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jesselillis

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  1. I'd like to hear some opinions (hopefully some female ones) on a good ice tool for beginner women. Looking for primarily single pitch waterfall ice use. She has used the Vipers (didn't like them), Quark Ergos (didnt like them) and Aztars (thought they were ok). She's pretty set on buying a set this season, but there really aren't stores around here with a broad selection and there definitely aren't ice festivals (or much of an ice climbing scene) in the neighborhood. I know this is sort of shooting in the dark and anticipate most responses reading something like 'buying a tool you haven't used is like {doing something else dumb}', but I'd still appreciate whatever constructive advice is out there... thanks
  2. i suppose i may get hammered for this one, but hopefully within the amusing comments, ill find a good answer. wire gates are stronger, lighter and not subject to gate flutter or freezing up, right? i guess lockers need them, but wheres the advantage to solid gate non-locking biners? and bent gate? easier to clip than straight gate maybe, but easier than wires?
  3. dylan_ the nuts on the other side of the bolts don't irritate your feet? do they make t-nuts that size, or what did you do so that you arent standing on the ends of those 8 bolts (inserts on top)? i cant imagine you drilled into the sole of the boot from the inside to inset the nuts...
  4. Anyone used these double ropes on ice before? Comments? Also, has anyone heard of a nonSUPERDRY Mammut rope? I thought from having read their catalog that all their ropes were treated (sheath and core) with their superdry treatment. I only ask because sportextreme.com is selling Mammut Genesis 8.5 and Mammut Genesis 8.5 Superdry at different prices.
  5. ive heard some talk that the vibrations caused during a screamer openning can cause the same kind of transient gate openning that whapping the biner on a rock can, and that a number of ice climbers use light weight lockers either on rope end or both ends of their screamers. thoughts?
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