Kevin_Matlock

bump. went there again last night (12-29) and found a good deal on a pair of trail runners. there seems to still be a fair selection on the clearance stuff but i don't know if it's still the buy-one-get-one deal.

Yeah by most accounts the XGK is a jet engine. Mine is really freaking loud... but incredibly fast to boil, too.

Some good advice was given in the preceeding posts and guess I'd only add the following regarding the quote above: Don't get too hung up on being a "mountain climber" or "rock climber" or whatever. Just do what you have fun at and let others label you. Personally, one of the dead give aways that you AREN'T a mountain climber is when you run around telling people "I'm a mountain climber" (-insert chest beat here-). 'nuff said?

Related but not specifically answering.... To help with the equation, I can run my MSR XGK at full burn for very close to 1 hour with the 11oz (smallest?) bottle.

It definitely helps to have the file name set so you can see what you are copying. Practically EVERY song file I have is named artist - song name and it's artist/song/album/track number/etc properties are set. And let me tell you, I have litterally thousands of forking files! Is this a pain? Am I a schiz? yes and yes. Gotta have something to do at 2am on nights I can't sleep and CC is down for maintenance.

can't stand iTunes!!!!!! luckily for me i can just copy my music files individually to the player (via windoze). no fuss, no muss.

I used to have an HB Tornado. Wish I still had it (but maybe more as a 3rd tool). Slightly bent shaft but not so much that it's hard to pack like a leashless, really light, agressive angle, and easy to grip. Sucky thing is that the pick was fixed and the HBs were never known for quality. But for the price they are hard to beat. Might have a hard time finding one though (I'd check ebay).

What he said. I got back into skiing a few years ago after a long time off. I thought I'd jump right back into it but it aint that easy. In a similar thread, someone made the comment that you've got to be pretty good resort skier to be decent in the back country and it can take a few years before you get dialed in. I totally buy this. Just think of lift tickets as class "tuition". You are going to have a hell of a hard time getting good in ungroomed conditions if you can't even ski down a nice groomed run. As far as gear, for AT shit I got old Silvretta (sp?) 404 bindings with tele boots. This bastardized mix works decently well for back country as well as on-piste. But, I'd just go with a decent downhill setup for now and practice a whole lot before sinking a butt-load of money into something that you will have a hard time using. This will save you a ton of frustration in the end.

gijoes.com have no idea if the sale is online... take a look.

GI Joes in Lake Grove (maybe all stores?) is having a kickass sale on their shoes. Lots of red tag (clearance) items. All are buy one, get one free, too. And all shoes not in a box are 30% off even their sale price. I got a pair of NF low top approach shoes (retail for $80) and some nice Columbia SW leather hikers (retail for $110) both for $49. Not sure when the sale ends, but there is a ton left. Go get you some.

Sorry I didn't see your post first. Related post:http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/616504/page/1#Post616504

Question obviously gleaned from the hood resuce thread. Didn't want to add to the multitude of posts nor wade through all the pages. Hell, also figured this belonged in the noods forum since it's such a basic question! Anyway.... mark your location with a Y indicating "yes, we're here"????? Feel kinda dumb, but since when? Guess I always understood to mark a "T" with the vertical line indicating wind direction (for aircraft). Am I the only one thinking this?

Great point. I wonder if/when these become cheaper and more people have them, at some point you gotta figure the SAR teams would reach a point of "we can't respond to all these calls anymore"... we'll just flood the system. So, one might conclude that there will be some sort of practical life span to this current model of rescue. Am I correct in thinking that using a PLB is "free" without a monthly subscription? I mean, seems like one small advantage over the sat phone is that you don't have to pay the monthly service agreement and/or usage minutes. Anybody know if the only cost incurred with the PLB is simply it's purchase price? The more I think about it maybe not though... after all, who exactly maintains the list of the beacon signals to their owners? Can't believe someone is simply doing this out of the kindest in their heart.

Ok, this was answered in the hood rescue thread as such by Gapper Jeffy and Iain: But, specificially speaking, has anybody bought one of the ACR devices? Seems like pretty interesting tool to pack, albeit expensive, bulky, and somewhat heavy. Just looking for opinions on the decive (not so much spray on whether or not you would ever be caught dead with one ).

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good story bill, thanks for sharing.

If the snow level is low enough, Ski bowl. You shouldn't get hassled and you get the mellow groomed runs. Seems to me this topic has been covered a time or two before... try doing a search.

Don't specifically have many details, but I am allowed optional life insurance through my employer. When I tried getting a specific yes/no answer to "will I be covered in the event of a climbing injury" I was passed on to a bunch of people. Never did get a straight answer, either. I would advise that if you can, try and get something in writing so they can't pull the old "suicide-exclusion"-type clause on you.

no shit... by the looks of it i'm sorta debating on even placing that z3! "optimistic" might be the term here. but, i'd trust this before a nut in some instances. instead, maybe i'll just hang it from my harness for the next trip to the gym.

wild country zero cams, long stem! $29.83/ea z3 silver z4 gold z5 blue z6 red sorry folks, i snagged the last blue and red they had, they have 4 of the silver and 4 of the golds left. saw no sign of the z1 purple or z2 green... maybe they don't carry 'em? where: tualatin, (not so) evil empire get 'em while the gettins good. [tup] btw, looked on line at rei.com and didn't see any sign of this sale so it might just be a local store sale. your local store's mileage may vary i guess.

found a deal on the z3 to z6 WC zero cams - $30 a pop. since they usually go for double that, seems like a steal. is this worth it or are these cams crap?

"oregon high" by jeff thomas

Don't know your specifics, and if you NEVER intend on using the hole again, how about liquid steel/aluminum? You know, the toothpast crap in the tube. It's silver and pretty bomber.

Wonder if you can get to this spot now? Even just hiking/skinning in there would be cool to see the destruction. But..... I'd assume they would ticket the shit out of anyone getting too close. Anyone?

This has to be one of the worst tries at spray I have ever seen. You even included your own "OHHHH" like you are on the dumb MTV your mamma joke show. Spend some more time crusing the site and you'll figure out what real spray is like. Just a hint from someone who has been there. OHHHHH