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What board, what size boots, and whats the binding setup? From your posts I'm guessing that it's a DIY with the Voile DIY plates and some other bindings mounted on there. I think you'll be able to get a big improvement from centering your bindings as a first step.

It's kind of like a bivy sack for those unexpected nights in the wild. Three pack for climbing with multiple partners or longer adventures?

It's a great shop and business that's about a mile from my house. If I didn't already have the job that I do I'd be tempted. Just don't tell any more people about Bellingham.

Summer is the nicest day of the year in the PNW. I was in Squamish over the weekend and found dry rock in the 5.8-5.14 range, most of the routes were hard 5.11s or easy 5.12s. There was a tall, high quality 5.10 that stayed dry until the wind picked up a bit. This was in a steady drizzle on Saturday and it was the only dry rock I saw on Sunday. You should be able to find info in the Squamish guide book.

I've driven from Bellingham to Yellowknife in a Kenworth and one of my coworkers went all the way to Taktyuktuk (sp?) on the Arctic coast. The roads really aren't bad but wait until you see the cost of a gallon of milk! And I made my trip in February and I think he went in March.

Haha, good timing. This has been on my mind a lot lately. I'm just finishing up an 8 month assignment in Europe and have managed to save a good chunk of money and pay off all of my debt. I miss the mountains more than anything right now. I'll be between projects when I go back to the division that I normally work for in the PNW and it would be a good time to take a break before I get buried in more work. I need to figure it out quick and come up with some fun plans though.

I came here to say "Ninja Slipper" or "Camel Toe". Sorry to hear about the industry in-fighting.

I just flew from Seattle to Amsterdam this morning with a chalk bag in my checked suitcase with no problems. I hadn't opened the package yet but I tore off the header to pack it easier and made sure the header with the product info was packed next to the chalk ball that was tucked into a chalk bag. I'm a little more apprehensive about flying home with my well used bouldering chalk bucket. Even if I get all the loose chalk out there will be powder everywhere. I figure that's what trained dogs are for and if they light up on my climbing chalk then I probably paid too much for it...

I never had the privelage to enjoy time in the mountains with Dallas Kloke but I spent 9 months learning math from him in high school and was very shocked to hear about him passing away in a climbing accident. The one thing that really stuck with me from high school in the 13 years since is a single caution that I learned from Dallas: "There are bold mountaineers and there are old mountaineers but there are no old and bold mountaineers." It sounds like I have missed out on a lot of other wisdom from him outside of the classroom. He will be missed by all.