genepires

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.

those tools are very nice. If I didn't already have a pair, I would grab them fur sure.

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.

I guess I gotta do some homework on sat phone charges. found one plan was for about $500/yr for coverage. ouch. makes the spot seem cheap. Not that price is such a important factor in an emergency.

Gadd's blog and my good friend recently got one made me think about getting one also. I guess I was dreaming that a sat phone might be expensive up front but cost a lot less than $100/yr for use considering the amount of time I would use it. Hopefully zero minutes /yr. "100/yr for a Spot is less than 9/month or 0.30 per day, more or less." I would really hope that I am not popping off the spot signal every day for a year. Maybe sending a OK signal on the drive home from work?

So I was thinking of getting some kind of emergency device. Satellite phones look like the best idea but I was wondering about the cost per year and size/weight of the newer models. Spot look good but the $100/yr subscription price is hard to swallow. The three different messages of the spot are ok but if the weight and price is comparable between the spot and sat phone, then it is a no brainer. is there a better alternative? thanks for the opinions, gene

So is there a difference between the GoPro HD Hero2 Outdoor Edition and the regular hero naked model? (besides the $100 difference at rei) New to this kind of gear so the descriptions make no sense to me. thanks in advance, gene

and the writers still get screwed whatever happens.

OK. another theory if you will. Flexing of metal will cause it to fail at some point. How about the tolerance between gate and biner body? If the gap between the gate pin and body notch is larger enough, then the flexing of the body before the gate prevents further movement could with time, weaken the body. (I think this biner is a keylock but I don't know what to call the respective parts in a keylock, key bulb and lock notch?) The bouncing around on a slackline would give repeated heavy stresses to the locker biner. Suppose it comes down to ductility and the flexing ability of certain metals which aluminum should do well with.

I admit to commenting on this without full knowledge of what sopa and pipa is really all about, but from the snipets of info I heard, the problem with it is the heavy handedness of websites simply accused of violations of intellectual property. Something like I accuse a site of stealing images and the IP address is taken away. No chance to defend yourself and other people's "crimes" will affect you as in a forum website like this. Protecting intellectual property needs to happen but it needs to happen in a way that we use for all kinds of injustices. In a court of law.