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I was planning on heading over there tomorrow. Does anybody know if it is open or not?

Thanks hasbeen. I have a pair myself and am looking for some for my dad who has size 12.5 boot. I think he will need the large.

what size and how old?

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. May the force be with you!

zoaster, Nice work. that is nice country back there. I went back there 2 years ago and got about as far as you did before we needed to turn around. We dropped down into the valley on the west side inbetween the peaks and traversed towards index. It looks like you stayed on the ridge most of the way. We went with less snow too and had to go over allot of annoying scree fields.

I like my Cilo pack. It is lightweight, comfortable, compresable and seems durable. Takes some getting used to all the settings. I cannot compare to the others listed as I have not tried them.

Sounds like trochanteric bursitis. Go to your doctor and consider cortisone injection if this is what it is. Very helpful for most . Try pushing to elicit tenderness on outside of hip where your hip bone turns to go into your socket. Also, this would be more painful as you go from a seated to standing postition and take first few steps.

Jamin, Think about this:"There are old climbers and there are bold climbers, but there are very few old,bold climbers." -author unknown. I respect your sense of adventure but do be thoughtful and make sure you are making good decisions.

Happy Boxing day!

Since he is leaving today, lets hope he can give us a TR.

We laugh (LOL), but the interactions that I have seen with this guy on the board make me think he is crazy bipolar with nothing to lose and seeking his own little 10 minutes of fame. Disagree?

Here's a thought, archenemy is actually ARC h Enemy and is one and the same

until ARC leaves for Thermogenesis!

this is very weird

I have an old casio pathfinder. I have had it, used and abused it for 7 years now. changed battery 4 times and it is very accurate. very happy with this watch. At the time I paid 150 range.

Nice essay F and G. Scary times. It is about time Americans stop playing ostrich. More resources should be spent on conservation. Global warming is something you did not even touch on and is all tied into burning of these "easy fuels"

that's it!! I will make a snaffle joke. If people look at me like I am crazy I will know they are not a cc.comer. If the smile, we can carry on and start calling ourselves and refering to our meeting by our screen names

A few weeks ago we walked up to the high camp in Boston Basin and just getting ready to leave were 8 climbers standing around in very warm clothes. One man had an accent that sounded european and was wearing full winter shell gortex with gaiters over them and a turtle neck shirt, a woman was ordering the rest to "shoulder your packs people" and 2 younger people hanging to the side either embarassed they were with this group or just tired of taking orders. ...I told my newbe friend in a wisper "this would be the mounties" I was sure as all hell on this and I was correct (I asked as I took their group photo). But that day we passed 4 other people in groups of 2 that had much lighter packs, were friendly but reserved and had to be jabbed with trecking poles to get anything out of them at all. Were these the cc.comers? I cannot bring myself to just ask somebody who is kind of vibing that their shit does not stink even though it does to find out if they are a cc.comer. No matter on all this and certainly just stupid wonderings but I know I am not the only one who has wondered this.

So the conversation would go something like this: 1st person: "nice route eh" 2nd: "yeah, wait till I get back to my computer" 1st: "uh, why did you say that dude" 2nd: "Well I feel great now, being on this beautiful mountain and after that route I feel like I faced death in the face and still live to tell it. Then, when my euphoria starts to go down I can post a TR on CC.com and get all puffed up again and get congrats from the board. Maybe if I am lucky I can get stars on my TR" person 1: "Oh yeah dude, I am a cc.comer too. What do you post as?".....Is this how it goes? or can some share there experiences of meeting cc.comers for the first time in real life.

I have read many TRs and in them somebody often will say we met so and so from cc.com or something like that. I can tell when somebody is from the mounties, what with all the shorts over Polypro etc... but, how do you tell if somebody is a cc.comer? Do you just go to everybody on the mountaintops/basecamps/trails and say "are you posting on cc.com? or is there a super secret handshake or special wink and smile perhaps?

Nice work. great pictures. that looks like a cool area.

Olivia LeBre sounds classic ....

OMB, Nice TR. I have been wanting to do that climb too. Did you encounter any 5.7 ground? It is certainly a nice area.

Hey Slim shady, welcome to the board.

what is your finger injury Jens? describe it.