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These all look good for different reason that you need to assess. Vasque Zephyr Tech. Basically a high top tennis shoe but with better soles for protecting bottom of foot. Would not be very good for climbing (3rd class and up) Vasque Zephyr II. Similar to above but with more weight and warmth. Still not a climbing boot (but maybe that doesn't matter to you? Except that you said in you initial post that you are looking for a "Mountaineering boot"). Zamberlan Vioz GT GORE-TEX. Just a little heavier and warmer but still not a boot designed for climbing. La Sportiva Trango Trek 2 GORE-TEX. Very similar to the Zamberlan. La Sportiva Trango Extreme Evo Light GORE-TEX. This is an excellent climbing boot. Might be a little stiff for long hiking. Also look at these, Scarpa Charmoz GTX Mountaineering Boots http://www.rei.com/product/748422 The difference I am pointing out between the Scarpas I listed and the La Sportivas you listed is the toe welt. The La Sportivas you listed will take a neumatic crampon. The Scarpas I listed will not take neumatic crampons, just strap-on crampons. Strap ons are great for general glacier and lower angle snow and ice. If you get into steeper ice you will want neumatics because they become a rigid part of your boot whereas strapons almost always move a little bit. - slippage between the crampon and boot = not good. Both boots have a steep welt and consistent tread to make edging on rocks easier. The first few boots you listed have big isolated lugs on the soles in some cases and in all cases have too many rounded corners making standing on a thin edge on a rock more difficult.

What page is that on in "freedom of the hills". It's right after the part that explains how to extract an ice ax from your anus. Keep looking.

The Bible says, "You will know them by their fruits." Which track is most effective at decreasing the overall number of abortions? Teaching abstention, eliminating birth control education programs, and locking up the birth control? Or teaching people how to have protected sex and provide easy access to birth control? It seems like a no-brainer to me. And once you have them trusting you, you can start teaching them about the other things you beleive. In the end, the choice is theirs. No one can force morality upon another. Our Example exemplified leading by example and using unconditional love as the primary tool. Cheers!

We did an extremely similar thing wherein we played Batman and Robin. The "car" chase scenes we did out on real streets were a h00t! Yeah cool. But we weren't gay.

I don't want to hear what you're touchin. Specilly if it anin't attatched no more. I can't touch 'em. My wife keeps them in a jar on the mantle. They've been there a while now. I get to see them every day, though, when I walk through on my way to the kitchen. You shoulda told me that BEFORE I got married.

I don't want to hear what you're touchin. Specilly if it anin't attatched no more.

Actresses are so neurotic.

My hs buddies and I did a freeze frame movie of us sitting on our buts and driving around the inside of the school like we were in race cars. It turned out pretty cool.

It was awsome. He asked for constructive criticism and I tried to provide it. Keep it up Marc. Good work!

About freakin time.

1977 was a good year. I went to the Lowe Alpine school in Eldorado that summer.

"Dull, dull,dull,dull,dull," should be dull, not emphatic imo. The girl under the pit should spew pea soup. The climber should talk normally, like it's no big deal, like he is just too cool.

Did anything fall off. I need to know for next year.

Do you have any pics of the left facing corner from its base, or on it, or on top?

What you typed is wrong. Books don't crackle.

You people are wasting a lot of money that could have been spent on climbing gear.

My start was in Montana with my father and three older brothers. We went out in the mountains most weekends and kept doing steeper and steeper climbing. Finally we bought a rope and made diaper harnesses with seatbelts. We did a lot of top roping and got really good with mountain boots. I finally met a lead climber (Alex Lowe) who wasn't really interested in taking on "another" beginner but hooked me up with a guy who was starting to get good after climbing with Alex for a couple years. It was a springboard. I never looked back at backpacking or my brothers and father for years. By the time one of them expressed an interest, I was leading 5.10 trad in EB's. Climbing has bee very good to me......

That may actually be what killed off the Mammoths.

Extemporaneous existential testosterone.

Grock! Stop playing with your food!

That's stupid. Who picks Fred Meyer?

Not so far from the truth if you consider that Genesis is a collection of nearly undecipherable echoes from the past. The last ice age was only 11k years ago and there is pretty good evidence that there were people in eastern WA when Glacial lk Missoula dumped (aproximately 104 times). The ice age would have caused similar floods in other parts of the world. Floods that came from far away in many cases just like the glm floods that innundated eastern WA. When that old dried up guy was found in eastern wa several years ago, I was wondering if he had been a victim of the Missoula floods. But he ended up being dated over a thousand years later.

DOH!

The answer above is very good. I would add that there are a lot of really great boots that are just as durable and warm and dry as classic light leather boots but weigh much less. So you can have a very light boot that can handle hiking in wet snow and still be light enough to wear in warmer climates. Consider how warm your feet stay. What kind of socks you use. Gators help a lot. For me, I wear a light summer hiking boot on Rainier with gators and my feet just get a little cold. If I wear a heavier boot on a short trip up there, my feet sweat so much that my feet get cold the next day anyway from wet boots. I use vapor barriers sometimes and that might be another consideration for you if you decide to go with a lighter boot. There are also really good wool/nylon socks and liners out now that just bake my feet. Liner, vapor barrier, heavy sock, boot, gator. You can get slippage if your boot doesn't fit well so experiment.

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