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are we olyclimber? ARE we?

Surprise! W is a moron.

Saw you on that big daddy group order. Have fun with those beauties, if you sort out the binding issues.

This ain't the wasatch, who doesn't like stiff skis? The crossbows have identical dimensions to the Atomic R:ex/10ex/etc/etc and if I'm not mistaken are (or were) made at the Atomic factory. They seem pretty similar, minus the beta ride steez. As for the freerides, a good solid binding but heavy. The other less core diamirs are perfectly fine too.

That looks core. Would I be core if I said that guy is climbing bareback

Isn't this the start of an Ozzy song

Still climbing at beacon in this weather, clipping bonattis? That is definitely core.

It is f'ing nuking on Hood right now. Payback!

let me guess, it involves having planks of death strapped to your feet! Skis rock. Everything else sucks. How you like them apples.

I have a pair of the 'gucci French Roast pants, which I believe replaced the Talus. I like 'em a lot . . . super light and seem to be wearing well. Neither of these will fit over a T1 boot cuff, just FYI. Well I guess you could suck it up and strap on some crocs Mountie-style bwaaha! Check out Beyond Fleece out of Eugene, OR. Get 'em before they get Cloudveil'ized, Arcteyeyeyeyx'ized, Karhu'ized, etc etc.

ARRRGGH I went up to ski the Wyeast face today but I was too late. Raining now in Corvallis. I am psyched that the high pressure is outta here though. Bring it.

It would be interesting to know how this tech holds up in a natural disaster of some kind (earthquake in seattle, etc) relative to the cell network. My guess is it would go down pretty quickly, but who knows. I guess loss of power would tak out anything.

oh shit, I forgot about my stint in Minnesota. I tried to run stairs in the college stadium in February. Just about killed myself and the cushioning in my running shoes cracked from the cold. This was after putting some bolts in the shoe soles to stay upright on the ice. Skied in Minneapolis traffic periodically. Not advised.

When I was little and got my first "real" rain jacket I'd go out and sit on the picnic table in the pouring rain for hours and boil water with my also-new msr whisperlite. I mean I'd just boil water, pour it out, then boil some more. I was so psyched when it was snowing and I could boil snow. I had a strange childhood but I am a f'ing wizard with the whisperlite stove. Still use that stove all the time. ripped off a door frame at work hanging on it. difficult to explain to maintenance. got busted again climbing the outside of my work building.

please don't bomb me

Thumbs up to the Mountain Shop for skiing. They know their stuff. They do a great job on mounts as well. And now Climbmax is right next door for your spending pleasure.

oh the humanity

pretty cliche, but:

Jean-Paul Sartre

I remember wishing I had a spectre or two on that climb a few years back in nov. That or about 80 feet of sling to lasso some boulders.

Any town on that interstate through nebraska. I remember taking a trip through there on the way to Escalante, UT from Minneapolis, MN with a friend from NYC. He gets out of the van at a desolate gas station, looks around at the sea of corn fields in every direction, then fires out, "Yo, this is the heartland."

by "tele gear" I'm talking Jaks/T1's/H-heads, which push the limit of what can be called tele gear. Just don't crash cause you ain't coming out of that setup. Billybillybilly let me fix your first image for you: oooww richard

If you want keylock biners, there's only one wiregate that offers such a mechanism and at retail it is pretty expensive (last I checked). Just throwing that out there. Pretty sure your biners are not going to make or break your climbs. Unless they suck, of course. In which case you might die. Which is bad.

Meanwhile the skiing in the cascades is spectacular.

super jealous sounds/looks engaging and I spent the weekend learning to land switch on tele gear