Stemalot

Dru, post that in bivouac too

hahaha, let me guess, you don't have a girlfriend...

not so tuff then...

would you guys like to look like the second mummy after you are dead? you'll last forever!

word...Jordop. same idea as having a freaking zoo...like bring the safari or polar bear to the mass so people care and want to protect the animals. well, we can't bring the wilderness to the people in a nice compact way, so create access points for people to visit the "wilderness".

damn...amazing preservation!

I gotta get myself one of those!!!

watched the heavy rain come down from the sky...and The Corporation!

f*cking basalt...I rather give up climbing that climb on that pill of shit!!! hum...maby not...

Wrong. show me supporting documents

but it's a cool read on where battery technology is! http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2005_03/pr2901.htm TOKYO -- Toshiba Corporation today announced a breakthrough in lithium-ion batteries that makes long recharge times a thing of the past. The company's new battery can recharge 80% of a battery's energy capacity in only one minute, approximately 60 times faster than the typical lithium-ion batteries in wide use today, and combines this fast recharge time with performance-boosting improvements in energy density. The new battery fuses Toshiba's latest advances in nano-material technology for the electric devices sector with cumulative know-how in manufacturing lithium-ion battery cells. A breakthrough technology applied to the negative electrode uses new nano-particles to prevent organic liquid electrolytes from reducing during battery recharging. The nano-particles quickly absorb and store vast amount of lithium ions, without causing any deterioration in the electrode. The excellent recharging characteristics of new battery are not its only performance advantages. The battery has a long life cycle, losing only 1% of capacity after 1,000 cycles of discharging and recharging, and can operate at very low temperatures. At minus 40 degrees centigrade, the battery can discharge 80% of its capacity, against 100% in an ambient temperature of 25 degree centigrade). Toshiba will bring the new rechargeable battery to commercial products in 2006. Initial applications will be in the automotive and industrial sectors, where the slim, small-sized battery will deliver large amounts of energy while requiring only a minute to recharge. For example, the battery's advantages in size, weight and safety highly suit it for a role as an alternative power source for hybrid electric vehicles. Toshiba expects that the high energy density and excellent recharge performance of the new battery will assure its successful application as a new energy solution in many areas of society. Major Specifications of New Battery 1) Excellent Recharge Performance The thin battery recharges to 80% of full capacity in only a minute. Total recharge takes only a few more minutes. 2) High Energy Density Small and light, the new battery offers a high level of storage efficiency. The prototype battery is only 3.8mm thick, 62mm high and 35mm deep and has a capacity of 600mAh. 3) Long Life Cycle A prototype of new battery (a laminated lithium ion battery with 600mAh capacity) was discharged and fully recharged 1,000 times at a temperature of 25 degrees centigrade and lost only 1% of capacity during the test. 4) Temperature The new battery operates well in extremes of temperature. It discharges 80% of its capacity at minus 40 degrees centigrade, against 100% at an ambient temperature of 25 degrees centigrade, and loses only 5% of capacity at temperatures as high as 45 degrees centigrade after 1,000 cycles. These characteristics assure the wide applicability of the battery as a power source for products as diverse as hybrid vehicles and mobile phones. 5) Eco-friendly Battery The new battery can quickly store energy produced by locomotives and automobiles. This speedy and highly effective recharge characteristic of the battery will support CO2 reduction, as the battery can save and re-use energy that was simply wasted before.

how do you aid 10a slab climbs? with suction cups?

try this web page http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=653

Coast Mountain Sports sucks (I've worked there before) in many many many ways and it's not surprizing that they are going downhill. Most of the workers there barely know anything about car camping, let along mountaineering! I refuse to shop at CMS...but I go in there to torture the workers from time to time with questions.

hum...I am conducting this poll because I am thinking about buying the new Trango MaxCams when they are available, but there seems to be an issue with them not being able to be placed like a passive pro. And I just wanted to know how many people out there use cams passively...I guess, at this point, is that most people just bring enough gear with them and not have to worry about this issue. I think all the cams I've seen have some sort of mechanism to prevent the lobs from inverting. However, that's not the same as being safe to place them like a nut! The old Metolius have these weak looking pins inserted on all the lobs to prevent inverting, but I think it's suicide to place the old Melolius cams passively!

yeah, like wedging them in a narrowing crack. or like this: the grey part is the rock

Hello climbers, Your thoughts and participation on this subject are greatly appreciated. If you have additional comments on this subject (e.g. cams as passive pro is a good/bad idea?), please feel free to share them. Thank you,

Dead bird is the perfect example...

so is your friend still on the street?

sweet!!

hum...how interesting... http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detai...D=1111220140572

has anyone had a chance to play with these new toys yet? what do you think of them? http://www.trango.com/pages/moremax.php

but Clint is so cool!

wtf...where is my issue???