StephenBecker

Still have the poles, and will sell them for $35 OBO + shipping.

To clarify, I no longer have the ripped tent body, so sorry if that would have been useful for someone. Still have the poles. I need to sell them, so make me an offer.

I used to have a Sierra Designs Hercules Assault v.2 tent (4-season, 2-person), but now the tent body has a rip and is useless. However, the poles are still in good shape. I'm moving and need to get rid of stuff fast, so I'm selling the poles. Sierra Designs no longer sells the Hercules, but their new replacement is the "Convert 2" for $450 (note: my poles will not work for this new version), and my Hercules tent was also in the $450 range, so I think $50 for the poles is reasonable. I'm in the Los Angeles area, but will also travel to the Seattle and Boulder areas later this summer. If you're not in one of these areas, then we can use paypal and I will ship the poles. Let me know if you're interested. -Stephen

sleeping bag is now sold

Sleeping bag is still available.

update: overboots are sold, but the sleeping bag is still available

Just got back from Denali and realized I have no use for these items anymore since I'm not going back to Denali again and since I live in California where the weather doesn't get very cold. I'm selling two things: a sleeping bag, and a pair of overboots. ** Sleeping bag ** This is a -40 Marmot CWM Membrane bag that I purchased a month ago from REI (they no longer sell the -40, but REI still sells the -20 F version called the COL Membrane ). The Membrane is aka EQ, and is Marmot's waterproof treatment, which works well in my experience. Full specs available at the Marmot CWM -40 webpage. I only used the bag for 2 weeks on the mountain, and slept in long underwear and pants and shirt and hat, so there was very little skin-to-bag contact and hence the bag is very clean. The bag is the regular length, zipper on the right (meaning that when you are lying on your back, zipper is on the left). The -40 bag was awesome on the mountain. It's 800+ fill, and Marmot's sleeping bags are very conservative on the temperature rating, so this is a warm bag! It weights 4 lbs 8 oz (and 44 oz of down fill). The -20 Col version weights 3 lbs 14 oz (38 oz fill) and is only $60 cheaper. On Denali, our initial loads were 135 lbs / person, and the extra 10 oz of weight in the -40 bag compared to the -20 bag was well worth it. It's a -40 bag, so it's bulkier than your summer bag of course. I'll include the compression sack that I used. I bought the bag for $679 just a month ago, and I'm asking $450 for it now. ** Overboots ** I'm selling a pair of Forty Below Purple Haze overboots that I bought a month ago. The retail price is $140, and I'm asking $90. These are the current model -- my friend bought some used Forty Below overboots and it turned out they are an old model, and the neoprene had become stiff and not very stretchy. Not so for these: I hiked in them only once (there are minor crampons scratches that you can see in the photo below) but otherwise used them in camp with booties. I bought these a month ago so everything is still very stretchy. The Forty Below model was the de facto standard on the mountain. The overboots can be used for several things. They are very nice around camp when you wear down booties or your inner boots in them. They also work with boots and step-in crampons, and allow you to take a lighter (more comfortable!) pair of boots than you would take otherwise. These overboots are size "large". They fit my double boots, which are size 12. ** Below are pictures of the gear. The water bottle is included for size comparison and is not for sale. I'm in SoCal, so this will probably need to be shipped. I can cover shipping. If interested, send me a PM, or even better, email me at srbecker@caltech.edu. -Stephen

yeah, the Stubai's are a pretty good deal, and cheaper than CAMP despite being 100g heavier. I put in an order for them -- thanks for the link.

I'd like to get a lightweight pair of aluminum crampons. If you have a pair you'd like to sell, please email me (if you send a PM, it might take me a few days to notice). My email is srbecker@wesleyan.edu I'm in CA, so send me a price quote including shipping. Thanks, Stephen

For all things Mt. Whitney related, there are some very active forums: http://www.whitneyportalstore.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=1

it's your chance for easy money

The club I'm affiliated with is considering buying some climbing films for our library (e.g. Dosage, Return2Sender, etc.), and the more varied the better -- they don't need to be recent. We prefer DVD format. If you have some old films (but please, not scratched), send me a PM and make me an offer (include shipping media mail in your offer) and give the the names of the movies and a short description if it's a more obscure title. I'd rather buy several at once to keep shipping costs low. I might not respond to PMs quickly since I don't check CC.com every day, but I'll look at all offers eventually. And as I said, we prefer DVD, but I might consider VHS, though I wouldn't like to spend as much on it. Cheers

I think I'm postponing any crampon purchases for now

if you have some ascenders you don't mind parting with, I'd be interested in buying them.

Trogdor!!! awesome, thanks

Anyone have some crampons they're willing to sell for a reasonable price? I'd prefer something like the Petzl Sarken (with LeverLock bindings) or G14's with New-matic bindings. My boots don't have front bails, so I'm not interested in full step-in bindings. I'd prefer $60 and under. If that's too low for you, sorry.

You might try gookinaid. It has very mild flavors in comparison to gatoraid. I used it for cross-country racing and now use it in low-concentrations for climbs. You can order online: http://www.gookinaid.com/

Redledge pants are extremely light and extremely cheap. They claim that their "TH4" fabric is WP/B. I have a pair and sliced through it easily with a crampon, but that's a price to pay for the light-weight. Haven't been in real wet or sweaty conditions yet to verify the WP/B. I think their website is temporarily down. I got the pants at the Army Surplus store in Boulder, CO for $30. Not a bad deal if you think you'll be keeping them in your pack most of the time. redledge.com

Can anyone recommend a pair of goggles that has good anti-fogging qualities? I don't care about weight or anything other than how little it fogs up.

I'm trying to buy my first pair of ice tools and I'm looking for advice on used tools. For example, I found a Chouinard X15 for $50/ea. at http://www.alpineadven.com/recentandcurrent/gearsale.html which seems like a good deal, but I don't know much about the Chouinards (I've heard they're "classic" and "terrible for steep ice"). My end goal is alpine ice, so I don't mind the straight shaft. Anyone have suggestions on models or places to buy them? Anyone want to sell an old pair?

My college has a small climbing wall in a gym. The athletic director has set it up with static 10mm ropes and claims, that because of insurance, all belayers must be clipped into a ground anchor. I think this sounds very dangerous, because there is nothing dynamic in the system. Even though it is only for top-roping, a small fall with slack in the system will result in a large force. I have never seen a commercial climbing gym require belayers to clip into the ground, nor have I seen static top ropes that often. Anyone else agree with me? Is this system safe?