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I have not tried it on Denali yet but, I have a Volendre bag that is a little loose and accomadates either another bag or my puffy. I really like that system in the cold. Most versatile setup I have ever had.

Maybe I should split this into two threads but just felt like being lazy. So... Part one Checkin out the North Cascades in their winter finery is the plan and I am thinking about a mid winter shot at the Becky route. I know long approach and all that but, on a good day the views should be awsome. Anyone out there have any thoughts or experience in same. It's been a few years since I have been there I'm especially interested in thoughts as to protectability with a snow cover. Part two. What else is running through those heads out there as to silly dreams. Winter often causes strange things to come alive.

Ya they do pretty well. I am right at 180 lbs and usually have 25 - 45 lbs in the pack. In most cases of Cascade concrete I am good without the tails. When I add the tails it is pretty good even in whatever we call powder around here. If you truly are in the 270+ range I think you may need tails more often. If you get a chance to try them out that is good. But also remember that sinking in a bit is always going to happen. You just don't want to posthole with an anchor on your foot.

I have a pair of the Denali Ascents. The Televator is a good feature. I did a while on the Lightnings last year. Nicer than my shoes and way quieter. The fabric decks beat the plastic. But the add on tails help in softer stuff where the lightnings don't accept them. In the end Slowshoes are just that and it isn't worth my money to upgrade. If you can find a $150 MSR anything have at it and enjoy.

BYRAM, Miss. (AP) -- An electric lineman believes a squirrel started a grass fire Monday after the critter was electrocuted and fell from a power line onto parched ground. It's been more than a month since significant amounts of rain have fallen in central Mississippi, though some showers were expected late Monday. Burn bans are in effect in this Jackson suburb and many other nearby communities. Passing motorists saw a flash and heard a loud pop, then saw ashes falling from the power line. The spark ignited a grassfire, which spread to nearby pine trees and charred a fence. Byram volunteer firefighters responded within minutes. An Entergy lineman arrived as the flames were extinguished and found the probable cause of the fire - the squirrel's charred body. One of the motorists, Calvin Russell told Jackson's WLBT-TV: "I'm a country boy, so I'm thinking dinner time."

Hey Oly thanks for the props on the shed. Next time we can do some real challenging moss. Personally I am tryin to figure the moves for overhanging stuff. But for now I guess it is steep and in the rain that keeps me in shape.

Well gee Billygoat, I was gonna tell your sweety that you had gone to the cabin to take care of the fire and be all responsible. Guess it's a little late huh? Had a great time. It was "sure" "nice".

Jay B your are close with this one. Warren sold the rights to his son, they were later sold to Time-Warner. Warren has been narrating only, for several years. I had the pleasure of doing the World premier with Warren recently. He was not involved with this one at all. I talked with him afterwards. Kinda interesting and sad at the same time. He was obviously pissed at the movie that had been produced and then had his name stuck on it but he was an absolute gentleman about it. I'm goin to wait a bit as I would forsee changes. Other than that the advertising was worse and has been so since Time-Warner bought the rights.

Carefull there crazy. We don't need any warm fuzzies gettin out, and if the group hugs show up where blaming you.

Don't be sad Muffy We all miss Muffy speak when it is not around.

Ya but he's not smokin the tobaco. It appears that this guy is smokin the keyboard.

I was over at another site and a link was shared for a sweet comercial. Looks a lot like someone dreamed it up at PC. http://www.bigad.com.au/ Think it will sell any beer?

I find this to be very funny. Several years ago I was part of a study that used seats almost identical to these. I found them to be very comfortable and even tried to buy some. None of the bike shops would sell them. The seats and the study ended up as part of an example in a lecture series on the difficulty of paradigm shifts. However, they never did get into the mainstream bike usage. Anyone wanna take bets on a shift happpening in this round.

Lots of good stories here. I need to follow Selkirks example with Great Grandparents and share a CC.com sort of story. During the prohibition a lot of drink came down through the San Juans from Canada. To beat getting caught they used to stash the bottles in sacks that were filled with a half cork/half salt mix. When they were gettin chased they would pitch the sacks over the side and just come back several hours later when they floated back up. It is my understanding that Great grandad made a fair living rowing out and pickin up trash for while.

I would agree with them not being suspect. I was over there before the fire and left an oval on a hanger. When I returned afterwards it was still there and showed no signs of damage. Freeze/thaw is probably much harder than the fire was.

Ok Arch strictly since this is the spray forum here is one to redy (Readers Digest version) When I was a kid I-5 was being built through my neighborhood. Many of the owners got the short end of the stick when they lost land or had to move. Several others got a sweet deal as they bought the houses slated for demo and moved them to subsidized lots. For a little guy it was great, lots of buldozers and stuff. About once every three or four days there was another house driving down the road to be relocated. Best part was that every evening when I got a little bratty my mom would tell me to take my bike and go play on the freeway. Can't do that last part anymore, the rest is also a bit more challenging.

Hi Watt phones are a challenge. I have a repeater that I installed in my truck. Pretty sweet with an external antenna adapter I get a full 4 watt transmit. I get in and out from most places. Alas The phone has to be connected to the truck. I have been in talks with a amplifier company regd making a light weight amp for back country folk but they are not ready to commit. I will keep you posted.

No fair Dox now your making me even more sad. A client that already has a retainer down called last night and says that they will need my services after all. On the evening of the 1st and the 2nd. Kinda makes Rope up a challenge. So The gear that I had previously offered is still available but someone else will need to take care of it. Or we go back to finding projector and screen etc somewhere else.

Dougie I don't know that it would be that hard to get them to go for it. That sand and grit gets into the fibres during use and degrades the rope over time is a well known item. That is why climbers wash there rope periodically. It is not hard to say that glass fragments are more damagaing than sand. Than again they may just say it's time to wash your rope

Hey several years back I was laugin at Larry about the same deal. The nice ranger explained to me how their new trash cans would reduce animal mess. A couple hours later I was chilliin in the park and watched a crow land on top of the can. He looks around and cahs a bit. Then next thing was a snaffle ran out and dove through the spring loaded "anti snaffle lid" food starts flying out of the can and than out come the snaffles, everbody took their part and away they went leaving a big mess.

Sweet, definatley lookin forward to the TR on this one.

I am still in the planning of showing up. I will know by the end of the week. I can bring projector and/or screen if needed. Let me know if there are other AV stuff, I may be able to do that too.

Yes it is an aircraft aluminum. I have not crossed paths with the trade name of Zicral but 7075 I have worked with. It is a heat treatable alloy. I don't know what process the manufactures are using but they would like it as it forms easy and them can be hardened after the fact. It is higher in resistance to stress cracks than many of the more common alloys. I would expect it to work well for crampons (if they worked that hard) as the manufacture could control the durability in the solution treatment process.

Come on Arch. Anyone that can tie their dick in a bowline is a keeper.

Since spray is in a link share mode, I figured I would share a pager add