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I'm thinking about switching from plastic doubles to leather boots for this season. Was looking at the LaSportiva Eigers. Wondering if anyone has any imput on them as an all season boot for mountaineering and ice climbing. Also looking at the LaSportiva Lhtose but thinking that they might be a little bulky or cumbersome for long approaches. Any imput?

Mister E, I'm game from some trips up to Squish or elsewhere. I'm about at your level for sport and bouldering but no where near your trad level. I can follow though! I'll be in town until mid-June so if your not uneasy about climbing with a college kid send me a pm.

I got the MEC Pamir Jacket earlier this year and I wear it almost every single day. It's made out of Polertec Powerguard material with Powerstretch under the arms. It's 100% against the wind and has a very light fleece lining to add a bit of insulation. I've worn it ice climbing a couple times and even after it got soaked on a dripping climb it still insulated very well. I think it's a steal for the $155 CAD asking price which translates out to roughly $95 USD.

Just to clear some stuff up. I went up with Alpinist Andrew on Guye. We saw some cracks up there but we had a hard time telling if they were older weaknesses in the snow base because they were melted out a bit or if they were new and had just melted out because it was raining so friggin much. Neither of us are avalanche experts so I can't really help y'all out on the technical aspects of the snowpack. All I know is once we saw these cracks we treid to stay where there was the best footing or hurried across any suspect areas.

Trying to plan a week trip down to the Sierra's for possibly some ice or alpine routes. Does anybody have any suggestions given the season and this year's weather. I don't know what's typically in this late in the year? Thanks.

I just went ice climbing for my first time up in Lillooet and I realized that I really don't have any gloves that are any good for ice climbing. My gloves are either functional and not waterproof or waterproof and bulky, not functional. Any opinions on what a good glove that is waterproof and not really bulky?

Okay, so I've done a bit of mountaineering and glacier travel and I want to start climbing some alpine and waterfalls. I've been shopping a little bit for tools but I've realized that I really don't know which tools would be best for my style? I plan to do mostly alpine stuff, although I would like to do some waterfall ice. Any suggestions?