about to backclip!

I was up at MEC in mid september and they had the Swan, or at least it was a 0 degree "dryloft" type bag on sale...check it out. I've got a WM Puma that I have hardly used, make an offer and maybe I'd be tempeted to sell it and get some new Ice boots...

thats the plan homeslice... mucho boots, gloves, cold bivi's...gotta love it! Not really interested in wanking it with the masses at Smith or Leavenworth these days...the mountains are calling. [ 10-17-2002, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: Lambone ]

Anybody had experience over there this time of year? What could I expect as far as access to the start of the route? Thanks in advance...

Wish I could come yall, but I gotta go hang out with the inlaws... ...actually if I wasn't doing that I'd be in the North Cascades.... Have fun though! Don't get too drunk and crater

Any of you guys know much about the Three Rivers Dam to be built in China?

grrr...fuck all yall, you be bad people

quote: Originally posted by erik: quote:Originally posted by Lambone: dood if you kept that gear your karma would instantly go to shit... karma is a theory of a religion...there for has no basis in the real world... I suppose that depends on your version of reality...

even if it's a friend of a friend who cracked their skull open... lame

dood if you kept that gear your karma would instantly go to shit...

welcome back will!

quote: Originally posted by monkeyboy: I am sure they are really nice but 100 bucks is still a lot to spend on climbing pants. I Guess I will keep the mountie look alive with shorts over long johns. I'd have to say that the 110$ that I spent on my old/retiered Pataguci Talus pants was perhaps the best 110$ I have spent on gear. I use them all the time. Try and you'll never leave home without them...

hmmm yeah, but what climber wears a 44" waist!!!!!! I got a pair of REI schollers for 100$...they are good pants.

oh, rockclimbing.com I don't usually look at that site, but that thread caught my eye...here is the link holy shit I'm looking at post #2000 next!!!!!!!!!someone shoot me now! [ 10-15-2002, 03:50 PM: Message edited by: Lambone ]

A british soloist got rescued off Eagls Way on El Cap just recently. He was backcleaning an A4 pitch (rurps+heads), fell, broke the locking biner that held his gri-gri, bounced off a ledge, and his back up knot caught him. They tried to charge him for it because he was soloing with a gri-gri, and climbing without bivi gear. He tells the tale in a threas on RC.com Aid forum...it's intersting.

you rule!

right-on, hopefully this season will allow for some new additions to that list! 230 is alot, it's kinda odd that most (myself included) only know of a handfull of ice climbs in Washington, and most of those are inconsistant at best. You're guide will be awsome, hopefully it'll generate interest for the masses to explore other areas in washington, rather than beat on the same tired ice that we read about on cc.com all winter... cheers fellas [ 10-14-2002, 07:33 PM: Message edited by: Lambone ]

Interesting Jason, sory about being rude...it just seemed as if we were able to print off a rough draft from CC.com over a year ago...just wondering why the book was taking so long...nice effort! [ 10-14-2002, 11:27 AM: Message edited by: Lambone ]

Next september [ 10-14-2002, 07:32 PM: Message edited by: Lambone ]

Anybody else want to spray about what they did over this awsome weekend? Me wife and I camped up at wing lake and scrambled up the south side if Black Mt. Twas quite nice, the North Cascades were on fire! Hoping to do NE ridge of Triumph next weekend if it stays nice... Any other cool adventures?

quote: Originally posted by RobBob: I'm not an ice climber, unfortunately...made up my mind that 42 is too old to start that one. what! no-way! thats not an excuse...

Damit gimpy, I thought I warned you... I just found the secret shitter in my building at UW! Took me a year and a half, but now I have my own private office!

I think there may have been a reason that his show had sort-of an embrace foriegn cultures theme to it...It's not like those trips were recent or anything, kind of old news... His Mixed climbing show kicks ass too, worth checking out at cascade crags, plus more stuff will probably be raffeled. [ 10-11-2002, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: Lambone ]