tomtom

Check your pm's.

Yes, but is he sponge-worthy?

Take advantage of what ... Tease.

Will the gondola be running that weekend? I'd hate to have to hike that far.

The GoreTex membrane doesn't need to be treated, but the outer fabric needs an effective DWR for it to work. If the fabric doesn't bead and gets saturated, then the laminate can't breathe. Climbing Mag was giving away small bottles of ReviveX at the Ouray Ice Festival, although that doesn't help you now.

Upswing, downswing ... If you swing both ways you're always busy.

Yeah, the straps and haul loops are sewn directly to the dyneema bag material without re-enforcement. They can rip out of the bad without too much effort. The shoulder straps and hip strap are ok. Every other strap is fragile.

No, he's Chilean. It is a bit nippy outside. Try wearing a sweater.

It's now in a bookstore near you.

Two words: Aluminum crampons.

Hell, let's just put a (climber's only, of course) gondola to the top and be done with it.

And if you can't get a good fit with leather boots, plastic boots with thermofit liners ROCK!

Sounds like you need the La Sportive Mega Max Rock Climbing Shoes! Marry a climbing shoe with a gaiter and you'll get the winter-loving Mega Max. Inside, the board-lasted suede boot laces up and is insulated for comfort. Outside, the gaiter and boot cover protect from weather and abrasion with water-repellent Schoeller®-Keprotec® and Schoeller®-Dynamic®.

Hi, there!

I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but when heated, the intuition liners mold to the inside of the boot as well as your foot. I replaced the stock liners in my Verticals with the Intuition liners from cheapsnowboards.com and they work great.

UW recycles batteries.

eBay

REI really can't be compared to Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is intent on driving down consumer prices while maintaining profit margins. REI keeps prices at MSRP, returns the minimum expected 10% dividend, and pockets the rest to spend on ???

Another is fatwallet.com

It was ok. They could have cut 20 minutes out of it and not lost anything. No outtakes after the credits.

Yeah what Bogen said, Canadian diamonds are certified blood and cruelty free Arc'teryx sells diamonds? Cool.

Personal preference. I have both my aider and adjustable daisy on the locking biner in a two aider system. In moving, I clip a free biner to the piece (or bolt) and clip the locker/aider/daisy to the biner. Then I bounce, get on that aider, and then move the second locker/aider/daisy to the free biner. This keeps the two aiders vertically aligned and allows me to move either the left or right l/a/d to the next piece. I'll lock the biners at anchors at the end of pitches. Other people use different systems.

3/4th the way up Pitch 5. Nice view from there.

Oh the joys of aid climbing ... . After standing on hooks, chained biners look pretty bomber.