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Hope you win this battle Dane! Good luck.

looks like that guy died base jumping this last weekend.

f'in beautiful country.

great job gentlemen! Local boys doing good.

I thought feathered friends made a 2 man sleeping bag or bivy sack for a while. May have been a limited production for colin and his kind. I had a friend in bellingham who made his own 2 man bivy with goretex.

darin not dan

solid info on that link I have also heard of drawing the alphabet with the foot. (keeping the legs still, trace out the letters of the alphabet with toes)

Hey Alex, I bought some used ski boots for my boy at sports replay. They had plenty of boots that size and I was told that the real growth in that kind of inventory happens in mid november when parents start getting the kids gear in order. Should be plenty of boots available now.

If money is not an issue, you will get a lot from a hired guide or maybe a 6 day mountaineering course which is a good value for the money. I can only speak from my experience in that both AAI's do a good job of this. I would bet money that mountain madness and IMG do a good job too. Been a while but I "think" it costs around a $1000 for a 6 day trip. Would be real easy to find out via their websites. I think a guided ascent of a mountain is not going to fulfill your needs as much as a instruction trip. It has been a LONG time since my mountaineers BCS but I seem to remember it has a good value for the money. I mean it is cheap and if you put work into it, you will get plenty out of it. Either guided or club based instruction is OK as long as you follow the 4th option and keep getting out. Keep using the skills learned in the "class room" and learn stuff that can not be verbalized like intuition. Keep reading various how to books and learn to rock climb.

it doesn't have to be fun to be fun.

did the kids climb anything? Seems with so many kids, peer pressure would force them all to climb.

obviously. BTW, good job on the valley and RR climbs.

what no exploding campfires or big trundles? Awesome job with both the big 100 and video.

Sounds like the pressure is in the leg loops? Maybe a harness with wider leg loops like a big wall harness? Or have her belay directly off an anchor so that the weight is not on her harness?

sorry about not being able to show the video in directly. I am not a computer savy individual. Anyway, Mike on how to be a climbing dirtbag part 1.

other than wanting a remote and cool trip involving paddling, how come you didn't go in via manning park?

that cam in the shop tab is there other style of cam called the totem cam, that has been out for a little while. The alien style cam is called the basic cam.

friction between rock shoe and rock is good.

the only friction that is good is the friction in the belay device.

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If I understand your language in option 2, then I think it is incorrect. Are you saying the force on the falling climber is less than without rope drag? The total amount of force onto falling climber is the same regardless of rope drag. There is a total kenetic energy that must be "absorbed" by the rope system. The rope system spreads out that total energy to minimize impact force onto both protection and climber. With the rope drag, there is less rope to stretch therefore less time to slow down, therefore higher impact forces onto everything, except the belayer. (like what you said) Assuming a frictionless top piece of protection, then the force on the pro piece would be double the force of the falling climber Now if you are saying that the belayer feels less force in your option 2, then you are correct but who cares if that person is feeling less force. The way I see it, friction is bad because it increases the forces imparted onto both protection and climber. Friction would be good if you were concerned about the rope stretching to much and hitting a ledge or something. good question Mike.

if your rock climbing skills are good, the south face of the tooth is my favorite winter climb. Just takes a couple days of good weather to melt off the snow off the technical parts. plus the route is quiet that time of year, unlike the rest of the year.

the winter makes even the lowest of peaks into grand epic adventures. You could spend many winters just trying to tag all of the hills and peaks by whatever route will get you up. a few to get started all snowshoe ascents granite peak walk up guye peak (which is the L skyline when viewed from road) snoq. mtn from same approach for guye peak walkup little more spicy up the descent route for technical routes on chair peak (don't know real name of line) slot coulior on snoq mtn red mtn really you could just pick any bump/hill/peak and just go for it. take whatever line suites your skill and ambition. But if the forecasts hold true, there won't be much alpine climbing as the avi danger will be off the scale. Be very very mindful of the avalanche hazards. good luck

you don't own a public forum.

just speaking the truth. thought maybe other people would like to know how little you were willing to pay for these biners.