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I was told they taste funky but should still be good. I have 3 that expired early 2010 if anyone wants to try them out in the name of science

trying to find a set with either strap on or newmatic mounting. thanks

I have that one and it doubles as a stuff sack too and I have an old jansport "summit pack" that is very similar I really like the MEC one though as it has the foam pad in it.

I have a real ultralight kong ice axe It's short though maybe 55cm

smartwools or icebreakers are good maybe also a .45 pistol? you're gonna get raped

No, once I have some extra cash I will. The skis I have now were thrown in with the bindings. Found a bd sts tail kit at back country that should work perfect.

Ok have my sivleretta 404 and some monster 191 BD skis and just got some skins but they are a bit too short. I can try and get a Black Diamond’s STS Tail Kit (having trouble finding locally) for the rear and cut off the metal tab but how bad would it be to just go tailless on the skins? I will just be using for approach use on cascade volcanos. thanks all

I don't have to be at work until tuesday morning. If I can't find a partner I'm just going to skin up to muir, camp, and fall/ski down (not that good a skier in mountaineering boots). It would be nice to have some company I'm also up for any alpine/volcano climbing in the area I live in Salem, OR

I have one with a back and zipper that is only 3.2 oz and cheaper (north face verto) though that is interesting none the less I could just put mine on backwards and have the same thing

like new vasque ice 9000 double boots size 42 $175 OBO [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0293.jpg[/img] North face prophet 45 liter climbing pack brand new frame size small fits 15-18 inches 210 dyneema side material with removable frame and pad and stay. You can remove the top lid and hip belt to for ultra light. also has a crampon pouch $100 [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0295.jpg[/img] [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0296.jpg[/img] [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0297.jpg[/img] make offers

I sometimes judge people with bright, shiny gear... Don't judge bro I get some new gear for free from work sometimes but not often. Though my favorite climbing jacket is a decade old moonstone windshirt. My ice tools are BD "curved" black prophets that are also about a decade old. My old silver glitter Kong carbon fiber helmet has bubbles in it and is chipping (maybe will replace it). I do tend to get a boot fetish (not to the extent of Dane) as the Marine Corps trashed my feet and I like to pamper them now with different boots. I tend to spend my money on Gas now

I have a pair of like new vasque ice 9000 double boots size 42 $175 OBO [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0293.jpg[/img] [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0294.jpg[/img]

Oh wow I had to come down in a whiteout in may 2003 and worried about that happening. I was a total noob and probably would have done the same thing had it not been for the wands in place.

After a 9 day stretch of work have some time off. Rainier or something I'm game cheers Daniel

Pm sent on axe/hammer I'll take it

I saw a large group going up as I was going down late tuesday. I wonder if it was them. They had HUGE packs so it looked like they were staying up there for a few days. Friendly bunch though. Hope all is well

wow bringing back an old thread. I used to have it on VHS and wanted my girlfriend to watch it. Now the VHS is worth $$$ on ebay and no torrrents. I can't find my my vhs and would love her to watch this anyone know were it can be viewed on newer formats?

A pleasure. Here at CiloGear, I keep at least 4 different types of EVA around. Honestly, it's hard to tell the difference between similar types, a lot harder than telling fabrics or coatings or other stuff like that apart. The easiest test is compression set resistance. Pinch the material hard, and watch how long it takes to uncompress. Does pinching leave a mark? Pinch it again several times and see how the foam reacts. Does it come back from repeated compressions? Or does it leave a mark? Over time and use, the marks will substantially degrade the foam. The 'true' 'yellow hard man pad' is EvaZote because it has the best compression set resistance of comparative EVAs and is relatively easy to get at a density that's good for folks sleeping on snow/ice. Does it really matter? I'd hope not much. While I strongly believe light is right, I have no interest in self immolation or in freezing. Then again, I use the dense stuff. After closer looking and testing the blue cheapman pad has larger bubbles in the foam. My Yellow pad is denser. I have used my yellow pad alone in winter and have been fine. The blue cheapman pad I have only used it in this pack on Hood to sit on for breaks and worked for that (I just sat on my pack so I guess that would not be a great test). I pinched both pads and neither left marks. [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0290.jpg[/img] Thanks again for your informative response. I am actually in the process of deciding what pack from your company I want to order. I have been reading up on your packs and watching your propaganda films on youtube. I'm thinking maybe a worksack 30 to compliment my CCW chernobyl (and replace this pack as it's going to my girlfriend) thanks again

once I get my insurance figured out from my employer I'm going to get it checked out ( I hate going to the doctor). I researched the bursa sac with air and it may be that or even Arthritis. thanks all for the information

Thanks for the reply and great information. Very informative! As to my yellow hard man pad I'm not sure of the make but it looks and feels just like the wally world one. My mom got me the yellow pad at a North face retail store in the late 80's or early 90's. It does have brown/or orange pinstripes on the bottom though. Just cause I'm like this, but please do forgive me. It's not exactly like your yellow one but blue, or I'd be shocked. EVA is made by many many companies. The best is EvaZote made by Zote Foams, it is used in yellow hard man pads and it does come in different colors (we use yellow, black and blue here at CiloGear depending on what our supplier has on hand). EvaZote comes in at least 8 different densities and you can have it cut to any thickness you want for the most part. From what I know, the wholesale price of a standard sheet at a standard thickness (~48" x 108" and 8mm) yellow hard man foam is about $40. That said, does it matter? Over the long run, yes. The Zote stuff lasts longer. In terms of "R-Value"? Probably. But R-Value testing against human body heat loss is a joke not a science, so... Manufacturing meets design. Manufacturing wins. Have a look at the thermoformed backpanel and the framesheet and it should be come clear. The designer wanted to have a nice effective load transfer while saving weight. The factory offered the high tech looking (and cheap) thermoformed backpanel as a feature and the designer required the removable framesheet. The designer might have wanted a tapered framesheet pocket, but setting that pocket would be a TON of work. Check out the bladder pocket for an idea. That is sewn on in with the folds and everything by a special, incredibly expensive machine with a jig. The manufacturer really didn't want to do a new jig and dedicate machines to this part and a have a manufacturing bottle neck with the designers silly contoured framesheet pocket. Not to mention the scrap material! The designer knows you don't want the framesheet running around and not being in the right place. It's not going to work well for first time pack users. Furthermore, a removable pad is just going to irritate the buyers at Big Box Retailer who see a disaster of lost crap in a price point pack. So the designer demands a tapered framesheet pocket that is hard but not impossible to open and keeps the framesheet intact with a minimum of shrinkable parts. Solution? Sew in a nice rectangle of fabric and add a couple of stitches to it to keep the framesheet where it was supposed to be.

IT'S DEATH TO GO UP THERE!!! No break today. It was only supposed to be 15MPH winds and turned out to be 35MPH winds. It still beats work though. I only made it to 10K and my left knee started to hurt bad. Third time over 7500 feet my left knee hurts real bad. Have you been sleeping there for a couple of days now? I might had fallen down under your truck with my pack on when I got out of my car on Fri morning. It was so icy in the lot. I hope there are no scratches and I apologize for waking you up. Just one night per week. I have an FJ with nobody under it

Ok so in the last couple weeks I tried to climb hood 3 times. Out of the two times My left knee starts to hurt really really bad at around 7500ft and I tried to go to 10k and was almost in tears my knee hurt that bad. I was in the Marines so I know pain vs discomfort, and this was pain. I had to hobble limp down and it hurt really bad. The strange thing though at around 7000 the pain starts going away and I was plunge stepping Like ueli steck the last 1000 feet to Timberline with no pain. I read about people flying in non pressurized planes having knee and elbow pain at high altitude but why am I having it at a relatively low one?

I'm at timberline now, was sleeping in my vehicle. The wind keeps shaking my fj. Maybe I'll try to get up if the wind dies down

So from work some time back I got a free backpack. A north face 35 liter climbing pack. It has 210D Cordura Dyneema fabric, removable hip belt, (top lid does not come off ) removable frame and aluminum stay. All at 2.5lbs I love the pack as is for days out rock climbing because of the frame sheet protects me from pro poking me in the back and I can haul quite a bit for a 35L. But for mountaineering I want a bit more freedom like my CCW packs (LOVE LOVE Them). So I was like "I'll just pull the frame out and put a folded pad in there" and then noticed can't do that as the frame pocket was tapered. Then I noticed there was a full rectangular pocket in the pack but it was "sealed" with threading so I pulled out my leatherman and unstitched it, went to wally world and got a blue hardman pad (exactly like my yellow one but blue) for $5.99 cut to fit. I now I have a 35L sub 2lb pack with hip belt and bivy pad! So why the heck did they make a pocket in there that was sealed up? It was like a bag within a bag. the pack [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0247.jpg[/img] the pack inside out with weird cut frame sheet [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0246.jpg[/img] Cutting threads to open up hidden pocket [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0243.jpg[/img] Measuring/ Cutting blue hard man $5.99 pad [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0244.jpg[/img] Finished! and I can still put the frame sheet in If I wanted too as that pocket is still in there. [img:left]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/dan8152/IMG_0248.jpg[/img]

just wanted to add I have climbed Rainier 6 times (both DC and Jib ledges) and never summited due to weather or not adjusting well to altitude. So I would like to get myself back up to speed on all aspects of alpine climbing and do rainier again soon (and often). The times that I acclimatized well the weather just was horrible, go figure. I have also summited hood, shasta, and Mt washington. This year I have tried hood twice solo with no luck and would prefer not to go solo. Rock climbing on plastic I'm a solid 5.10+ climber and trad lead I would say 5.8 but love easy 5.6 to 5.7's ( my favorite climb as been the owen spalding on the grand teton) I'm also 35 so sometimes have some old man strength which is a good thing but I'm not as fast as I once was. I am more slow and steady. So If I sound like a match