marylou

Isn't the political situation in Nepal kinna messed up right now?

I think we really need a new forum to discuss this.

Still having this problem, and with both my home computer and my laptop. Also, the "post" link on this forum, for starting a new thread, that doesn't work. Also, the only "search" thing I can find is the one on the front page, and it doesn't do advanced searches. Sometimes when I am logged in, if I go to the entrance to use the search function, I can't because going to the Entrance usually logs me out.

Where have all the chatters gone? Long time passing.

I wonder why they are telling you that at the gym now. Isn't it better for business to NOT tell people they are paying for something they don't use?

If you have access to a sewing machine, you can very easily make runaway straps with some webbing a bit of cord, and 4 d-rings. That's what I did. Easy, cheap, light. Mine are a webbing strap that comes up to make a ring of webbing around the boot with double d-rings to fasten, and a piece of cord at the other (binding) end that's small enough to thread through the hole on the binding. Took about 10 minutes to make. I don't think my bindings came with straps, just brakes.

You might have better luck posting this over at www.nwhikers.net. Whatcha using such a huge pack for? Must be going on a trip or something!

That is my friend Inger with the pigtails and the sweaty back. Least I think so. Where was that taken? and why?

I got my Java stuff loaded up in the laptop today....chatter's open if anyone wants to drop in.

I got a fairly extensive exit interview in Singapore by the local police before boarding a plane that was eventually bound for the US, courtesy of the Department of Clownland Security. Your tax dollars at work. There were like a dozen agents doing this sort of work on our behalf, with our money. Don't these Clownland asshats realize that the bad guys are not going to use planes again? Redonkulous.

There is one of those squatters over in Singapore that I used that I wouldn't even squat over. I feel bad, but dang, Westerners....if it's not a hole in the dirt, please, give me a seat with a ring and stuff. I guess Singapore isn't as clean as it was when I went there. I guess at least it was only pee and well...... Nice view out the ironwork there Ken!

Let's get a chatter going now!! Edit: Not me, not with Firefox or Explorer tonight, apparently.

There is one somewhere by Oval Peak in the Twisp Rv area. Discussion on this, and links to more rock glacier stuff can be seen here. I was in that general area a couple of times last summer and wish I'd known to go have a look.

I think you mean to say "...your buddy who invented the Internet..."

Don't they have that WM HL bag at Pro Mountain?

Can't you just email them and tell them you want one? ID is a tiny tiny company!

The one good thing is that it may not be reported to your insurance. I got one for going 119 in a 90, enough to potentially raise my rates, paid it, not reported to my carrier.

Singapore, on the other hand, is not cold. Neither is the South China Sea. Happy Chinese New Year from the tropics.

Yes they still have the same owners.

It's of value for the mfrs to see how their gear fail, so I'm guessing they would fix it no problemmo, 'specially if it's a current item for them. I tried to look on the Osprey website but did not see it. I was curious if your pack is similar in frame design to the Mountainsmith Ghost, because I have seen a Ghost with the exact type of blowout you describe.

The paper is nice, but expensive. The kind that NG sells is printable on both sides.

Not a lot of huge innovation this time around. Saw some nice stuff for kids, and a few odds and ends: Granite Gear has a nice BC ski pack (small, just for the day) with a separate compartment for the safety gear. You can put the skis on it w/o taking off the pack. I fumbled a bit on the first try, but it's a kewl simple design. Mammut has some verry nice larger packs for winter, and the Osprey Thermojobbie hip belt is on the winter packs now. Also there are a couple of new beacons coming out that will have display screens (like a GPS) which will be a big help with multiple burials. Orthovox for sure, and I think the one that Life-Link imports will do that too. I couldn't get much info on them, but keep yer eyes peeled in the future. All in all, not a huge show in terms of groundbreaking stuff, more like a continuation of trends. For example, a lot more welded seams and hybrid/laminate softshelly kinna stuff. The coolest fabric innovation I saw was Malden/Polartec. They are doing ther same thing with fleece-like fabrics that we have seen in socks and base layers for a couple of years now, changing the density of the fabric to make warm areas (like shoulder blades) and cool areas (like under the arms). When the technology comes along farther, one can imagine having warmth (and bulk) in all the right places and less so where the body is naturally warm. Patagonia for sure is using the new fabrics, not sure who else. The new IMAX movie about rafting the Nile was kind of cool, though the editing could have been better.

But, unfortunately, Sabah is one of the places where people are getting randomly kidnapped. If you're looking for cool stuff to do, you might check out Tioman Island. It's fairly mountainous, and there are some peaks, and by the looks of it, some rock, and lots of jungle and stuff. It has some plants and things that don't grow anywhere else. Palau Tioman is off of the east side of the Malay Peninsula. Hey, how's monsoon season been? I've been looking at some weather websites and it looks like it has been pretty bluebird the last couple of weeks.

Well, you're there, then.

Yeah, speaking of Bible-thumping hellholes, how IS yours? I'll be down there in just a few short days, fortunately only FOR a few short days.