Chudio

I'm a beginner climber with 2 years of mountain climbing experience (rock, glacier, some ice) who is looking for more mountain friends. I am not super aggressive and enjoy the climb itself more than being on the summit. Please PM me if you are interested. We can spend a few days cragging/climbing easier peaks before going on something more committing. I live on the eastside in the Seattle area. Ray

I'm curious to find out what other alpine climbers do in terms of prescription eyewear. Ideally, I'd like a single pair of shatter resistant glasses that provides wind/snow protection and can adjust its tint to work anywhere between a dimly lit alpine start to a sunny day at the summit. The Julbo Race are about as close to these specs as I've seen (the ones with the Zebra lenses). The problem is, I can't get the Zebra lens with prescription. They make a snap in prescription lens adapter but it makes me look bug eyed and tends to fog (the standard Zebra lens has a "permanent" anti-fog coating that works quite well.) Standard Transition lenses are great, but don't go nearly dark enough (my optometrist tells me they block ~75% vlt max.) I suppose two pairs of prescription glacier glasses can easily solve this problem (Transition + standard glacier lenses) but I don't really want to deal with the hassle and expense. What other choices are there? Glacier glasses + normal glasses with OTG goggles? I'm being extremely picky here...

Don't know about the EV2, but my Tenshi wasn't seam sealed. I had to do it myself. Also, the Tenshi's vestibule has these flaps along the edges that go under the snow so spindrift doesn't get inside.

I just got my Ice Sac and was surprised to see the lack of a rope strap under the lid. Does anyone know of a quick fix?

How much for just the #3 and/or #4 camalots? How old are they?

I haven't tried this myself, but I read that it's better to use a wire nut to sling the partially driven screw. Push the wires up past the plastic thing that holds both wires together, sling it around the screw and choke it down. Has anyone tried this method?