Figger_Eight

crap...what a bummer. I've had to spend what seemed like forever trying to thrutch out of those things before. You can't underestimate those things - even when your at resorts.

It certainly gives one a different perspective on the war when we're reminded that the people we're sending over are brothers, sisters, moms and dads. I hope he (and everyone else) comes back safely.

Yeah...what Erik said for sure.

Not only is that humorless...it's stupid as shit.

Here's another set-up.

Hikers don't go above the treeline.

I'm thinking Crystal on Friday. Anyone else gonna be down there?

What I was trying to say was that it doesn't matter what kind of boards you're mounting - there isn't really a "downhill", "AT" or "tele" board anymore. Snoboy said it better though. Test drive a bunch of skis and pick yer favorite...or just take your favorite ski and mount 'em with bindings of your choice. They're all going to feel heavy either way.

Tell her that climbing guys are rude, disrespectful, immature and broke to boot. If she still insists on hanging, steer her towards this site and that'll turn her off for sure.

I have a pair of downhill skis mounted with tele's and use them in the backcountry a lot. The deal is they don't weight a whole lot more and the tradeoff is I have more fun coming back down. The only difference with tele skis vs. regular skis is that they are more flexible, especially in the front. Apart from that they aren't that much different (or that much lighter). So then why tele? If you have to ask...

2970. Almost

Well shit...I never thought of that. On second thought I'd go and get some girlies - like when they thought they started WW III in Spies Like Us.

That is soooo poetic.

If I knew a couple of days in advance, I'd get together a posse and bum rush Willis Wall or some other heinous route. If the climbing looked super sketchy, I'd just look at my partner, shrug my shoulders and go for it anyways. Heh heh.

I'm kicking it in Seattle tonight. I might meet ya'll out there.

Especially this time of year, most of us would give someone at home an expected return date but also let them know that it's more or less a guideline. A storm might come in or something else might happen which would force them to stay on the mountain one or two extra days. I wouldn't go so far as to judge who is prepared to go where and do what, but the assumption is (most of the time) if they're doing it in winter, they know what they're getting themselves into. On the same note, the "REI" attitude so prevalant in the Northwest engenders an attitude where people feel all they need to do is drop a few bucks on gear, and whammo: instant climber/skier/snowshoer/mountaineer. This is more common in the summer because most of these people are scared of a little weather. Those are my two sweeping generalizations of the day.

Two victims are better than three. That's a lot of weight to grab and hang on to.

1990! I think you get more points by tagging them in the nuts

You can also think of how much each toe is worth. A pair of $400 dollar plastics break down to each toe being worth $40 bucks. This makes it a no brainer for me at least. Heat is lost through boots via conduction, not convection - or your foot is trying to heat the colder boot by transferring the heat energy to it. When you cool the boot further by blowing wind on it, your foot has to try to compensate by giving the boot additional heat. Of course if you want to keep your foot warm, you prevent this from happening by insulating the crap out of the boot with a layer of trapped air between the skin and the shell (closed cell foam liner). Of course nothing is perfect and you'll lose heat anyways to the boot, which will in turn lose heat to the environment, especially if the wind is blowing it off the boot.

These people "in business" say the same thing about macs and, not surprisingly, use your same excuse: "because other people say so." blah blah blah. Allison, just glue some thumbtacks to the top of your monitor.

uhhhhh, what's a camel-toe? Here ya go

Nice pics I gotta go back!

I second this idea.