Dustin_B

Not laziness, not having to remove your pack to extract your second tool boils down to speed, efficiency, and safety. But what the hell do I know, I'm a newbie.

thought that was obvious, hence the I meant he should have thought about getting the flu shot when he realized he had no sick leave.

Where did you get that coupon? Is this another round of 20% offs going on now? I don't think REI carries the brakes to be able to swap them out but you might try emailing BD, I bet they would do it for you. Call REI in Seattle if you can't get through in PDX. good luck.

Flu shot

This sounds like the best idea yet!! Although I have often parked at Exit 38, I haven't been violated yet, so I don't have the motivation to get involved. good luck.

Also, if you want a quick release type thing to remove your tool while your pack is still on your back, you can put a clip in the straps (where the ice axe head rests) that come on most packs, and this makes for a quick release system. Haven't done it myself but a friend's mountainsmith pack has this (no tool tubes) and he can remove a second tool with the pack still on his back. pretty cool. This wouldn't work to well though if the handle is much bigger than the shaft (or has a pinky fuck thing).

I second the CCW packs. I have the valdez and it rocks. They do free custom mods so you could order the Chernobyl (which comes with tubes) and have them use the attachment system of the valdez (straps). Awesome stuff. Take advantage of the free custom mods and 'design' your own pack.

Some people don't like their names 'published' on websites, as apparent by all the avatars.

I checked my spreadsheet OP 24": 524 g Yates 24": 346 g like you said, a noticable difference.

This may have already been posted but I searched and didn't see it anywhere so here is an email that I was forwarded. I deleted names to protect the innocent but you can probably find those out from their job titles (thought those were important so I didn't delete them). I apologize in advance if the authors didn't want this email posted on such a forum but it was a mass email and this seems like a good place to spread the word on this issue. 273445-2003 public comment2.doc

I had one that I bought a year and a half ago or so and then sold it cause it weighs like 6 oz more than a yates. So to answer your question, they are not that new. Too damn heavy if you ask me, and hard to drive into firm snow without some kind of point on one end.

The guy we (I was with Toast) passed in July on Challenger who did it in a day didn't post a TR and didn't chestbeat, at least not on cc.com so I'm thinking that was not his justification for doing it in a day.

Thank god we don't have to worry about that. whew!!

Marmot weighs lots of their gear and they have a scale in the store that is pretty accurate you can use (and they carry the boots you are talking about).

I just bought a pair of the new Lasers (thermo-fit liners) and weighed them on my digital scale at home. They weigh 3.51 kg (7.74 lbs) for a size 11. My scale is quite accurate.

Yeah I was thinking about this more for ease of cutting than saving money (not much price difference $126 vs $132). But, alas, BD doesn't make 100 mm wide skins so I will have to go for the 110 mm and trim it all. Thanks for all the info everyone. I think I'm be doing more ski-mountaineering type stuff than touring so I'm going with wall-to-wall carpet.

I just wrote up a similar question/post with the exact same title and was about to post it then I found this one! What a coincidence!! So I'll just post part of my original question now. I just bought my first pair of BC skis (profile is 107 / 75 / 98 mm). From what I have read on Black Diamond's website, you want 3mm of each ski edge showing. So you buy a skin as wide as the widest point of the ski and trim the rest. But it seems to me that it would be fine for me to buy a 100 mm skin, which would leave 3.5 mm of edge showing at the tip, and I would cut the rest down. Is this standard practice to buy a little narrower skin if appropriate? Is it easy to trim the skin? Who makes these shaped skins and where can I buy them? Also from what I have read, it seems like I can't go wrong with the BD ClipFix skin? Thanks.

I did fix it, look at the post above this one You spelled it Brodeck but its spelled Brodek. Like I said "if you want to be anal about spelling"....

Its actually Tony Brodek (7th, men's novice), if you want to be anal about spelling, and he is not dbb. (he is non-cc.com). Twas a good time. Tried the leashless thing before the comp and it was way hard (maybe it was the safety leashes). So maybe leashes are aid

updates here from WDOT

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I always wear a helmet while climbing and biking. And most of the time resort skiing. It has nothing to do with an image thing or what looks cool and everything to do with the fact that I kind of like my head just the way it is. Wear a helmet, don't wear a helmet, I don't care. I try not to worry or think about what other people think about me wearing a helmet. Maybe I just have really comfortable helmets for biking, climbing, and skiing but once I put them on, I don't notice them. No inconvience to me. By the way - my buddy who won't buy an avie beacon because they are too expensive, wears a ski helmet at resorts

What about the kid who died at Snoqualmie last year riding 50 yards out of bounds crashed, hit his head on a rock, and died. It happens. Similiar thing happened at stevens but the kid lived. I only wear mine if I intend on skiing glades, out of bounds, or double blacks with hazards, exposed rocks, fall zones, etc. And to the guy who said they reduce visibility? These aren't football helmets, goggles reduce much more visibility than helmets. To each his own. I mean, there are people out there that don't wear seat belts while driving and I think that is crazy.

Exactly, I made the mistake of buying a helmet that has a hard shell covering over the ears. Very comfortable in the store, but I could only wear it for a half day on first use before it was too painful. Had to sell it. Now I have one that has soft removable flaps over the ears, much, much better. Maybe it was my big head, but the full shell over the ears was way to much and too warm. With removable ear flaps you can stay cooler or warmer. Make sure there is enough space around the graphics in the front to put a piece of duct tape with your name on it

Its funny, I have no problem introducing someone to climbimg (although I'm a newbie myself) but I wouldn't teach my best friend how to ski. It is just so painly boring to go that slow. If you are a descent skier and you try to teach someone that has never skied before, you probably aren't going to have any fun. I am not near patient enough to do that. Better to pay for a lesson from someone who doesn't mind not skiing anything for themselves. Not directing this statement to anyone but if you are new to skiing, don't be surprise if your awesome climbing/awesome skier best friend who was very patient with you when you were learning to climb wants no part of teaching you to ski. Get a lesson and ski with other beginners.