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obviously so and I don't know her personally, but it doesn't mean she would be unconcerned about her son placing cams and nuts for his life safety. Just saying. Maybe I am wrong. BTW, you sure put the bar pretty damn high for us fathers and our little kids.

If mom wasn't worried enough already, filming 10yo climbing cracks and placing trad gear at index would make mom pass out.

can we feed dog food to homeless people? I got some bags to hand out.

a hole dug in good soil is free. maybe the rest stop should come with a trail and lots of little shovels. Or a dispenser with blue bags.

sorry,not enough time to read the article. I got a crazy 4yo running around. Salewa must either sell non climbing gear or they are big in the rest of the world and not here in NA.

very nice. Can't even comprehend a 10yo doing that.

if anyone doesn't get it, if you tie knots in your rope, you had better have enough rope in the rescue coils to be able to setup the rescue. You need at a minimum, twice the amount of rope coiled over the shoulder as the length between the two climbers to build a standard 3:1 after dropping free in down. (for team of two which this is usually used for) More in rescue coils than twice between climbers is preferred though so you can build standard 6:1 or canadian drop c 6:1.

very strange as one would expect a larger company to gobble up a smaller company. Could salewa be bigger than WC? Could salewa borrow that much?

paper lift tickets are soooo 2009.

nice job finding a couple hotties to climb in the alpine with. That kind of hotness can melt out a ice climb real quick.

canadians do it right, they just throw some sanicans on the side of the highway.

for a private enterprise to make this: -assuming a 20 yr life for the facility that comes to about $160,000/yr for 0% loan -assuming some profit needed for private entity lets assume that the facility needs to bring in $200,000/yr, only $40,000/yr profit -assuming a equal use per day all year, needs to bring in $526/day -assuming about a hundred people per day pay to crap in toilet this comes to about $5/crap -lots of assuming and we know about assuming but who would pay $5 to crap when one could run into the woods for free or use a retailer toilet after buying a $5 item?

not really familiar with DMM cams but maybe someone can educate me. These new demon cams look like a simpler cheaper version of the dragon cams. It looks like a tech friend or a single axle camalot. Is there more to this cam than meets the eye? (other than the webbing)

I feel your pain Tyson. I wasn't invited either but I don't ski. I will use that to sooth my bruised ego, even though I know the truth. And the truth is that Pat and Josh are ghey and I am not that cute to them.

drooling on great photos are a great way to spend some rainy indoor time. thanks.

I know is an oldie but still a goodie.....the best ski is the one having the most fun. sorry I had to go there.

visibility is overrated. not.

not exactly familiar with the MH subzero, but a fairly durable and very warm jacket is good for any higher altitude climbing. The walk is slow so the metabolism is slow also. It is very easy to gets cold. I had a good FF volant that did very good for me. Probably better to get one that hangs over the waist more.

unfortunately for you Sig, it comes down to different solutions for each individual. Being in FL ain't gonna help you much as being out there and finding what works best for you is the ideal. For example I am a hot and sweaty hiker so I go very light when moving. In tvashs recent example, I was hoofing it out without as much insulation as he and mine was synthetic when it was on. For me, down is best in very dry conditions. Maybe you don't sweat as much like Tvash. Maybe you do. WIll never know till you get into the nasty weather. I think your MH jacket is fine for rainier. Keep the hood on any jacket you get. Also get hoods on almost every other top piece you buy like a R1 hoody or similar or softshell jackets.

not really familiar with the skyledge, but does it have guy points that are half way or so up the side of the tent? If not, the stakes won't really do much good.

why not go with you got already? What do you currently use?

along the same lines with inflamation, Mark Sisson has been doing some newsletter stuff on inflammation. 6 foods to reduce inflammation. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/top-6-anti-inflammatory-foods/#axzz1kd9PA7L5 If if doesn't help with your joint, it will help with just being healthy anyway. best of luck Stew,

back to original idea. I got the candela and like it. I always bring a spare v threader though. It is made of bailing wire that is filed and folded over to make a hook. Rolled the other end into a small loop for a handle. Roll whole thing up into a 2" radius loop and stored in pocket. It works very well also.

now now boys, lets not have too much shit in this sandbox. agree to disagree and lets have a group hug, hhmmm-kay? ya both have good points.

so that makes the badasses who climb denali in the winter even more Bad Asses.