mike1

Keep it simple and light and below $200... with no bells and whistles; the Magellan SporTrak.

I highly recommend the Nepal Evo GTX for most Winter mountaineering. But if you are thinking about Rainier in the Winter, then you may want something warmer like a plastic.

Durable, light weight, functional hood, sheds water, breathable. Arc'teryx Beta AR.

This goes out to all you serving, have served, and want to serve! THANK YOU!!! I found a few cool pictures of the 10th Mountain Division boys from back in the day:

Man, I got some lame-assed pictures. In an effort to share with yall, I've added my flickr page to my dropdown. Maybe someday I'll even post a TR... or maybe not.

I have an important document mounted between two sheets of glass, then framed so you can see the entire document. That would be cool looking if you could get one big enough. It would weigh a bit though.

Did your PE come with a whistle, little hat and striped coveralls?

still though... you should throw on the chains in your driveway a few times so it's comfortable and easy to do. You never know when you will be forced to put them on.

This seems to be the best way to do it, but it can be spendy depending on the size of the map . I picked up a few inexpensive poster frames with plastic sheet instead of glass. You can easily cut the frame and plastic to size.

I have heard of folks pounding flat some heavy gage copper wire and running it from the flame area down and around the canister a few times to warm it during winter use. Probably better for the type that attach to the top. Never tried it... Here's a page from the NOLS Cook Book. Different stove example, but maybe it will give you a starting point (Also, the large Snow Peak fuel canister burns 90 minutes @ 10,000 BTU's according to their site):

Well, for one thing, if the threads went to the top, and you had to tie off short, the threads would cut the sling Uh... yeah, no shit Rob. This is really a last resort screw placement and I doubt that a screw manufacturer would even suggest this use of their product. I may be wrong, that's why I asked. My question is more of a curiosity on the manufacturing side. It seems the benefit of a little more bight to a longer placement might out way the benefit of leaving a clean portion of the shank for tying off. Maybe they tested both and the difference was negligible... Maybe it’s a stupid question... I have asked one or two in my life.

Why would they NOT manufacture the threads all the way to the top? Good discussion.

You saying I got peewee feet Vickster? Vickster... what kind of name is that anyway?

kinda...

AKA litter with purpose.

You like dags? Oh, dogs. Sure, I like dags. ...bloody pikeys...

Don't millipede secrete some sort of poison?

basic science fail?

Fuckin' A.

Good job to everyone involved and a real shout to Derek for keeping it together! Glad you made it man!

I'd put money on the Evos lasting longer.

wide-mouth bong

Wow, that's pretty cool. Thanks for posting it! I'm a big fan of the old books and will likely try to get a copy of this. What about geologically though? Becky does a fair job breaking down some the geological history in his CAG's and I've been successful at acquiring some cool USGS pubs on the Olympics and the Cascades, but haven't seen much for the Alpine Lakes area.

Sounds cool. I'll have to get a copy. Thanks!