mkporwit

I'm not kidding. I'm pretty sure I've seen this at REI before...

True dat... call them back-country bondage accessories and sell them next to the hand-cranked margarita blender and the other crap they seem to carry these days.

Well, the default style on Firefox3/Windows looks like ass. The font is too small, there's these annoying gold bars highlighting every other active topic, and it looks too busy overall.

And a couple of lusty wenches.

Ah yes, the same guys that make plastic nuts

And a crucial little bit from their website: "Working on CE and UIAA certification." No thanks, I'll wait...

Hmmm, no. They look new on the market. No references to them anywhere. Maybe it is CCH attempting to rebrand themselves

And hey, if people are stupid enough to buy this stuff for $20, then Metolius will just keep on making it.

If you happen to see an airstream trailer with the logo of a cast-iron skillet on the side of it, stop by and get some food -- these guys rock

Good time of the year to go. Did this a few years ago right after Thanksgiving and it was excellent. If you're going up the standard route from the hut, don't bother with ropes -- it is just a long snow slog even though it is on the Jamapa glacier. Any one of the outfits working out of Tlachichuca is probably fine. Most people go with Reyes -- we didn't, but I can't remember whom we used. The new climbers hut is very large and very noisy. The three of us opted to sleep in the old, small 6-person hut which we had to ourselves. Kinda dank and dusty, but quiet.

Sounds like my kind of climbing... too bad I'll be at Vantage.

would rather eat pie than grow up

South face of Ingalls

Something like that.

PeT45BELVzY

Everybody's got one. Now scientists think they know how that happened...

Anyone have anything to say about the Mammut Broad Peak jacket? It's a lightweight down jacket, apparently comparable to the Mont-Bell Alpine Light.

Woohoo! Finally a FA that I can aspire to repeat sometime in the next couple of years...

Horror most sublime I wrote a bad haiku, then I made it rhyme

Go ahead Dru, rub it in Meanwhile, we're stuck with the coop that caters to the latte-swilling, margarita-drinking yuppie. Thank God for FF and Marmot. Time to make this an REI-bashing thread and move it to spray...

Given that he's under the legal drinking limit, I think he may have a bit of a hard time procuring said beverage, sobo...

tasty

Ummm, Petzl? Camp? Stubai? DMM? They all make crampons and/or ice tools... I love my G12's and my Rambos, and I should probably get a few picks for those tools, but this doesn't limit consumer choice all that much...

Well, I can admit to two out of those three...

Hmmm, where to start? Cafe Senor Moose in Ballard for very good, authentic Mexican sit-down food. Naan-n-Curry in Renton for good Indian/Pakistani Yea's Wok in Newcastle for great Sichuan