Kiwi

OMG! They're so polite!

Not intended to be. It's intended to be LIGHTER. Never having bought a pack before, I'd like to get it right the first time. $260-350 is a lot of money to drop. Like boots, I hear a lot about the importance of a comfortable pack. Concurrently, I hear alot about carrying light. Hmm... What to do? The smallest capacity Bora I can find is the Bora 62 (REI), which is a women's pack. The Bellevue Marmot carries the men's Bora 65. I'll check it out.

- Work - Checked weekend weather report... grumble... - Checked out the Arc'Teryx Khamsin 62 (not as comfy as Bora series) - Work

All shit stinks, but REI's is less stinky. It's all relative.

What the fark has this thread become??! Hahaha!

Pretty much.

I second that. Who?

I'm here at work. Just came back from a company breakfast. I'm listening to Triple J now, and planning a trip to PMS to check out the Arc'Teryx Khamsin 62.

A mate and I are planning on hiking to Muir this weekend. No climbing. Planned on Sunday, but... The forecast does not look good.

That wall is at least a 5.9.

Fuckin word! Why the fuck is good weather always wasted on the weekdays?!

Dude, there are two topics on this already. Not much traffic though. I'm surprised. I expected the threads to get at least two pages of replies.

You got that right. Indeed!

Too early if meeting at 5pm and Little Si is far. I get off at 8pm, so I'll probably get there around 9pm.

I was hoping the people on this board would offer to help me out of the kindness of their hearts.

Maybe your boots are too tight. If you cut off the circulation to your toes, your feet will get cold.

I saw this on the news and I fail to see how they were 'rescued'. Sounds like they descented after waiting it out. Like Rod said, because of the cell phone, the news stations were able to pick it up and report of their 'near-death' adventure. Talk about sensationalism. Regardless of how much danger they were truly in, it was still stupid to climb in such obvious bad weather.

Gotta 2nd this one. I've got a pair of montrail something-er-other gore tex tennis shoes which I bought for approach shoes. I eventually found myself using them for more and more shit, including glacier slogs. Sneakers?!?

I don't get it. I was thinking of buying the annual pass at REI, but I didn't know what the benefits were. So it's basically a parking permit?

Discoveries of new protein kinases makes Kiwi go... 'Irrational exuberance' has to be one of those quotes that goes down in history.

Okay... Whatever gets you your jollies... I like biochemistry publications myself.

I think so. I thought his name was klank.

I don't think I caught the names of most of the people I talked to. I remember MattP, AlpineK, thatguy, Distel, Dave, and TLG. Sorry, but... - Who's the one with the green Welsh sweater? I've talked to you twice now, and I still can't remember your name. You're an engineer. - Who's the one that cooked those really cook steak (with potatoes). You also had one of my hot links. I remember you saying that you're a moderator. You indicated that you might be interested in taking me up to Glacier Peak.

Continuing my indoor rock climbing lessons at the Vertical World in Redmond. More gear shopping. I was hoping to do some hiking on sunday, but the weather has much suck.

I find alot of chalked up holds get greasy due to the accumulation of chalk and sweat.