Vickster
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I'm 6'6" and 250, integral designs eVent Unishelter. Lots of room, can put your boots up by your head.
Jim
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Scarpas fit a size small... I hate them all.
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The REI Alpine bod goes pretty big. I got huge thighs and a 38" waist
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Im selling a new one in the seattle are for $70 cash.
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The only way to for sure stop that leak right now is dump a bunch of sand on it and fuse it to glass with a low yield nuclear weapon. Otherwise they can keep trying boyscout badge projects until the cows come home and still fail.
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Hope and change, prices dropped again. GOGOGO ZF-1
here is a pic of the quickdraws
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I'm drunk and watching the 5th element. Before I pass out.... I am selling the following....
Mammut Matterhorn rope new - $100
2X mammut genesis half rope New $160
Metolius Rope Shield Haul bag (used with the genesis ropes) $50
Metolius Rope bag and rope - $50
12x Metolius quickdraws New - $100
A rack with stuff:
BD rack holder leash thingie
BD cams .3, .4, .5, .75, 1, 3, 3, 4
metolius cam .3
BD Turbo express 22CM x1, 16CM x3 (I have more somewhere)
16X DMM Phantons
3X DMM revolvers
BD Wired stopper set
Metolious Hex set 1-10
7X BD neutrinos
Metilous picker
2x mammut dyneema slings one long one short
7 x wild things slings
Everything on rack for: $600
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Buy everything listed for $950
ITS A MULTIPASS!
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I use to own a transfer 3 and it was solid, ended up being too small. Switched to a Deploy 7 because I liked the fact it would collapse small, had few points of failure, and was slightly lighter than the Transfer 7.
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I wonder if the number one reason people pass on the allak is it's price.
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I toughed it out a few years in a bivy, it got old... I'm 6'6" and needed a tent with room. So that might be one requirement that you do not need to consider.
Since nobody I climbed with could stand my snoring like a freight train I bought a hilleberg soulo. Room enough for me, room enough for my stuff, and very lite considering how strong it is. I bit the bullet and paid full retail for it, worth every cent.
After the Soulo I got a Bibler Fitzroy to use as a 2 man tent. It is a very well built tent, but I need a vestibule. So... I sold the Fitzroy for a profit and scored a Hilleberg Allak for $400 on craigslist. It is roomy, lite as they come, and built like a brick shithouse.
Fully guyed out it stood up to winds 80mph sustained with no snow wall. Ya it was a rough night but it held up just fine. Taking it down was kind of rough, had to get 2 people from the hut to help us so it wouldn't blow away. I have heard the Allak can handle even higher winds. Somewhere I read that some dudes were in an allak on Shishapangma in winds 100mph sustained gusts to 120mph. But they had a snow wall. Other tents were shredding but the allak was unphased. The only drawback is the $$$. I hunted on craiglist twice a day before getting my allak cheap but they are out there.
Which makes me wonder... does anyone independently wind tunnel tents to test their various points of failure?
So... I needed a tent that was larger, light, and tough. Which narrowed it down to like 3 tents, 2 of them being Hillebergs. I am glad I am tall otherwise I probably would not shelled out the extra cash and never owned my awesome tents.
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Hiya Julian. I'm 6' 6" amd not very thick in the chest. I tried it on with a base layer and a mammut lazer jacket under it. No extra space for me with a softshell on. If you are thicker in the chest then you would probably be fine. Compared to most XLs it is pretty generous. For instance, it has a tad more room than my Mammut Stratus XXL. However I find nearly everything mammut to run a size small.
Same thing goes for the Montane shell I am selling, they call it an XL but it fits more like a large, I liked the snug fit for cycling.
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Add $10 to ship the big stuff and $5 to ship the small stuff. If you want more than one item I am open to doing a package deal on both items and shipping. Thanks for looking
Price reductions:
Montane shell $60
Mitts $35
Gloves $20
Pants $60
Belay Jacket $60
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I use:
Ryobi Tek4 Durashot Digital Camera
A fair review of the camera:
I hate messing with a camera on trips bottom line. Taping batteries to my armpits so they would stay charged in the cold. Taking off my gloves to take a photo because the buttons are small. Getting the camera crushed in my pack. In the past I used a cannon powershot preceeded by a sony cybershot. The dying battery was always my number one issue with both. I ended up crushing the cybershot.
One day at home depot I saw this camera for job sites. Shock resistant, waterproof, and had a huge ass rechargable lithium Ion battery. The battery is at least 10x the size of all compact digital camera batteries. I figured what the heck and got one off ebay for $100 new. First thing I did when I got it is put it in the freezer for 3 days after charging it up. After taking it from the freezer I loaded up 3 sim cards with like 200 photos and 20 min of video. The battery was still fine, in fact it has been a month since then and I am just charging it again. The buttons are big enough to use with gloves on. The pictures are good enough for me.... there is a slight delay between your ability to take photos and I guess the image quality is not top notch.
My requirements for a camera were:
1. Battery life
2. Durability
3. Ease of use
4. Image quality
I figured I could always photoshop pics that were not perfect. If the camera doesn't work I wouldn't have anything to photoshop.
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ID eVent bivys are great. I used a ID eVent Unishelter for 3 years and had no condensation issues really, just some frost buildup after a nights sleep up by the vents. It had room for boots inside. I eventually gave up bivys entirely, I am too big of a dude to get dressed in one. Got sick of standing out in the crap to put my clothes on. Since I am able to hump it no problem, I got a Hilleberg soulo, lots of luxury for another 1.5 lbs.
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For down jackets, I still love my eVent FF Volant. Also love my Icefall parka. FF parkas are all I have ever known. All the mass produced down parkas do not have long enough sleeves for my arms so I had to go custom.
Regarding durability... I remember seeing a Rainier ranger using a volant one trip, he told me that it was donated by FF 4 years ago and that it had seen constant use. While it was on the grungy side, it looked to be holding up great.
For synthetic, I use a Hooded Mammut Stratus jacket. It has a good long sleeve on it, toasty warm, and was dirt cheap too.
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The La Sportiva Lhotse has a generous toe box.
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There was a guy selling a Hilleberg Allak for $400 the other day in Seattle, I would have bought it if I didnt already own one!
Find a good used Hilleberg, screw all that Chinese made crap.
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added pics, sent you an email Spauldo!
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Both pair of boots are used and in good condition:
Scarpa Phantom 8000 size 48 (fits more like a 47) - $150
Vasque Ice 9000 size 14/48 - $100
Both for $200
Will post photos upon request.
Thanks for looking.
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I lovr my superfeet. When I get them I wear them in running shoes for awhile then rotate them into climbing boots. After 4 years the 3 pair I have are getting pretty nasty....
If anyone is offloading size G (13.5-15) I will take them or buy them or whatever...
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I generally listen to the same songs in my 1 hour workouts on Step Mills. Usually burn about 1200 calories in an hour. Got my warm up feel good country song, then a techno remix to get the heart rate up, followed stuff that keeps me going, toward the end a fitting suicide song since I am reaching my anaerobic threshold and feeling the pain... and for the cool down a spaced out hippie song since I am fairly spaced out at this point.
1. Highwayman - Highwaymen
2. One Night in Bangkok - Vinylshakerz French XXL remix
3. In the End - Linkin Park
4. Closer - NIN
5. Evolution - Korn
6. Mr. Crowley - Ozzy
7. The Night - Disturbed
8. Parabola - Tool
9. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica S&M version
10.Dragula - Rob Zombie
11.Inside the Fire - Disturbed
12.Fade to Black - Metallica
13.White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
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I have never owned a DAS.... however I do own a Mammut Stratus and it is very toasty warm. DAS is only 3oz lighter but 2-3X as expensive.... You might want to check one out.
WTB 2 and 3 camalots.
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