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The OP wanted general fitness advice for Aconcagua etc with some rock climbing thrown in on the side. Climbing-til-yer-spent won't help much there. You'll get a hell of a lot more out of a full body fitness program for something like that. hydroman: I was going by the Crossfit Vancouver guidelines.

Here's some discussion from over at backcountryworld.com Most people seem to use them in spring corn conditions but the fat ones are apparently good in tight trees and powder.

If you want to throw money at it I've heard good things about Crossfit and looked into it a bit myself. It's a full body exercise program which will benefit your body more than just pure cardio. It concentrates on short intense work outs so it's easy to fit into a busy schedule although you probably won't be able to do much after. They have a free fitness test but require a high level before you can enter the group sessions. That means hiring a personal trainer for a while which is $$$$.

GG was fucked. I watched a clip where he shit on stage, threw it in the audience and wiped the rest on himself. I just watched the Shellac clip. Now I'm really pissed I missed them the last time they came through. I saw Left Over Crack in Switzerland in Sept. The front man was telling off the crowd saying that they made all their money on Nazi gold. The guitarist got pissed off and left so they started hack playing Pixies covers and old Choking Victim stuff. That was the most punk show I've been to lately. The show was in a prison converted into jam rooms. The cafeteria was converted into a bar.

I've been going through the Mazamas tips and tricks and found a discussion on rope signals which describes what I mentioned up thread about rope signals. It mentions the possible confusion due to long pitches and rope drag which I was concerned about. The recommendation is to belay out the rope to the end and then only use tugs on the rope to signify 'on belay'. Makes sense to me.

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Don't you guys tire of these ridiculous arguments about Patagonia and the like? Let them make their urban garments and let the mountains decide which of their technical pieces pass the test. The urban market is where the money is and it funds the research that gets us the best gear. How much do you think a Gore-tex jacket would cost if people didn't wear them as a rain coat in the city? I would choose synthetic insulation for something like the sweater so I could wear it under a shell and not have to worry about it getting wet from sweat and the warmth won't be effected as much by the compression of the layers. Some might prefer the better compressibility of down.

I was just pulling your chain but I would never buy them. All of the arguments supporting them say they're great but with a list of exceptions. They lack versatility IMO and being poor I'm a minimalist. This is also given that I just invested a wad on AT gear. If I didn't have skis I'd seriously consider them as a compromise between skis and snowshoes. I really do hate snowblades though and I think the ski resort market agrees with me. I guess being short is an advantage because I ski 168's with a 110mm waist. That's not much longer than the firngliders but a lot more float and with a proper AT boot and binding I can handle all conditions just fine. Now that I think about it, I am riding skiboards!

It sounds like the design goals were small compressed package and moderate warmth. By your logic all down jackets should be made for -40. The tight baffling probably distributes the down better given the low fill weight. The price is Patagonia. The popularity has everything to do with fashion although many people seem to use them ice climbing.

Backcounty snow-blading? I guess it depends on what you want to use them for.

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J Mace is providing great info over at clubtread; thought I'd bounce it here. http://www.komotv.com/weather/

Word is it will be a 'tropical punch' so not quite that bad but the 2700m freezing level will suck.

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It's not a law in North America. The court seemed to handle it well IMO. They didn't convict her of the hate crimes she was charged with. The public protests calling for blood, on the other hand, really turn my stomach so in that regard I agree with you.

She was not protesting the law and this has nothing to do with her being a woman. Something similar would have happened if it was a man. She was innocently going along with what the children wanted to do and broke a law, that I think she was aware of, and got caught. My mother is a teacher in the UAE and she abides by most of the local customs more out of respect for a different culture than out of fear (although she doesn't want to get deported since it's a good job and I admit the UAE is very liberal). I appreciate the sentiment of women's suffrage in Islamic countries but it honestly does not apply here. If she were Sudanese she would have known the law, it would have been a protest and she would have been flogged or killed and you'd have yourself an argument but then the western world probably wouldn't notice because it wouldn't have been one of 'ours'.

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If you're living in a foreign country it's best to understand their laws even if you don't agree with them. It's accepted that you don't go near pot in Malaysia. If you're caught in possession of 200g you get the death penalty. From what I understand she knew it was wrong and tried to hide it. I'm glad the government had the sense to deport her and not give her the flogging called for by the law. In an Islamic country you don't name anything Mohammad, it's as simple as that.

Saved by linux. CC.com is enough of a time waister for me.

http://avalanche.ca/ is already up and running. If you ask they will send out the bulletins you're interested in to your email.

I use electrical tape and a knife that's sharp enough so that you don't have to do much sawing. Melt the end (even a match will do) and roll it into the desired end shape.

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