Beck

ice leads, or early season pow pow ?

that stagnant glacial snowfield is still there above Peggy's pond, though, right? The Hyas Creek Glacier? I was shooting for the heathery benches of harts pass, but am leaning in Daniel as where to go.

second on that, AlpineK. What the F*** kind of "Irish" pub did you drag us into, there, Sayjay? I say, NO MORE PUB CLUB VENUE CALLS by sayjay. Do you go there? there's two much more appropriate bars to dirtbaggers just a block away from that one you "reccommended" An Irish pub with no guiness, or harp, or toddingtons, or, tetleys on tap? no pitchers? WTF?????

Ibex, I have considered buying the grail of packs but, alas, am a poor climbing dirtbag not worthy of a McHale creation. MY first two posts were highly in favor of the purchase of a mchale.i've had a hands on of the packs and checked out more than a couple of them in the field. Also talked to many owners about their McHales..I have checked them out extensively.Bomber construction (I think the Super SARC would be the one i would choose.) However, my read on on Mchale's sunspension an why I rate it as "manky" tried and true, but manky. For heavy, heavy loads their the best carry, no frame buckling of the framesheet like most other makers (and we all hate it when that happens!) but down side of suspension system, and why I call "mank" - fixed torso length, low tech materials, no thermoforming comfort there either. can't loan it to wife to carry heavy load.Also , hipbelt a biggun, lots of cush ala 70's style, but THERMOFORM would take his maxipad hipbelt into the 21st century. He says you don't need (or even want?) load lifters, i call BULLSHIT.

trip to Mount Daniel with boards this weekend to hunt up some redeeming early season powpow- camping in bowl above peggy's pond should ensure turns right back to camp, 009 and myself leaving saturday AM, extra room in car for jonesing snowdog.

TSUNAMI! me and some buds were surfing lake superior years ago, at one of our city point breaks, 4-6' that day, and watched two kids dissapear, no 27' -55' swells on the lake, though...that's hella huge- The only surfing I'd be doing in them waves would be lashed to a crash boat!

A nice, nonsmoking....

Parker- you, me, and the Fitz should go do some early season skiing up there these next couple of weeks- great heather up there for the snow to coat for early season, ya?

8' s right about the prime piece/marine climate, also, shred maximus is correct, soft shells market selling price point is expected to drop significantly in the next 18 months (three buying cycles) due to "dumping" by fabric manufacturers, akin to the goretex debacle in the last 3 years brought on by TNF's blanketed, aggressive pursuit of a market they didn't deserve to dominate. exciting new technology in soft shells this season, LOTS of options, still becomes the piece you will wear 75-90% of the time, even in this climate. [ 11-04-2002, 10:59 PM: Message edited by: Beck ]

...so I'm anwsering questions about the various softshells, and softshell vs. hard, at work the other day, letting him know what his options were with the different fabrics. I'm trying to get the guy into a new softshell coat for the winter. He's all ears, and after a few minutes he breaks in with something like, "man, you have just given THE BEST presentation on shell technology I have ever seen! Consise, accurate, all the options presented objectively, right on the money! If there were guys like you in every store... do you mind if I mention you in an upcoming meeting?" Dude was a Gore spy, checking up on the shops. So I don't know it all, but I'll try not to give you any bad beta on non-technical gear issues, promise. [ 11-04-2002, 05:29 PM: Message edited by: Beck ]

eastlake zoo- a great dirtbaggers'choice..plenty of room for illmannered climbers,no food or hard drinks,though so perhaps the club may want to choose a more full featured establishment, the zoo's fine with me.

funny pindude, you're not my type- dude, the alphacomp sv doesn't even have HOOD so if you're considering this as you're ALL AROUND jacket you're seriously misinformed, and you don't want to go talk to a gear head in an outdoor shop about it. whatever.

pinduder, there's lots more to it than sucking on fleece.- for a detailed comparision of all your options, stop by and see me at work-

this is a hilarous resurfacing of a shitty topic. fourth class is probably the most dangerous rating in climbing due to its' ambiguity in protection- but, that's chosspiles for you!

I watched a snafflehound descent from 10,000 feet on Glacier Peak down the standard route all the way down to boulder camp in like fifteen minutes- I had the glass on him all the way once I saw some movement on the top portion of the route above where the sitkum/Scimitar edge up to the ridge- man, he was booking! It was almost as if a pissed off climber had ambushed the snaffle, tossed the varmit in a pack and brought hi up to drop off at the summit in a vain attempt at revenge!

you are right Matt, I should ove clarified in first post- McHale packs offers the MOST options in any fabric you want and offers such bombproof durability and heavy load handling in a CUSTOMMADE pack, the consumer that's already looking in this direction should just go out and get one. you want a big pack, a small pack.. Mchale probably gives a consumer 7,500 individual component variations in a backpack that's custom fitted to the consimer...and you're right , I don't own one...I think his harness system is kinda manky

um, if you're considering getting a McHale pack CUSTOMBUILT to your absolute specs, to your back size, and every littlefeature you want, any option you want, and nothing you don't, in just the fabric you prefer, i kinda think it's a nobrainer, dude!!!

Roger, Dwayner...CC.com misses your erudition on this site!!! enjoy the wahines and the waves, by the way, how's the Hawaii tuft for bouldering? we hear you've been training for the Ironman ;)your extended stay on the islands this doesn't, by any chance, involve you making boats of straw and groundbreaking new theories in ethnolingustics,does it?

I think Tex is secretly jealous of those of us who will actually be enjoying all the snow the mountains have to offer, schussing the hinterlands in great carving arcs, whooping with joy as we have a BLAST for the next 6 months as he wallows on snoeshoes for not nearly as many summit trips as some of the "impure" climbers cluttering up CC.com with a topic obviously enjoyed by a great many NW climbers. So we'll post , and post, and keep on posting about freshies, nand tex will posthole, and posthole,and Tex's little jealousy complex will bother him even more while we go have fun.

i don't think old navy's making many 100 weight smooth face stretch hoodys with thumbloops, but then again, it sounds like RobBob's aready got the right idea

dwayner's pissed at our banality, but then again he's curmudgeonly...also, he posted a legitimate series of argulably justifiable ??? about CC.com and how the "serious" climber doesn't waste his time in a site like this... [ 11-01-2002, 12:30 AM: Message edited by: Beck ]

yup, rodeo. I'm down in the dungeon, pushing the latest in snafflefur,helping outfit our fellow backountry brethren...

nobody with the C should be selling that shizzy, besides, nuts/friends might be trying to corner the market on it, make it $$$$$$ on ebay

i think the next eastside meeting is Nov. 12th-not that people can't go drink before then... but yeah, Pub Club east of the lake Nov.12th sounds like a stellar plan

How bad of condition are the Hagens in? Rock skis? Ptexed base gouges into the layup, edges peeling and gouged out like an emery file? I don't need them, but thats a HELLA price if they're still tunable. For anyone needing skis, JUMP NOW!