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I see the connection, but I have met ARC, and I think I saw a pic of Jamin. Not the same cat.

William Stephenson, the new owner. Seems like a nice kid. I wonder if 'sis' will be demonstrating any of the new tent features in the nude. 8D

A guide is just that, a guide. They facilitate your trip in varying degrees to (hopefully) get you to the summit. Viesturs said it several times that you can say what you want about the clients that climb Everest. No matter how good the guide is, they still have to put one foot in front of the other to get there. Jamin, my beef with you is your attitude. Like others, I don't know you. But your initial statement about guides and the people who chose to use them was, on any scale, completely off base and inflammatory. You deserve what you got.

I have followed the "Winter Ascent" thread in the partners forum and started to feel a little sorry for you. Not anymore. Have fun on LR punk.

I didn't see it, but perhaps it's the same 'ice climber' in the Lexus commercial...leashed I might add...pussy. gZ2SqeVTVC0 (nice car though)

Get the government involved?!? How about GM get rid of the unions and start making quality cars? Every Toyota I have ever owned has performed flawless. Every American car I have ever owned, no so much. The Toyotas we buy are pretty much manufactured here in the states. American jobs. Those workers seem pretty happy and they make pretty good cars.

Big Agnes? Perhaps they have a bag that isn't necessarily a "2-person sleeping bag" but may be able to offer something in between that has a favorable weight.

I don't know the answer to this question for a fact, but knowing that bridge, and seeing this picture, I would have to guess not.

Here are some data points at Muir today...chilly. And the weather for Sunday/Monday is not encouraging at all. Especially since you've never been there. Be careful.

From Mike's Blog:

Or even better: iIlLL3My-QI

I've done it. And it's not easy. If the snow is soft, forget using your adze. If the snow is hard, forget using your adze. You eventually end up using anything you have (helmet, pack stays, anything hard). It's usually very inefficient. Carry a METAL (not a plastic, which is fine for soft snow) shovel.

Although if you are looking for climbing advice, look no further than CC.com. And of course good speculation.

It's strange to watch the kid wiggle his tongue right before he latches on.

We had a friend that didn't want to vacinate her 3 kids. She also breast fed them until they were 5.

I always carry wet-ones for just such occasions. nothing ruins romance like the smell of fresh feces or three day old urine. Also, check the panties for racing stripes, a good indicator of general hygienic habits. Or just ask, "do you wipe from front to back, or back to front?"

Did he have sort of a "come hither" look on his face?

Either post this as a new topic or pick up a copy of FOTH they have several good pictures of them.

Your neighbors must think you're crazy! The wife wasn't all too impressed either. "WTF are you DOING?!"

Great shots jmckay!

Wow! Very nice Tony. What kind of camera are you using there? Awesome shots!

FWIW When I bought my first tibloc I set up 3 different ropes off my house (I have a corner of my house that drops ~28') and I wanted to see how well it would work. 3 ropes: 10mm Mammut, 9.5mm Edelrid and some bulk 7mm line I use for runners. Carabiners were BD OvalWires. I had a 10mm attached as well as back up in the event of failure. Even if I decked, I'd land on a thick ivy slope so the damage to me would be minimal. I allowed ~8'-10' of slack on the Tibloc and essentially stood on the edge of the roof and jumped. BTW it was a Saturday afternoon and the Mirror Pond was tasty and probably had somehting to do with my motivation for even attemting all of this. The Results: the 10mm and the 9.5mm held just fine. But the 7mm ripped the rope hard. It held before I decked, but it really ripped the sheath hard. I was expecting this because I think the limits on the Tibloc are about 8mm?? I also did the same "experiment" with my old ascenders and Gibbs ascenders. Not sure if it was because of the surface area involved, but these both worked marginally better than the Tibloc. Anyway, this was far from scientific, and I couldn't give you any measurements (Kg) of force, but at the time I was really curious how this simple device would work.

There are LOTS here!