Dustin_B

Hmmmm....... 45, 50, 55 days. Not really sure. More or less riding every day since mid November. (sheepishly they have all been inbounds)

I'll be another to say that $150/month is a total bargain for what you get: personal training from awesome people in a really cool group environment. Seriously, its a bargain. Try to find any other gym where you can get as much personal training as you want for that amount. You can't. PS - Kool-aid is not in the zone.

I really want to get rid of this jacket before I leave Seattle for the winter in 2 weeks. No sense in having this jacket hang in my closet for another winter. Make me an offer!

I didn't recieve a PM from you. Do you want this helmet?

SOLD!

Anyone know what mountain this is? All I know is its probably from the north cascades. Thanks.

I have a K2 ski helmet I'm selling for $25 (or best offer). Its built for someone with a big head on their shoulders (like mine). Its in pristine condition and has never taken any impact. This helmet has not been worn much and the reason I'm getting rid of it as I upgraded to a lighter helmet last year. I must sell this helmet by the end of October. (PS - not to fear, I wouldn't sell someone a safety item like a helmet that was defective. this is a perfectly good and safe helmet.)

I am selling my Patagonia 'Puff' hooded synthetic belay jacket for a mere $50. I must get rid of this by the end of October. Size: XL. Large hood easily fits over helmet. Weight: 30 oz. In perfect condition! This jacket is built for a large individual or to wear over all your layers. Its too big for me now (I wear a size Large nowadays). Edited to add: This jacket retails for $200 and was hardly used. This is a really fair price and I really need to get rid of it this month. This is not the "Micro Puff", this is a thicker version. Its quite warm. The front flap of the hood covers most of your face when closed up (great wind protection).

Not to worry, it will take much more than calling me crazy to piss me off

The shell is Epic (as mentioned in my original post). As for the 'crazy right hand zip', all of my bags are right hand zip, so I didn't realize it was crazy! Every bag I've bought in the past 5-6 years have come with the option of a right or left hand zip. I like right.

Winter is approaching and I still need to get rid of this bag. I'm dropping the price to $350. What a steal!!

Cool. Thanks for all the good info guys. I don't have the required certs, and I didn't ski much last season (only late spring) as I was out of the country, but patrolling definitely sounds like something I'd be interested in and that would be a good fit for me. I may try to be a liftie for a couple months and then try out for ski patrol. Again thanks.

How good of a skier do you have to be to be a ski patroller at say Stevens Pass? Does it vary from ski area to ski area? What about some place like Whistler? Do you have to be a 'better' skier to be a patroller at Whistler? I realize its not just about your skiing ability, what else does a ski area look for in a potential patroller (other than EMT-1 cert or Outdoor Emergency Care and Avalanche Saftey experience)? Thanks.

No, its "Git 'R Dun"

It sounds like a manufacturing defect to me. I've been using the same camel back hydration bladder for 8 years (yes, 8 years. I used it for mountain biking before I started climbing ~5 years ago). I have never had any problems with it and I'm actually not very careful with it. (actually one time the tube popped off when I sat on it in an empty pack, oops. but that only happens one....). About a month ago it finally got a tiny pin hole size leak near the cap. duct tape stopped the leak for the climb, but I threw it away after. I figured it had served it useful life. I switched to my other camel back that is 7 years old. As expected I've had zero problems with it. Not sure why so many people have problems with their bladders. I guess you either love them or hate them. In the winter or on something like Rainier, it does require extra attention (insulation tubes, caps, blowing water back out) and yes the tube had frozen on me when I wasn't careful but that has only happened 4 or 5 times to me but considering the number of times I used it and how much I like it, I don't see a reason to stop using a system that works so well. But I always carry a .5-L nalgene for stream side fill ups.

I used the rainbow 2 all summer long on all kinds of climbs including a 6 day Pickets trip. We've put this thing to the limit and now understand the limitations of an ultralight backpacking tent in a mountaineering setting! We once had to rig up an internal strut system with trekking poles and duct tape and it actually worked great! I've used it in snow storms, rain storms, and wind storms (always dry). I'm extremely impressed. that said I would not take it on a big mountain (Rainier, Volcanoes, etc.) or use it outside of the summer/fall season.

Most people I know carry their helmets inside their packs! its safer in there!

from the above linked article "The gym has been open since February, and it's not for everyone. That's the way Aillaud wants it. "We're an invitation-only facility," he says. "You have to be invited to train here. By me." To join, prospective clients must pass a 30-day boot camp intended to weed out weaklings and wimps. If you can't stick with the diet or hack the drills, you'll either quit or Aillaud won't invite you back." Hmmm. I'm sure this type of training environment is great for some people, I'm just not one of them.....

My HP C3180 all in one printer came with some fantastic photo stitch software. Its super easy to use. I have some panoramas in the gallery that I created with the software.

Nice. Makes me wish we would have tried to get over to the true summit of Luna. At the time we were content with the south summit. good work.

the thread was okay, but not really what I was hoping for. certainly wasn't the "best thread ever" or anything.

There will mostly likely be a way to get past the schrund lower down on the left side (climber's left), it will also most likely involve some pretty steep snow. In this picture you can see the schrund running more or less the length of the upper glacier. The easy snow bridges over the bergschrund were just to the left of the fin of snow running up the right side (this fin of snow can be seen in the other poster's picture above). We ascended straight up the groove to the left of this fin. I would imagine that you could find a way through on the left side somewhere although it would likely involve climbing (and down climbing) 50+ degree snow up the upper face. This picture was taken 2 July 2007.

How bout we start another one and call it Fucking Troll It can be a five X thread It was not a troll. After hearing about how "fucking awesome" the thread was, I had the gumption to read it for myself. I see that its not 70+ pages, but a mere 28!! I shall get back to you all in several days when I am finished. Thank you.

Someone told me about a 70+ page thread (which I missed because I have not been working for the past year) called something like "the women of cc.com". I believe it was a 5 star thread. I have used the search function but I can't find it. Can anyone send me the link to it? Apparently it was related to another shorter thread called "the men of cc.com". Thanks.

except that a double 9/16th sling (which isn't even long enough for a diaper harness on a guy my size) weighs 3 oz... you'd save .3 oz over the camp; if you are thin enough to get buy with just a double... of course its much cheaper than the camp harness.