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Chouinard @ LV is fat-fat-fat. Main Wall is relatively low flow this year but is forming nice pillars instead of wide curtains. Some of the ice on Main Wall has thinned out considerably since mid Jan. Cave Man on Main Wall

Used several times. Good condition, lots of life. $125 shipped to US. $130 Canada.

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$225. Were $300 but today I found the tip bent on one of the picks. A new cascade pick is $45 so you're still coming out ahead. Otherwise in great shape. Will ship: to US $12 to Canada $15

Wayne

A hint to whether they actually have the item in stock: check the estimated ship date. If its a few days or so out, expect further delays and a phone call.

Spend wads of money getting to cool places, suffering shitty weather and not getting up anything. Again. Oh, and world peace...or was that stay out of the hospital. You hear that mom & dad?!

Really? Cool! Sounds like the last loose ends are covered.

On an oil platform wondering how it all went so horribly wrong.

Good luck dude. Shoulda made it Reno. It just like SLC without the Mormons. And the canyons, and the mtn biking, and the ice and...oh never mind.

When used by non-Italians, ciao = fuck off...therefore mostly appropriate. Ciao!

2006 Corolla, consistant 40mpg on highway commute. 'Course the headwind both ways hurts. Ya don't wanna know my commute.

And what, pray tell was wrong with that...40 yrs ago?

I've also met DeChristo and its true. He is de stink individual.

Damn. How do you do that?

The morrows will be fine. Partner has them and we've been to Logan, AK range etc with them.

Fat, lazy, and really wasn't paying attention.

When we did the route, at the first rap I took a huge swing and timed the drop so that I didn't go in the moat. Partner didn't make it and I had to reel him in. Great route.

Cool.

It was the Sumner/Heath

Trip: Aiguille Extra IV 5.10 - E. Face Date: 8/1/2007 Trip Report: Several needles south of Whitney lies Aiguille Extra. (Just right of center) rh turned me onto this. He had one day to do it and had none of his usual partners. So Wed found us on the approach and arriving at the base around 8:30 AM. The route was alternately stellar and chossy and eventually we wound up at the crux pitch 2/3 of the way up. Unfortunately at that time the skies opened up dumping lots of hail. It became serious quickly. Above the roof a retreat was called. As luck would have it, the weather improved as soon as we committed to descent. Things weren't perfect on the descent but we are both alive. As my partner put, "A great adventure".

I am personally of the opinion that the zipper itself will be fine. The pull tab might die, but in my experience the sliders are durable. Of course, CiloGear will stand behind it if it goes bad. The 45L pack was created after extensive feedback from Kelly Cordes in his search for a lighter weight pack. We made several modifications from the 60L worksack to make a lighter pack without making it from virtual toilet paper. I think the balance of weight and durability is pretty good, but these ain't haul bags... Yup, totally understand and it isn't torn or punctered, nothing like that, just some 'normal' abrasion. The zip was at first stiff enough that I thought it may skip some teeth but with use it seemed to get smoother. The pack I really like and will become my primary alpine pack.

Recently bought the cilo 45 and had an opportunity to try it out on a technical route. The pack carries quite well (for me) without the frame sheet and replaced with a 3/4 z-rest. The z-rest is very snug fitting and would be a bit of a pain in the ass to replace in very cold weather. But we're all hardmen right? As mentioned before the strap system is clever and you should play with it before your first trip so you can 'innovate' your carry system as you go. I carried the pack up a long alpine route with the top collapsed and the lid removed. I barely noticed it EXCEPT when trying to squeeze into a couple chimneys. It shows some abuse on the back panel from these efforts. The lid zipper seems a bit stiff to operate compared to others but doesn't seem to be a problem. It does make me wonder about durability of the zipper tho. Time will tell. Overall it is a really nice alpine pack and easily carries everything I would need for a week of backcountry climbing.

Trip: Mt. Goode - North Buttress (5.9) Date: 7/19/2007 Trip Report: Pavel and I had been discussing this route for a year. We finally managed to get together and do it. Its a fine route that plops you directly at the highest rocks a few feet from the summit register. on approach A little closer. The line starts in the right hand of the two bottom dihedral's. Then traverses left into the shadowed chimney/dihedral system that then runs up to the crest of the buttress. Then up the crest to summit. Pavel just above the crux Gear Notes: Alpine rack to medium sizes. Edit: A cilogear 45 was too big for the chimneys.