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Last night Allison made me . Will you protect me, Muffy?

Keep your eye on Sky and your ass to the wall. I'm happy with my bag, but I'm fat, too. A skinny fucker might want/need more insulation.

I'm wearing long johns, my Golite Coal jacket (polarguard, not down), and as many hats as I have. I've got the Coal along anyway, since it's great for rest stops and the like, so I figure I'll wear it to bed and use a lighter bag. I mean, I just want to be like Josh.

An event that happens every hundred years is 'rare'? WTF? That's pretty frequent on the time scale of the universe.

Powerful

Sub Kilo. It's my 'year round' bag, but I'm wearing all my clothes (minus goretex) in winter. Both Jeff and Sky have the Kilo Plus. Friggin' gapers.

Hey!

I think that if it rains, NO bivy will keep you dry...but you should check with Amar.

Get the Kilo Plus. The waterproof covering will just trap moisture. The bivy will do the same job, better.

Haha! Eric, keep your mind on the belay!

Didn't anyone read Ryland's rant in Climbing Magazine?

I'm wondering if this is the same piggie place near Munich, where you can eat the piggies, too! The funny thing about Germany is that all the 'wild' animals are fed by humans, live in fenced off areas, and are occasionally slaughtered and fed to tourists (me).

Keep spreading the luv, Bob. I'm going skiing.

Just get a simple pack that's light and well built. If you want spiffy extras, just attach them yourself. There is no perfect pack, except mine.

Sure, but you're carrying the helicopter this time!

I'm happy with my down sleeping bag, but I've gotten my synthetic jackets wet several times in truly bad weather. I won't use a down jacket in the Cascades, you can't use them as outerwear when it's sleeting, for example.

I really don't have anything against bouldering, but the online chestbeating gets old. We know how kewl you are by now.

Of course, they discontinued them.

Oh, Ingall's Lake.

Just go to the snopark sledhead area, choose a trail that goes in the correct general direction, and head towards the mountain, and you'll be fine.

The mountains in winter. Smith when nobody's around. It's especially nice in January. I like going back and doing some of the ski tours that I did as a kid (hehe), brings back good memories. Places like Maxwell Butte and Black Butte in OR.

I think it's funny that people summit Adams in the summer and expect solitude and quiet.

golite Six Month Night. Get em on sale for 80 bucks or so, weigh as much as a DAS and warmer.

To be able to lash a foam pad using compression straps requires REALLY LONG straps. Long enough that they get in the way when you don't have a pad in there. I originally made mine long, but they got in the way, so I cut them down. Just have an 'extender' loop, like you say, of parachute cord.

woot!