cracked

Phew, I've got some chance after all!

Minks are cute.

Reread the title, Eric.

link for trask

Minx! How could you!

My personal program will be to sit at my desk, do homework, and eat a lot of Ben & Jerry's, and . Time to go for those 'Sophomore 30'!

As far as I can tell Pope isn't banned. He just decided to leave. I suspect he'll be back soon.

Only nights?

You guys are weird.

Heck, that's not a fist crack, it's a cupped hands crack. No wonder you thought it was hard!

Gee, pope, you make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Why don't you go outside and play Hide and Go Fuck Yourself? Many, many people have noted what they thought of Dwayner and his posts, including JayB, Jens, and Mattp, in addition to others. None of these three are "foul-mouthed little pukes" to my knowlege. All three gave very reasonable, well thought out, coherent arguments as to why and how their opinions were generated. Your 'points' above are simply ridiculous as you know very well that they are all either irrelevant or flat-out false. You're certainly setting a great example for me to follow...good thing my friends and mentors are nothing like your online persona. Now's the time to brush off my opinions because I'm too young, or too stupid, or sport routes have removed my brain, or some other illogical, insulting comment. Go for it, you KNOW you're right.

Damn! Eric8 and I tried to do that thing this morning, but got turned around at the base due to hard snow. We were in sneakers. Did you guys take crampons, or was the snow softer when you did it?

Lay off Dwayner you big little punk. That goes for the rest of you too Flebbi, Dwayner might be a nice guy in real life, but I speak from my experience with him on this board. My statement stands.

Unfortunately, speaking as a young climber and skier of this generation, Dwayner does nothing but annoy me. It's great that he was an inspiration to some people, but he seems to have lost that gift. My heros are those who don't use juvenile insults to antagonize those they don't agree with. I can't remember a single instance where Dwayner posted somethat that was even remotely interesting or inspiring. Too bad...I guess. I never claimed to be a good climber, and the fact that Dwayner might be better than I has absolutely no impact on my views of him.

Off to WAP!

Ok, if you want a setup closest to familiar alpine gear, get a big ski (eg BD Mira, Fischer Big Stix 75, hell, any reasonalbly light alpine ski), Fritschi diamir 3 or Freeride, and a big boot like Scarpa Magic, Garmot G-ride, etc. For moderate terrain and less weight, I'd go with a lighter big ski (eg Atomic tourcap light or whatever it's called), Scarpa Lazer or Magic, or one of the dynafit compatible Garmonts, and Dynafits.

Jeff, you're a stupid bastard. Wish I could've gone. Nice job. Paul

If it's truly steep & hard you won't meet up with the ski until you reach the bottom Use straps. On my first run with my AT setup, coming down Long's Pass in the early morning, it was very hard snow. My DIN was set too low, and I prereleased several times. Getting the stupid ski back on was difficult, to say the least, and this was with step-in bindings. BTW, I took a look at the link above and found nothing on Dynafits.

That seem's to be the previaling wisdom - but there are a number of hairball skier's who use Dynafit stuff, to note: http://www.climbsepu.com/mountain/plan.cfm I'm looking to add a pair of Dyanfit's to the new Mira's this winter. b-rock - who'd you end up getting to mount the Dynafit's? True, but another consideration is how easy it is to get back into the binding if you release on a hard, steep slope. I'd hate to fiddle with a dynafit in that sort of situation.

I've got Miras with Fritschi 3s. And Denalis. Heavy. Skis good. Dynafit is a good choice if you're not going to be skiing really, really nasty stuff. Yeah, they are a bit fiddly, but not too bad form what I've heard. They are supposed to be more touring friendly, too. I'd say the biggest deciding factors are boots and releaseability. I've skied with people who use Dynafits, and yes, they are slower to click in and get going, but not absurdly slow. It's up to you. For inbounds pounding, Fritschis are a good choice. www.wildsnow.com has good dynafit info.

Chain Reaction. I can do it, but I'm scared to get on it after spraining my ankle falling off it.

Another note: my Guide pants are pilling like crazy.