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I have the non-Thermo version and they're nice, but they kill my heels. For their weight and burliness, they are pretty nimble boots, in my limited experience.

WTF? I just took my new Trango S out for the first time this past weekend and they've already got some blown-out stitching at the heel. Is it true that there's no hope for warranty repair (I got them at PMS)? I've hiked barely ten miles in them!

Snow fluke. Anyone going to Alaska wanna buy it? Plastic map folder. I just get laminated maps or those cool Nat'l Geo maps on waterproof paper. Pins. Haven't used either of 'em (yet). 40' of 4mm cord for bear-bagging. I always end up camping where there are neither bears nor trees.

Nice work, Lucky. Thanks, too, to the State Police for (finally) responding quickly.

An increasingly rare characteristic, I'm finding. Does gym and sport climbing develop the proclivity toward hanging around wasting time, and only looking ahead a few steps at a time, or is there something else going on? I dunno, I started out gym and sport climbing before I did much alpine climbing, but I find I'm pretty focused on looking ahead and doing things to save time while belaying, etc. I think it just has to do with how I was raised, to be detail-oriented and organized.

Isn't that 5.13 or something? Are you and Dwayner training partners? 1. Big hard-workin' adventure somewhere in the mountains, like a grade V or a first ascent. 2. Take girlfriend on cool alpine rock climb somewhere. 3. Get in to the Coast Mountains.

Huh? Your link's broken, RuMR.

It was a cool show, but I was hoping that panorama of the Pickets was going to be included in the raffle. Nice job Wayne, Colin, and Mark! I was really impressed by the scope of your upcoming journey, Erden, after hearing you talk about it in person. Something about the way you calmly described your itinerary had me shaking my head in awe at your courage. Good luck!

1. No debilitating injuries! 2. Stuart North Ridge 3. Leading the bonus pitch on Silent Running

Gah!

I climbed into my desk chair last Monday morning and didn't leave until, so it seemed to me, this Monday morning. Dear God, help me! I'm going to the UW rock now to make penance.

If you're bored on a rainy Saturday and looking to learn how to rock climb, perhaps it's best to go to the gym and boulder until you get tired (probably about 15 minutes if you've never done it before). Keep doing that until you can make it across the room without pumping out. Then, I would think, it would be more enjoyable once you get on the ropes, since you can climb more than just the two 5.6s. In the meantime, check out FotH from the local library and learn the mechanics of the belay using a shoestring or whatever It's definitely in the business owner's best interest to reduce the number of accidents in their gyms. Insurance at those places, I imagine, is pretty expensive, and gym owners can probably implement certain policies to lower their premiums.

What good would shutting down the site for a week do?

Yeah, if someone's sending you death threats (email or otherwise), that's a reason to call the cops. What are the idiots in question pissed off about in the first place? PS - Thanks for cc.com. You guys do a great job.

Notice that this is the Newbies forum.

You put your slings in the laundry?

Bivy sites at the col before the glacier crossing (not the ridge) are not big enough for a Megamid. The route was easily accessible in the middle of last August, for what it's worth.

I agree. Well-protected routes nearby that offer similar climbing are on 3 O'Clock Rock. Silent Running, for example. GGB is a bit more wild and there's no reason not to keep it that way.

Nice job, fellas.

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Yeah, man, tell him to fuck off and find someone else. Maybe the "problem" Greg alludes to is the ease with which you give in to your advisor's bullying. If he wants you to be more productive, point out to him that extra projects assigned over a weekend will not help that cause. There's got to be a better professor out there.

So bring your little bottle of Dr. Bronner's along with a little bottle of iodine and you're safe from all the feces that flies around the wilderness with such abandon. You should probably carry one of these, too (0.3 lbs.):

That first photo is incredible!

Why? What's Dean's position on the issue?

Nice job, guys, especially considering how ugly that face looks in your photo.