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    Colchuck TH conditions?

    in Alpine Lakes

    Posted

    10 days ago Stuart lake looked frozen solid, and it's 500' lower, so I'm guessing the lake will be bomber.

     

    The road was clear of snow til 1/2 mile before the TH, but didn't look like it was going to melt fast. L-town Ranger station: 509 548 6977

    Leavenworth conditions

    in Alpine Lakes

    Posted

    Any updates on the status of the road opening to Mountaineers Creek Trailhead? Still a lot of snow?

     

    We went up there last weekend (April 13th)It's gated, but clear to the 1st bridge. After that there's continuous snow the last 1/2 mile to the TH.

    Best 5mm cord

    in The Gear Critic

    Posted

    I'm English: Suing is a sign of poor character.

    My sister fell down a lift shaft at work & didn't sue. If you're dumb enough to screw up, you take the pain & maybe it won't happen again. I think Darwin would probably agree.

    Best 5mm cord

    in The Gear Critic

    Posted

    That looks excellent Mr (or Mrs) Tvash. I will surely post pics if the gadget works. Thanks again, I'm off and running. Now I just need a laser cutter, and a few hours on the router and some luck. Cool. Jake

    Best 5mm cord

    in The Gear Critic

    Posted

    Thanks everyone.

     

    It's a cable-stay to hold a lever-arm. But it's holding the lever at the bottom, the cable comes down the lever and under the pivot fixed, large diameter (1") rounded end (really sorry no drawing right now, and is tied off. SO the leverage is great.

    Assume 200lbs pushing the lever forwards with the lever being 300mm long.

     

    The lever is subject to jerky loads.

    Knotting is the easiest way to fix.

     

    Thanks for looking at my problem, I'd get it engineered, but then we're talking real money.

    Thanks again, you guys are great.

     

    Best 5mm cord

    in The Gear Critic

    Posted

    Is it all the same, or is some cord significantly stronger than the rest?

    I heard about something called tech-cord a while ago?

     

    I'm assuming it would be static, but this doesn't really matter. I need to replace some steel cable on a device & cord is the way to go as the steel can't go round corners without stress concentrations & then breaking.

    Can't be thicker than 5.5mm diam to fit and can take knots.

    ...AM steel - woven dynema is a candidate.

     

    Thanks in advance. Jake

    Open source alpinism

    in Climber's Board

    Posted · Edited by Woodcutter

    Hi all,

    So how does one stay in business making outdoor gear specifically — not merely on the margins, but actually be significant —while shifting away from this model?

     

     

    One simply states that the thing is "built-to-last', which it then does.

    The consumer of today must recognise that part of buying things is the buzz, the vibe, the shopping bug, spending money, it's a fix. Keep the built-to last thing, wean yourself off the shopping buzz, be proud of your old gear.

     

    If the business does not need to grow (and they only do under investor/ shareholder pressure), then it can be sized right, make the thing and pay wages. It's not complicated, just don't have to pay sharehoders/ investors/ dividends.

     

     

    ...and you brand yourself as a responsible company, educate your public fully about what this means (and enter into debate), and explain that your thing is full price because you don't pollute the world with bullshit blue & green jackets which will be a different colour next year so you can subsudize the price of the thing.

    More clear thinking. Inpublic so it can be discussed.

    Nice thread, I like this one

    Open source alpinism

    in Climber's Board

    Posted · Edited by Woodcutter

    I think you're driving at: 'Is consumerism interfering with the stoke? Including getting newbies the stoke too?'

     

    Yes.

    Some of it's marketing bollocks which interferes with your normally sane mind. So if you do read the mags, ignore the ads.

    Try to buy from companies who don't have shareholders, then they don't need to make so much profit (and thus upgrade-shit)

    Share gear. I won't lend ropes, but you can pretty much borrow anything else I've got (including my wife). There are very good reasons for this. The less gear that is made, the less environmental damage is caused. It lowers the barriers to entry into a sport, and it makes me feel less like a stupid American consumer when I look at my pile of tents/ sleeping bags etc. And I don't really like my wife anyway.

    Recycle gear by buying used & selling the stuff you don't use

    Be proud of your old stuff, discipline yourself not to shop if you can afford to.

     

    Companies who are small that I like are Cilo & Spark R&D. MSR cos they're local & Second Ascent since they sell used gear (I got a complete BC ski setup for $500, hated it and sold it on Craigslist for $500 a year later - that is a low barrier to entry.

     

    White middle class. Architecture degree. Sugar Mamma

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