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PDX's Ice Festival was a blast. Although I would be skeptical of Vertical World allowing dry tooling. With VW's recent purchase of Cascade Crags, they have already begun tearing down CC's dry wall and replacing it.

Hey Dr. Flush Amazing, Thanks for posting the ice screw report. While everyone's subjective experience is valid, it's assuring to see objective material here.

Any time I combine a Gore XCR shell with long johns, I cook. I even have to vent the full zip at some point during a hike. I have been using Patagonia's French Roast or Guide Pants on Baker, Rainer, and Prusik Peak. Now I leave the XCR pants at home and just bring my guide pants with a rain shell. I think it boils down to personal preference mostly. Go for the Gamma pants if you can afford it.

I picked up one of these bags last season as a compression sack for my syn sleeping bag. It compressed to the size of a basketball and I placed it in my larger pack. It was great to have a lighter pack on summit day instead of my lb pack. I have since upgraded pack and sleeping back so I use the summit sack on day hikes.