DanielHarro

Layton- The monster rope that Metolious carries is made by Tendon.. Tendon now imports more ropes into the US. Go to http://mytendonusa.com/ for all of their ropes including 70M.

Great adventure!! Very jealous!!

Aquamira http://aquamira.com/consumer/aquamira-water-treatment-drops/product-description

6mm mammut tech cord!

Great trip!!

Thanks for the topo link and the update!! May have to head in their at th end of the month or in September.

Were can one get the new topo?

How do you think the conditions for the Torment / Forbidden traverse is right now?

Upgrade to the reactor for your winter time trips!

Sketchy!!!! Googd thing that did not happen on a huge route in the Alaska Range or something!!!

It is pretty common for people to climb Denali to acclimatize for other big routes in the range. I met Jiro, and Junya in Talkeetna seemed like two super cool dudes, sad news. My heart goes out to their families.

Hell yeah!!

Anything from cascade designs, tents, stoves, pads ect... BD, Arcteryx,Petzl, Patagonia, Mountaingear.com, every company has been great! Worst company I have ever delt with is LaSportiva...And I need to give them a call once again.... Not looking forward to that.

I don't know what the update on the nomic is, but I am curious as well. This is what I do know about the latest batch of picks. So if anyone has the fist batch of the new quarks or nomics that got releases in the fall of 2010 they may have experienced some difficulty changing out picks due to the tolerances with the interface between the Adze / Hammers and the pick itself. My friend was able to purchase a single Quark in December 2010 and got the second tool in March 2011 (second batch of picks from petzl) Petzl as far as I can tell had some issues making enough picks and the second batch they trimmed down the interface on the picks which make chaining hammers or adze a simple breeze. We found this out because changing picks was super difficult on the tool he purchased in December and it was not an issue on the tool he received in March. We tried the newer pick in all of the tools and it works like it should, meaning I can change out my pick without a sledge hammer..... Thats all I got.

My good friend who is an Olympic XC skiier prefers Chololate Cake and or Pizza on long 25-50K races. I think everyone has their own opinions, seems to be a lot of research out their but some of the top athletes just eat what they can stomach and what they like.

you can control the weight of your pack / gear, but sometimes you can not control the "fast" aspect of Light and Fast. I learned this in Alaska last spring when the route my partner and I climbed was supposed to take us two days, and ended up being 4 of the longest days of my life. Its hard to move fast through chest deep or higher sugar snow, can't control the conditions and sometimes up is down... I would say "efficiency" is more important than being fast. For example stopping to brew up on route and climb hydrated will help your body stay much warmer, and you will be able more more efficiently than a shivering cold slow dehydrated body would... Trust me I leaned from my mistakes last year we each lost 15lbs in that 4 days... Knowing the conditions, and knowing when too and being ok with turning around is also a key factor in Light and Fast tactics. Still learning that the hard way.

its $5 bucks you will spend $60 or more in gas / beer...

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/921453/TR_West_Fork_Ruth_Huntington_E#Post921453

sick!!! Nice work Clint!

Nice job Clint, huge route! Seth would be proud!! http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/major_first_ascent_in_alaska/

Looks like a good weekend!

Here is a camera that I have been keeping an eye on. Panasonic GF2 http://www.dpreview.com/previews/panasonicdmcgf2/ Full SLR with replaceable lenses, smaller than the Cannon G12 and lighter as well. I have the LX3 and it is only a little bigger than that. Full HD video and it looks like a nice camera. Best photo for the size.

they have the 8.9-10.5mm Alpine Smart at REI Portland

arcteryx Atom SV, or LT, MH Compressor?

great climb mark!! Keep up the work!