snoboy

aka, not a cappucino. blasphemer.

Just drove through ~5000' pass, no snow there, that's NE of WA Pass, this side of the border.

Go here: Click me, you know you want to! and watch the trailer for "Sinners."

Of course, March was the worst...

Nothing worthwhile was skied last year.

Last year sucked . . . . . . . . . not!!!!

It does make you wonder though... are the MSR versions really worth $130?

Petzl Longlife bolts.

then that would be a really bad weekend... as I will be working. The only october weekend that would rock for me would be the 22-23.

sorry - didn't look too hard, just figured it might work...

bugmenot.com easy peasy

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Sweeeet! My oh my Pandora, I don't remember you being quite this excited about the snow last year... It snowed at the top (6500') of our hill today too.

The link to the official Ortovox page: http://www.ortovox.com/typo7/index.php?id=58&L=1

Worked. Just like every other weekend this summer. But it's Friday night for me now!! w00000t!

I didn't realize they ran the lifts this late in the year.

Because Curves donates money (10% of profits)to pro life groups. begin rants now...

More info, cut and paste from telemarktips:

If your a good enough f orger, you should be able to buy whatever you want...

Actually it's what galvanized hardware is coated in. That too corrodes very quickly.

I've just posted a thread in the freshiezone about the Ortovox M2 recall, and related avalanche beacon / battery issues... go read it if you care to.

Slack battery manufacturing standards may be a killer. Apparently several beacons on the market have battery compartments that allow batteries that are "in spec" but on the small side to shift to a position where the terminals are no longer contacting, and bingo - no working beacon anymore. Ortovox has just issued a recall on all of their M2 beacons to address this problem. Read about it in this thread. BCA has also acknowledged that it is an issue with some of the Trackers. Be careful out there this winter...

I have heard that one actually, and if I bailed off a route, I wouldn't expect to see any of the gear I left ever again. OTOH, I would be happy if somebody decided to return it. The one time I went to get booty that the loser had told me bout, he just told me to keep it. That's why I have a #4 Camalot. Oh yeah, I knew the guy.

The proper swager is signifigantly less than $100. I can't remember where I got mine though.

The day's are getting shorter, Winter's on it's way.