taking a line from the great jerry seinfeld : if there were a such thing as a good 5 day forecast, there would only be one every five days.
or something like that
my annoyance with external poles (on my marmot 'up high' tent) is that it makes a less smooth exterior of the tent and adds to the snow accumulation on the walls. in windy, wintery conditions at least.
I would like to express my thanks to whoever bought the Lasportiva Trango boots size 42.5, used them once and returned them because they were too small. I scored them last night for $89.00! They're cherry!!
to ya!
i've had the OR Zero jacket for a while now. Haven't really seen it mentioned here... but it is worth considering IMO
$170 but you can sometimes find a factory sample in the discount back room
soft shell = good stuff in the snow, for the most part. but if it does get wet, i find that it doesn't dry as fast as your more breathable fleecies (ie R2 patagonia stuff)