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I've been using the GoLite Featherlite for a few trips and it has worked well. It is on sale at Sierra Trading Post right now: http://www.sierratradingpost.com/xq/asp/base_no.79390/dept_id./est.golite/qx/product.htm Not the warmest thing out there but it gets the job done.

Dude hands-off we are dating. Can't you see I pissed high on that tree already?

it is to indicate when they are climbing/pimping on da westside.

Excellent. I will show Annabelle my Ohface maps in detail

Cho Oyeah? O yeah. I too have been going headtorchless through a steady diet of whipped carrots. While my eyes now glow in the dark it has done nothing for my skin complexion. And I will return your AA battery WHICH I FOUND ON SLIPSTREAM.

Bronco if you find a biner on the route it is probably mine. I also found a rusty AA battery on slipstream last winter. call to identify.

Not to hijack this topic, but that's exactly what I was thinking. Some kind of cast around the lower leg that is really light. I thought Grivel had something like that on the market a long time ago. I would think there is a market for it. I definitely agree that plastics are really nice for extended front-pointing stuff and in really bad conditions. Really scary when your toes go numb for a week after extended front-point sessions in the cold in leathers You can definitely hang out for a long time front-pointing in plastics. I've heard about the string from tip to knee for skiing stability but I already look like a geek and need no additional assistance.

You ain't skiing jack in anything like the nepal top or scarpa leathers. I still climb some stuff in invernos just to avoid having to slog down if skiing is an option. However, the difference in climbing performance between invernos (and I would assume the koflachs) and good leathers is pretty significant.

hate 'em all you like but go over there and live for awhile. those guys know how to live the good life.

You build your own stations so that's up to you. The opportunities are there for good pro on the west ridge, in this oregonian's opinion. Bring the usual grip of double-length slings, set of mid-size nuts, maybe some cams/hexes in the 0.5-2 camalot range, and you should be good to go.

You know what I'm sick of? (requires quicktime, but hilarious and scary) http://homepage.mac.com/njenson/movies/sovereignty.mov

In two months you will be dying for it.

The Garmont Towers are pretty sweet for N. Cascades stuff. I am not a fan of the GoreTex liner however. If I could get them in leather I would do so.

Renton

pay no attention to these jaded folk here SnowByrd. If you are new to climbing and have not been to Smith Rock, make sure you make a trip in the fall. You will love it, I guarantee.

actually I dig the slow lifts out of heather. on a good storm day it keeps the area from getting pummeled with tracks, as it gets filled in a bit. remember, it used to be an all-day journey to drop in from the top of heather canyon. The real problems come when the heather lift breaks down, which is every other day.

just seek out the point of maximum avalanche exposure at any given point. that is the line. this actually works for quite a few routes up there so I've been told.

Er, no that's pretty unlikely. What are you going to wear out the lift cushion or something? I have disliked Meadows because they seem to do the bare minimum to keep people from starting a riot. It's the little things, like no complimentary ski check like Timberline, not even to season pass holders. If there is a service they can slash, they will do it in the name of profit. Lifts rarely seem to open on time either. I have not encountered this at other places. They should look to Bachelor for how to run a lift system.

I've wondered the same thing when I am sleeping outside in the grasslands at Smith and hear them howling pretty close by. I keep the #11 hex close by

the real question is if the AlpineDave will duke it out with the new avatar sportdave

why can't you just stick a bag over your head?

Is the Sulphide Glacier route reasonable to do solo this time of year? Thank you for allowing ignorant Oregonian to post.

Maybe you could make them run by incinerating Huey Lewis tapes rather than plutonium. They're almost as toxic and you don't have to invade middle eastern countries searching for them.

be sure to check out the perseids this weekend while you are hunting for aliens. should be a good show, and on a weekend too.