Coldfinger

Er, and too much use of "we", except where it needed to be "so we kept climbing...." Also I usually end up sitting/sleeping on the ropes, I'd go for more descriptions of the atmospherics. Bivies in storms can be kinda weird that way. Dying batteries isn't anything that happens much anymore, what with LED's and all, so I'd blame the weather. So the storm just gets worse, no sun coming back. Decide whether the moon has an appearance, and decide on a route (even if you make it up). Most climbers would say the ___ route on Mt. _____. Might want to research verglas as well, would be logical as a reason to stop and an occurrence if there were a storm and then the night was so cold they almost died. FINALLY, they only way to survive a bad bivy is to..................... ................. ................. .............. CUDDLE. Can make for a rather long and awkward night when sleeping on a cold rock with only another dude to snuggle.

Ah, I finally understand why CC.com is so helpful.......

PM'd ya, for once CC sold faster than MP!

Howdy, will ship free to lower 48, PayPal preferred. Set of size 3-6 Wild Country Superlight Rocks, in new & unused condition, retail $59.60 asking SOLD $40. Pics here on MP.

Yeah like I said used and excellent, pic posts here are FUBAR, click the link to see listing at MP, and yes I actually cleaned them thoroughly using Nikwax Techwash, plenty of life left.

Howdy, will ship free to lower 48, PayPal preferred, reasonable offers welcome. Las Sportiva Venom slippers, size 37, excellent condition, clean, L shoe has blown pulltab, asking $40 reduced from $45. Pics here.

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Petzl Hirundos, pretty surprised by how much I like it, great for sport climbing, even better for ice/alpine. Really can't absorb much water at all, so great for powder or running ice, great gear loops and most importantly for racking, takes a Caritool perfectly for screws. Used to only use adjustable leg loops but never again.

My 2 cents with the Rambo/G14 is that the curly loop toe bail is the only one I've ever had pop off a boot. Seems Grivel pons are a bit heavy and a bit heavier than Grivel says they are. I have BD Sabers and have switched out the toe bails for Petzl toe bails and a much better fit.

Grivel made a great one, called the Cappucino, well worth the $$.

At a minimum a Gerber Ultralight LST with a cord lanyard clipped to the same biner as my abalakov hooker, here: LST Knife and if it's a long day and lotsa rock or thin ice a mill bastard file. Since I have Grivel tools no need for a wrench or pliers (fixed head), BD tools can be tightened with the pommel spike, so that's all. If I'm fishing too I bring a basic Gerber tool to fish out hooks. Long trips I bring a little swiss army knife that has scissors so I can cut my nails, skin flaps etc. and maybe a larger knife than the LST. Like to have scissors and a file if it's a multitool.

Reduced!

Howdy, will ship free to lower 48, PayPal preferred. Integral Designs Micro Bivy, very good condition, yellow eVent top fabric with black coated nylon bottom. $210 retail, asking SOLD$130 $140. Pics on MP here.

Howdy, will ship free to lower 48, PayPal preferred. 30m 7.7mm Beal Rando dry treated twin rated rope, petrol blue, 37 grams/meter, 1110 grams/39.2 oz. total weight, middle marked, used twice, excellent condition, properly stored comes with Beal mini rope bag. Perfect glacier/ski mountaineering/solo/4th class rope. Beal website--Rando SOLD $45.

ProCord sold! Thanks!

BTT, reduced.

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Well, google Petzl and you can find that info, was going to get freaked but..... Then I remembered Thamel and what gets sold there, bottom line is China is going to have to learn to respect property rights if it wants to deal with the West (irony--obviously we don't care enough about human rights). We ARE Capitalists after all.

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Howdy, will ship free to lower 48, PayPal preferred. Epic stick clip with pole, excellent condition, very compact, stuff sack, SOLD

Howdy, will ship free to lower 48, PayPal preferred. I have a set of two ropes that are perfect for ultralight alpine, ski mountaineering and soloists. --30m 7.7mm Beal Rando dry treated twin rated rope, petrol blue, 37 grams/meter, 1110 grams/39.2 oz. total weight, middle marked, used twice, excellent condition, properly stored comes with Beal mini rope bag. Retail $70 asking $45. --SOLD 30m feet 5mm Mammut ProCord, blue w/ gold, 14g/meter, 420 grams/14.8 ounces total weight, middle marked, new & unused, properly stored. SOLD Retail $42 asking SOLD $25.

Howdy, will ship free to lower 48, PayPal preferred. Set of three Grivel Hleix ice screws, 16cm length, used twice excellent condition, SOLD $110 $125.

It's apparently worse than that-----THEY DIDN'T EVEN DESIGN THE PRODUCTS!!!!! Not to make too fine a point here, but it is really important: It also seems that the "products" were not only NOT designed by Joe Garland, but they were NOT made by him either. He was NOT even a Mad Rock employee apparently; he was a contractor and no other person left Mad Rock's employment to go with him. SO WHO THE F IS "WE"?????? Joe apparently started another company, CLIMB X, and hired a new staff. He apparently struck a deal with Mad Rock's OLD factory and owner, who continued to pump out the same products with little or no modification. Alex, it seems to me you are continuing to falsely represent that "we" somehow means something it APPARENTLY does not. I'll let the good members of CC.com draw their own conclusions.

Just off the top of my head, kinda interesting how they DON'T have doubled slings (like the Dragons do) and DON'T come in 1.25 (Purple) and 1.75 (Green) sizes anymore, but DO have thumb loops. DMM and WC are very close in sharing production, so it seems certain decisions have been made to give each product line its own distinctiveness w/o disadvantaging the other. WC Heliums has more range and fewer units than Tech Friends, but less range in each unit than Dragons, and no color code matching below Size 2 Helium, Size 3 Dragon (Red). Interested to see the pricing....

Howdy all, just saw Wild Country has redesigned the Tech Friend (to be discontinued). Looks promising, less units and more range (but less than Dragon/Camalot) and lighter weight. Helium Friends For comparison, WC Tech Friends: Mountain Tools--Tech Friends & DMM Dragons.