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I thought the Thin Red Line on Liberty Bell was the "Astroman" of Washington?

Hi gmar, I am interested and will send you a private message via the forum function.

FYI sent you a message few days ago through the forum message function.

I wear 48 in basically all Sportiva mountain boots (Nepal, G2SM, older yellow Trangos) and I'm a 14 in every running shoe or US brands. However, I fit in the TX4 in 47.5 pretty well. A lot will depend on the shape of your toes, but I would try them before you decide they don't fit. For reference, the TX4 47.5 fits better than the Boulder X in 48 for me with more room! I also do OK in the older Trango Silver Bullets in 47.5 since that was the biggest size they ever made.

Sent you a message re: lots of books.

I got a used one recently but haven't set it up yet. I assumed it would be monotonous, but I'm OK with that. I need to modify my garage ceiling to make it fit. I'll try to update the thread after 10k feet of climbing. Eric Horst mentions it in his book "Climbing for Training" and he has one. Josh Wharton and his wife have and use one according to Training for the New Alpinism. Sasha Dijiulian I think has one too. I can probably claim to be the weakest climber in NA (the world?) to have their own treadwall.

Great shoes. Consider USPS Flat Rate Envelope for around $8 if you need to ship.

Scarpa makes the Maestrale and Atomic makes the Hawx in a 32 Mondo, which should equate to a euro 50. But if you truly need a 34 that is going to be tough.

I’d grab the oz and hotwires, will send you a message shortly.

I"ll take the C3s, thanks!

I"ll grab it. Call/texting now. Thanks.

This is a great thread, thanks to all who contributed their many years and pitches of experience. Seems the consensus is two microtraxions attached through the belay loop. Has anyone have any updates or tweaks in the last 5 years?

Great TR, thanks for sharing.

Message sent, curious what length this is. Thanks!

Well sure slings are "cheap" but if you replace 12 60cm and ~3 120cm runners it adds up! The 8mm contact slings always felt like floss, 10-12mm is still pretty trim (especially compared with nylon) and probably doesn't degrade as quickly as the 8mm. The 12mm also seem to be a bit cheaper as you can get some brands like Singing Rock or CAMP etc on sale.

Similar to MThorman's tether, I have these coil leashes for nut tools which were robbed from a set of radios. Many years ago I lost a nut tool into a talus field several hundred feet below and it convinced me to use a tether (and definitely have one on my loaner nut tool!). Its quite nice if you take a nut out at a difficult stance that you can just leave the nut on the draw and rope, drop the nut tool onto the tether and climb through to a better stance to rack them both. Although I now use the 'fancy' Wild Country nut tool with a broad base to hit with your palm on stubborn nuts, I still think the basic BD nut tool is a great one. I added some 1/4" black fuel line held on with electrical tape to make the bottom softer when banging on it with your palm and it works quite well. The nut tool doesn't work as well for opening bottles with that side after but you can always lever a cap off with the tip of the tool I also sewed some small (3mm?) accessory cord loops onto generic Well Lamont leather work gloves to make racking them easier between belays. I have been really impressed with how well these gloves for cold belays, long days, even ski touring for much less than the BD or Petzl gloves.

Keen, don't you wear a 31 boot? Or has Dynafit resumed making boots bigger than 30.5? I though Scarpa and Sportiva were the only game in town for Mondo 31+

message sent.

Can't use the boots but good to see you posting having noticed the blog hasn't been updated in a several years. Have met some of your contemporaries from climbing in the Selkirks. The blog had a big impact on how I view kit for my time in the hills climbing and ski touring (no surprise I'm touring on a Praxis Yeti or GPO with a lightweight Sportiva boot and a very simple ruck sack).

Fantastic, stoke-generating TR!

Year old thread... I know. I have been going fast and heavy by wearing my ski boots (Sportiva Sideral 2.0) for long approaches, carrying my climbing boots. But it is heavy and makes for a cold change over (twice!). However, finding patches of good snow and good skiing is certainly better on the way out with a real ski, boot, and bindings. For shorter approaches, Silvrettas continue to be the binding of choice for me. However, I have thought about making some boot soles that would attach to the ski boot like a crampon, and then have tech fittings to integrate with my touring skis.

Black Diamond Mission 75. Relatively inexpensive, just works. Not the fanciest, but perfectly functional. Has a side access zipper if you don't like tube-only access in the big sizes.

Sweet TR! The traverse has been on my tick list for years.

Awesome awesome awesome TR! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome TR, thanks for sharing. The definition of a successful smash & grab.