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bump for price drop willing to consider trades for small mastercams or aliens

$400 $350 or make offer -prefer local pickup in Seattle or buyer pays shipping. Skis are Atomic Tacora 172s (113tip-80waist-103.5tail) in good condition but could use a wax. There is one groove mid ski that is 1-2mm deep. Bindings are Silvretta 500s Size Large and need minor repairs (damages do not affect performance). Skins are BD glidelites with lots of life left in them. I'll also throw in a cheap ski bag and a block of Glop stopper that I have laying around. More pics at Picasa

OMG, thumbs f***ing up , that could be said about so many conversations on this site. A lot to learn from cc.com but so much BS to wade through.

Looks like a sweet design but I'm a little beffudled. Because of the diameter of the sewn loops, it looks like you can't girth the BOA to both your harness and tools at the same time. Is that correct? Anyway, I don't think you'd want to because that means you couldn't easily disconnect from your tools. Right? ...and assuming you girth the tools and use a biner for your harness, now the tools are linked together by the umbilical. That means you can't put one in the pack and move with the other unless you untie the hitch. Just seems a little slower than unclipping but probably NBD.

Thanks Rad. For the record, I meant that I was embarrassed for responding to Ivan not posting the TR. I'm familiar with Ivan's approach.

Never mind, I'm embarrassed that I got sucked into this.

Trip: Dragontail Peak - Serpentine Arete Date: 7/20/2008 Trip Report: Given the recent antic TR's of late I was reminded of my own mini-epic. I suspect that I stand little chance of winning the March-TR-a-thon but hopefully I can make someone chuckle. I met up with Rafael_H for the first time at the Kirkland P&R around 4am. He hopped in my Celica and we arrived at the TH around 6am, at the lake by 8:30 and on the summit by 6:30pm. Not a blazing fast ascent but reasonable. We had a bluebird day and despite being pretty fired I enjoyed the summit. Rafael on the summit. Me (Jason) on the summit. Gratuitous panorama #1 Gratuitous panorama #2 We descended to Aasgard and beyond without a hitch but the trail was long and I was slow. We arrived back at the car around 12am. Looking forward to the snacks I'd stash in the car I felt around in my back pocket for the key... Then my front pocket... Then more excitedly I unzipped the front pocket of my pack... and finally frantically dumped it's contents on the parking lot and searched by headlight. I knew I had the key. It was the only key on the ring. I felt my back pocket again and nearly got sick when I poked my finger through a hole in the bottom. Apparently I'd rubbed a hole in the pocket and lost the key somewhere on route or trail. I slowly turned to the 6ft+ Armenian machine whom I'd met only hours ago and confessed. I didn't have any adrenalin left to flee the scene so I just prepared for the whallop. I didn't come and I slowly opened my eyes. Apparently Rafael didn't have the adrenalin left to get pissed or he is just a really patient soul. Knowing that the lady's were expecting us back, and fearing that my girlfriend would unleash the SAR, we decided that we needed to go to town that night. Neither of us had cell coverage at the TH. Of course, according to Murphy's law, that night there happened to not be anyone sleeping at the TH either. So, I stashed my pack and we started walking down the road. At Bridge Creek campground I started walking around knocking on tents and finally woke a Brit who kindly offered to drive us to town. I rented Rafael and I a room and we phoned the lady's. After the free breakfast the next morning, I was still at a loss. The towing company will not tow a car if you don't have the registration, which I left in Seattle along with my spare key. I rented a car from Wenatchee and drove us back to Seattle. The next day my girl and I were getting ready to drive back to L-town and pick up the car and return the rental. The phone rang. I could barely make it out through the static but it was a girl with a English accent saying something about a key and a hotel. Sure enough when we got back to L-town and returned the the car, I found this letter on the windshield. As it turned out, the group of Oxford students that had found my key when crossing the bridge at Mountaineer's Creek, were guided our very same Brit rescuer, a Major in the British Army. Moral of story: Always bring a spare key for your partner or be sure to know a Royal Dragoon Guardsman!

Paradox sports, link , is an organization founded by DJ Skelton and Timmy O'Neill and run by Malcolm Daly and others. I'm sure they have ideas and may be interested in your friends expertise.

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My teenage son is coming to visit in April. I'm looking to take him out and need a pair of boots that will get him through for a week. They need to have a heel welt to fit my extra crampons but that's the only real requirement. I'm not looking to spend much since they will only fit him this visit. Let me know what you have. Thanks, Jason

@MickVB - I'll take/buy a micro-hammer if you're looking to get rid of em.

Sweet, those approach times remind me of Nipigon. Only we'd be talking ft rather than m.

http://wastateice.net/ select the 'guide' link and the 'SR900' from the dropdown menu. Are you free on Saturday? I'm thinking about heading out there and I'm looking for a partner. Jason

Anyone interested? Thinking like a half a day. Have car/rope etc. Jason

tools and tail sold, last bump I promise

bump, tools sold, prices negotiable

Some random relics FS. CM Quasar Ice Tools, leashes, headweights, etc-$60 Snargs and cheap screw-$20 Android leashes-$30 MSR Tails-8in, new-$20 Seattle local pickup preferred. Else buyer pays shipping. Pics of stuff

Very cool. Can't wait!

Yep, definitely didn't reference the site for the prices. I'm just a data geek. /edit Oh, I've only ever owned Mammut ropes.

Mountain Tools website also has a nice data table. Mountain tools

I recently put together a list of the length, thickness and range of various rock pro. Maybe it is useful to you. rock pro stats Sorry to hear you had a bad experience at FF. I've always been met with very friendly advice. Maybe this guy just had too much coffee?

What do you have in mind? Oops, didn't carefully read your first post. I can probably only weasel half a day (AM) off work. PM me if that work's.

Would you be interested attempting the NE couloir of Colchuck? I would want to meet Friday evening and camp at the TH or at Colchuck lake and return to the car on Saturday evening. NEBC beta

You can send comments to Red Bull at link . ...though I think their concern for 'Leave no trace' ethics is exemplified best by their sponsorship of motorsports. Clearly alpine climbers are not a large demographic for consumption of Red Bull products and merchandise.

I don't know anything about the quality of these garments or about the vendor but the prices seem good. SD at the Clymb No affiliation.