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be sure to keep it ironed!

I spew a lot of garbage on this site and I'm barely halfway to that. call guinness book and get him next to benny and billy on their motorscooters...or maybe robert wadlow

one reason not to use step-in bindings though silvrettas can take forever to get on too

you could get some of those alpine trekkers but everyone I know who owns those is selling them within a year or so because they are sick of the weight.

Yeah I was just trying to say in general you'll lose some performance using AT boots. The Denalis can be cranked down, though I have probs getting in that 2nd lean position. I think my left foot cant or something is messed too, since I can ski down on one ski no prob with the right but the left starts wandering all over. If I were to get a new set of skis, I would get Atomic TourGuide SL's, Dynafit and that Scarpa F1 so I can look like Sting.

But as for gear, a modern downhill ski mounted with a binding like the fritschi titanal or similar would be pretty forgiving, though obviously a little heavy. You can put downhill boots in these, or go for something like the Scarpa Denali or Laser, which give plenty of support (The Denali these days seems too stiff). One problem with AT boots is they seem to make you stand up a bit too much, which puts you in the back seat unless you focus on good technique and really push your shins into the tongue. I'm no hotshot skier, just stuff I've noticed.

Some may disagree but if you have never downhill skied before, I would recommend paying for a lesson by a professional instructor. You'll probably only need one, then put on the mileage. There are a lot of good skiers out there but few can patiently articulate exactly what you need to do. You could probably get by w/o the lesson, but I would bet it helps out a lot. Just like in climbing, there are engrams that get ingrained in muscle memory (the reason you can come back to skiing or climbing after years away from the sport). It's really hard to unlearn bad habits, so those first few times on skis are pretty important for development.

I think I read that in the ACC Gazette at one point. Something about the abuse of the chinese railroad laborers, etc.

intimidating overhanging jugs

aaaarrrr matey that's inconceivable

nice find! I will now use this in all of my posts. ahoy landlubbers

just found some frozen peas with some particularly bad freezer burn...oh..o..oh yeah give me a couple minutes folks...

is that a frame capture from the mars rover or some shizz?

dat be the dark side of the cone south 'o the 3 hoes brah

I wore my one-piece fartbag to work today to celebrate. I expect security here in t-minus 30 seconds.

I saw a lynx in the smith rock parking lot. some guy had a baby one as a pet and it was in the back of a canopied truck. it made wierd noises and tried to get through the window to smell me. really cool looking animal but I can't imagine it makes a good pet, even if it were legal. probably starts ripping up the couches and peeing everywhere, eating the neighborhood cats.

HOOOOOORRRSSECOOOOCK

probably was just some trad-climbing chick badum-ching

If you want to look like Sting, I recommend the first two

I have found several cairns on various climbs and pack them out. Nice to not have to buy rei cairn kits anymore!

dude I work two cubicals down from you what are you saying

poorly-targeted snaffles

trask's insufferable pornographic pm's to my old "luv_ewe" avatar. no wonder the gumnutblender gets choked on the sybian

those people who's photos are in picture frames when you buy them.

families who wear identical t-shirts.