lizard_brain

exactly! so why miss out on seeing da history 1st hand?!? Why just see history when you can make history?

Ask at the ranger at the gate what the avalanche danger is wherever you are going. And check it out a few days in a row here before you go... Avy Linky NWAC Linky Stay home this week instead and read Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain by Bruce Tremper

The guy gives the appearance of being really naive. If he really knows what he's getting in to, and is prepared to hunker down for several days in a snow cave, well, hey, all the more power to him. A cornucopia of sage advice from a guy who's barely out of the Mounties Climbing course himself. I love this site. Choose your weather window carefully Tony and have fun. You're no fun. (I love this site too!)

The guy gives the appearance of being really naive. If he really knows what he's getting in to, and is prepared to hunker down for several days in a snow cave, well, hey, all the more power to him. He says he has gear.

Oh come on - even I'VE been up there. I've tried several winter ascents in the last couple of years too, but the weather never cooperated. Haven't made it in the winter yet. I'll keep trying. But I digress. Are you saying this guy can't climb? What makes you think he's guarunteed to die up there? Just because he's never been up there before, and is making his first ascent in winter? That doesn't mean certain death! The guy's a vet for god's sake! He's a big boy! He can make his own decisions, and I'm sure he will!

Exactly that's a long haul just to smoke a doobie Yeah, but then there's the ski down...

generally people don't do their first ascent in Winter, and, if they do, they actually know what they are getting into. Gotta start somewhere... Give they guy some credit - he has all the gear he needs. He obviously has guts. I say go for it.

"Have you climbed ...RAINIER...?"

What the hell... Hundreds of people climb it each year, no problem. Just be careful, and have fun. Let us know how it goes.

Some people are into that.

They should just 'disappear' you during your lunch break. "Where'd he go?" "I dunno." Gone.

I got called to the HR managers office of a company I worked for. I was told I was being laid off. I went back to my desk and told my co-workers about it. Then I said "Today is my birthday." One of my co-workers was hysterical. She was dying to tell the HR person. That HR person was so damn PC. I snuck by there to try to listen but she was already coming out of there. The HR chick was in there banging her head on the desk. I was laughing my arse off. She called me back later and said the made some sort of mistake, and gave me two extra day's pay.

What type of exercise? Climbing? Running? Depends on what you're doing...

Loosers.

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Job. Mind if I ask how old you are? Neither are my business, I know..

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Blah, blah, blah. Bottom line, no more Koflach boots.

IME in SLC had a notice up on official Atomic letterhead - they bought Koflach and decided not to continue the mountaineering boots. Not sure what that leaves, but no more Degre Arctis or Vertical. Looks like they're pretty much mainly a consignment shop, so they probably just bought out the remaining stock and are selling it off.

They only have 7 and 10.5 online. But 10.5 is my size. Now if only I had the money...

Where did u hear this? I was looking all over for a new pair of Degres to replace my trashed old ones, and even online I could only funky size in both models, not just Degres, like 5,6,7 and 12,13,14 and they quit selling them at REI (they don't know shit there "Why you quit selling these?" "I dunno."), so I went to Second Ascent, and that's where they told me that Koflach went out of business.

Yeah, but it has something called a 'system', and they have a really cool website...

But seriously... Those are the ones they showed me at PMS. I'm considering those. I guess I just hate to change. You should see my Degres... The liners are falling apart. Had them for 7 years at least, and use them about 15 times a year. Holes in the baffles and delaminating around the rand. They have to go after this season. (Right - I started saying that 2 seasons ago.)

Lowa Civettas have very good ankle flex. They are also ugly as sin. Me too, on both counts.

I like plastics too. I have a pair of Koflak Degres that I wear on snowshoe trips about 10 times a year besides glacier climbing in them. They flex well and stay warm. Unfortunately, Koflak just went out of business. Mine are shot, and I'm looking for an alternative. Haven't found a pair of plastics that have the ankle flex that the Degres do, and most plastics are to narrow in the toe for me. I might even switch from plastic to other mountaineering boots if I can find something warm enough. For me it's all about warmth and dryness - I have circulation problems (Reynauds) - so keeping the digits warm is a necessity.