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the late peter jennings climbed. the publisher of the nytimes climbs. susan sarandon's children climb.

I have bialettas in a number of sizes and i love them. the one real cup sized one weighs 14 ounces. the two real cup sized one weights 15 5/8 ounces. the three.5 real cup sized one weighs 2 pounds 1 ounce. the thing i like about them is that they are pretty near industructible. i much prefer them over the bernice's coffee press cup things, even though those were invented in missoula montana by a friend of a friend. i have no real experience with the GSI ones.

have you ever heard of valandre? they make really awesome stuff. My top three are valandre, western mountain and feathered friends. But, i've never really seen or used a mont-bell...

I am actually rewriting the manual this weekend because it has come to my attention that the manual needs improvement. I am sure that anybody who has a cilogear pack will say that I am more than willing to answer any question that I can or discuss things...

marnix onsighted two or three routes in a row on the doctors wall at skaha without working too hard...while complaining about how he wasn't fit. marnix's word for the people you describe was 'bandits'.

sorry, ML, yours is a little odd because (i think, but then again, i am often wrong at midnight) the center front panel is made from VX21 instead of VX42. Basically, the material where the crampons and axe blades hit is a bit less durable than the material the standard production packs. It's also a teensy bit lighter...

If you want to climb poi, my friend marnix has done a few routes on it...marnix grew up in kenya, yet described the trip into poi as 'interesting bordering on difficult'.

my friend eddie wants to buy the house when it goes on the market...says he's got good plan for how to use it...

ML's got a 60, but the one she's got is a bit odd...i'll let her fill in the details if she cares to. Oly's got a 40, as does distal. There are some up in the hands of the canadian contingent here, and a whole bunch in seattle.

Randy Rackliff owns and designs the packs at Cold Cold World. I've only met him once, but from what I've heard about him, he stands behind his products and is a decent guy. If i was trying to get a custom made pack, i'd call either him or mchale.

Well, i would say here are the top 4 differences: 1) Partial compression. As we use dee-clips instead of zippers, you can, for example, just close down the top 2/3 of the pack instead of closing down the side. The result is a much better carrying pack. 2) We give you a al stay and a framesheet. Use them if the load is heavy. leave them at home if its not heavy. 3) User defined strap configuration. You load the pack, you put the straps where you need them. There is no other pack in the world capable of this. 4)No tool tubes and a crampon pocket. This might seem silly, but if you use taa-k-oons or similar with pinky rests, you can't use packs with tool tubes. how's that for starters as far as differentiation? you can buy the packs off of the website now. many people have bought them from the website... and i contribute to cc.com. in fact, i am even considering advertising! (oly?)

airlineconsolidator.com is a good start. Its much cheaper to fly from new york generally. I would disagree with everybody about flying somewhere else before geneva, except for london. Geneva is a hub for three airlines and you can often get good prices direct or one hop from new york. Check out Zurich as well. EasyJet and RyanAir are kind of a total pain in the ass due to the fact that they fly from places like stansted and are very anal about how much your luggage weighs.

oh, one other thought: physically and permanently bend it out to only 128 and then see how it rides, if it's okay then just bend it the 2mm when you're putting on the wheel, not permanent like...

they've got one where it takes a sim card. then your special friends can sms you and the thing plays like one of 90,000 rhythms...

Oly beat me to it. Read Sheldon's page, it really explains pretty much everything you need to know. Its really rather simple. The string alignment thing works very well.

aw heck, everybody else is making shameless plugs, why not me too? cilogear packs page All of those packs would satisfy you...and no pesky straps to cut off! </shameless plug> I think larry the llama has a point about fit.

all Grahams are wankers. Its what makes the ladies love us! Who else gets such a great nickname in kindergarden? great report guys, looks like a ton of fun!

The favresse brothers are mutants...

I've been using a prototype / sample Ti Cinch for awhile and i love it. It's not a grigri so you have to learn a new method, but once i adjusted, i dumped the grigri into the bottom of my aid pile.

pink, grey, orange for morning, afternoon, evening. If i have to pick one, i pick orange. I have heard that blue is really good for blown in days, but haven't tried it yet. Pink doesn't do it for me in flat light which is why i pick orange for the only color.

or use a rubber band to control rolled up extra strappage...

wow. you are cycked! it blows my mind that you didn't hurt any disks while you broke your C-11, thats frigging weird! if you ever meet kelly cordes, ask him about his back. good luck with recovery and regaining your strength!

thanks for the recommendation ! but seriously, other than my sleeping bag, i don't think i've ever bought a single piece of outdoorsy gear for more than $500. Including my car! I buy plane tickets and road trips for that kind of money. Maybe I'm just too poor to understand...

...but the reserve isn't met because the dude knows they're going to sell for a lot more than $360 when they hit the stores! I just can't understand spending so much to buy so little.

kudos, klenke, kudos.