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Mosquitos at the Devil's Lake trailhead tried to eat us alive when we got back to the car and were lazying around with the car doors open while we waited for the rest of our party to show up. I don't think there were any bugs at all on the trail.

Trip: South Sister - South spur Date: 7/7/2012 Trip Report: Some pics from a South Sister climb last weekend. Snow is melting out fast! We left Portland after work around 6:30pm and got to Devil's Lake around 10:30; on the trail around 11. Weather was super balmy on the Moraine Lake plateau - I was in Cap 1 L/S with no hat or gloves, and no headlamp because of the moonlight. We aimed to summit at sunrise but didn't quite make it due to a couple of party members not feeling 100%. Hit Lewis Tarn a little past dawn, on the summit at 7am, spent a few hours up there (napping?) and then went down into the hordes of people lining up the last ridge. Crossing the plateau under midday sun was brutal. After Lewis Tarn the snow disappears and it's a scree slog up the last ridge. Napping on the summit after being up all night. I think this was almost comfortable... Get up there early to avoid the crowds and the slush. Gear Notes: Poles, crampons, axe, snowshoes. Axe was only useful as a glissade brake and the snowshoes were dead weight so we stashed them behind a tree early on. Crampons not necessary but useful for kicking steps up to Lewis Tarn if the snow is colder.

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Snagged this sucker on closeout online, but didn't read the fine print on the size - too small! Still in the box with tags attached - just figured I'd see if anyone local is interested before I go about trying to ship it back. $50 ($5 less than I paid) Petzl Altios - silver grey - size 1 (48-56cm)

Gypsum, size 10. Waterproof hiking shoe. Worn once but too big. $50 P-Town, size 10. Worn twice, mostly indoors. $40 Located in Portland, local pickup preferred. I have the original boxes and shipping can be arranged if desired. Thanks!

PM sent on a pair of the Julbos.

Marmot Scree Pants - men's medium, short (30") inseam to keep out of the way of your boots. Lightweight softshell, used once on Adams southside, kept falling off my ass so it seems I need a smaller waist size. Pristine condition. $50 Mountain Hardwear Voodoo belay jacket - men's large Primaloft One and Conduit waterproof shell. Good shape, some schmutz here and there, and a little bit of wear at the hem. Recently washed. $125 Located in Portland. Shipping can be added for cost.

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I have a pair of Marmot Scree pants, m's medium in the short length (30" inseam, so they don't drag on the ground or bunch at the ankles!). They're great, only used a few times, but I apparently have lost some waist circumference over the past year and they're a bit too big now! Looking to trade someone who has a size small of any similar lightweight softshell pant, same inseam desired. Thanks!

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Lightly used pair of Mammut Mt. Cascade Gore-Tex boots, size US 10.5. Nice boots, moderately stiff, not too heavy - I took them up Adams once, but I think they're just a tad too small for me. Soles are still pretty much like new, so there's tons of life left. I normally wear around a size 10, so I think Mammut's sizing is "europeanized" and may actually be about 1 US size smaller than it claims it is. Just FYI. $100. Pickup in Portland preferred.

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Thanks for the replies everyone. Just for clarity, I am not looking for a climbing jacket. This would be mostly for backpacking/hiking, as something to wear in cold weather when I stop moving and am starting to chill. Thus, no need for a hood, and I'd like to keep it a bit lighter/more packable than the usual belay jacket. The EB stuff has the worst fit of all - totally too narrow under the arms. The MEC Uplink seems cool but I don't think it'd be warm enough. Is the Arc'teryx Atom LT Hoody different from the jacket? Cause the jacket doesn't have a hem drawcord, just a tensioned bit of fabric that's supposed to lie flat around your hips, but no way to cinch it in to keep out cold air. I've been interested in checking out Rab stuff for a while (Wild Things too). Anyone know if there's anywhere in the Portland area where you can try their stuff on, or is it only a mailorder type thing?

I'm in the market for a new puffy jacket. My current one is a Patagonia Micro Puff pullover, which is a good weight but the cut is really boxy (and thus baggy) and it has the worst designed (half-elasticized) cuffs ever. I'm having trouble finding a good replacement, though. My criteria: lightweight (not belay jacket warm, but also not super UL - maybe like old midweight fleece warmth), synthetic fill (cause we're in the NW), and the main debacle I'm having is the cut. My shoulders are way wider than my torso, so for jackets that aren't baggy, I can barely cross my arms, but when I can, there's tons of dead space around the waist. I thought I'd found a winner with the Arc'teryx Atom LT, but it was just a little too tight under the arms/across the back in medium (I'd like to be able to put a light fleece under it), and while the large fixed that problem, it was then baggy and way too long. It also turns out that the Atom LT doesn't have a hem drawcord, so that sealed the deal against it. Arc'teryx's cut usually fits me pretty well, and that jacket was the right amount of warmth. (The SV is too heavy.) The Patagonia Nano is too boxy; Montbell isn't wide enough in the shoulders; ditto for Mountain Hardwear; etc. I'm stumped. Anyone have suggestions before I turn to trying to sew together a custom fit jacket for myself?

Men's medium, black with gray chest pockets. (I can't find my digital camera, but the stock photo is below.) Worn only a few times and in perfect shape. Need a new puffy rather than this softshell, so hoping to raise some funds. $175 shipped or (preferably) straight trade for a medium green Arc'teryx Atom LT jacket! [img:center]http://www.e-omc.com/catalog/new_images/large/ArcteryxMsGammaMXJacketBlack.jpg[/img]

Also: call your insurance provider and ask them why your rates are going up, and when they tell you about the state of the economy and costs of doing business and increased regulation, ask them why their CEO's paycheck is unaffected by those same factors.

If only Obama actually were a socialist, then shit would get done around here...

Yo FW: please explain your Ted Kaczynski was a liberal theory. (We addressed it back on page 8 or so; this thread has spiraled into a monster.)

I think you misunderstand what Reagan was doing... It's true that deinstitutionalization basically shifted some of the burden of health care onto law enforcement, but what this means is that a lot of mentally ill people are in jail, a place where their treatment options are greatly reduced. I would not use anything the Portland cops do as evidence of any trend besides the fact that they like to shoot individuals of varying minority status (homeless, mentally ill, black, etc.) regardless of their being armed or being any kind of actual threat. I'm not really sure what this has to do with anything - that happened on an army base, which is not usually a place included under "free society." At the very least, what happens on army bases does not necessarily reflect/influence what's happening in society at large. For this one, you might want to look at our country's role in various "wars" in the Middle East, and how that's been playing out for the past 30 years... Nobody said democracy wasn't a messy business, but I'm pretty sure that semiautomatic weapons could be illegal and we could still have quite a bit of freedom...