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+1 on the Bullfrog. The stuff stays put and works well. Remember to get some on the underside of your nose and nostrils...

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Feathered Friends now makes a bag with asymmetric loft. More down in the feet, less down over the chest. Weighs in at about a pound. When used with your down jacket it is meant to work down to about 20F.

Thanks Joseph, I sent him an e-mail and we'll see what he comes back with. Checked with adatesman, and he's not willing to do any more independent testing for now -- didn't want to be seen as having posted the failures to drum up business or anything like that. So I'm off to investigate other venues... but I think in the meantime the Aliens are coming off the rack.

Thanks Joseph, I sent him an e-mail and we'll see what he comes back with.

Someone here must work at Boeing and can get access to a couple of calibrated load cells, can't they? Or maybe someone in the UW Engineering school? Pretty please?

The red cam was well pre-recall and seems to show a lack of quality control given the lack of proper brazing. The purple cam failed below its rated strength due to suspected, but so far unverified, improper specifications on the steel axle. Add to that the suspected, but so far unverified, improper specifications on the aluminum lobes... I have a bunch of post-recall aliens that I absolutely love, but every time I see something like this a little bit of that love dies and I'm tempted to put them up for sale or send them to an independent lab for pull testing...

And you'll love my chocolate salty balls...

While it is not yet a real product, apparently ThinkGeek is actually trying to get LucasFilm to grant them a license to produce this thing. So if you want to whip one out at the next bivy (or rope-up), head on over to ThinkGeek and express your interest...

As of last Friday the road is open to Beverly campground, about 5 miles short of the Esmerelda/Ingalls TH.

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There's about four pages in the 2007 AINAM about the accident.

Sobo, if they're teaching reducing of dislocations and clearing c-spine in WFA these days then I would agree with you that you get most of the crucial stuff in WFA and WFR is just the cherry on top. Last I took WFA (12? 13? years ago) they didn't cover that, so it was new to me when I took WFR...

I don't think that WFR is primarily useful to guides, camp counselors, etc. If you look at it purely from a SAR perspective, then yes, WFR is overkill, as by the time SAR gets to a subject the person is typically stable or dead (which is also stable, I suppose). There is a lot of material in WFR that even your average weekend warrior will benefit from, however. The two biggest advantages are protocols for clearing c-spine and for reducing sprains and dislocations. These both give you a shot at self-evacuation when you're far from the trailhead by hopefully allowing the subject to be (somewhat?) mobile. Yeah, there's a lot of crap in WFR about dental emergencies, organizing a search for little Johnny, dealing with diabetic episodes, etc, which is of secondary utility, so go ahead and bite the bullet and commit the 80 hours...so bite the bullet, get it and keep it current.

The SMC CR pulley is also a PMP, is rated to 24KN so it preserves your 10:1 SF, and weighs in at only 64g... so with the nano it comes out just a hair lighter than the Petzl combo.

I have one of those in 75cm and love it... their website says they are available

So actually it looks like the corsa nanotech just has "nanosteel" extensions on the pick (and adze?), so it is not a steel head... Don't know what the failure modes of such a setup would be...

Camp also has what they call the Corsa Nanotech -- it has an aluminum shaft but has a steel head, if you're worried about breaking the head. Weight is 8.6oz. Pretty pricey, however, at $140 list.

The frequency of drum circles will go hopefully down as a result of this

'Cause he's small, black and dances to Michael Jackson?

Screws on the Emmons are typically not necessary. You're better off carrying pickets instead.

Is this going to result in a carcass hoisted up some wall at Index?

You've never driven across Nebraska, have you?

Looks a bit like the beginning of the "Chinese Downhill"