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I know there are a few books on this topic. Do people not like them? How could we do it differently to be more effective? @John, all awesome ideas that we will follow up on. Are there any gear centric articles people would like to see? Reviews/comparisons of particular gear types? Ropes? Single Wall Tents? Insulation layers? Your feedback is important.

I wonder if the workers on that project screwed off on the internet at work as much as you guys do. That might explain the cost.

He was a cc.comer too

One of our many goals here is to develop some great technical articles for all of you. We are very fortunate that we have some many accomplished climbers on here who are willing to contribute. If you have articles ideas that would help you as a climber or backcountry traveller let us know. Either post it in the thread or if you would rather PM us do so. If you are interested in doing some writing drop us a line with your ideas.

Got a new tech article up in the blog about Alpine Belay using a GriGri style device, by Blake Herrington. http://cascadeclimbers.com/blog/2012/02/06/alpine-belay-by-blake-herrington/ Big thanks to Blake for doing this, he's been very patient with us. More to come!

Can anyone give me some feedback on the drive to Revelstoke/Rogers Pass in the winter? I've done the drive in the summer, and have done the drive to Kamloops several times in the winter. I know the catch with the Coq and to Rogers is the better the skiing the shittier the drive. How is the stretch from Kamloops to Revelstoke in winter?

This thread warrants a "shit backcountry skiers say" video.

Sorry it's not a graph http://wire.inc.com/2012/02/06/small-business-tax-system-favors-big-corporations-the-wealthy/

Bump.

Yeah that patent ran out, that is why Plum and La Sportiva have their new bindings. I think the biggest change is the heel plate and post are twice as thick, which is where the majority of failures happen. They also have a DIN of 12.

Bronco, I'm surprised to hear that. I've always liked how Volkls ski, and have skied the Mantra, but not the new version. That Nunataq looks like a great ski. Kurt, is that the Volkl you have? Sky did a review on the Plum Guides if you haven't seen them. The are spensive, but are bomber. http://cascadeclimbers.com/blog/2011/04/19/plum-guide-backcountry-ski-binding-review-by-sky-sjue/ Sky showed me his bin of broken dyanfit bindings, and I don't think this will be an issue with the Plums. I have about a dozen days on mine so far, with it being my first Dynafit setup, and I can ski them about as hard as my Fritschis.

Maybe the CIA can pay for this with their Facebook stock. Was that not the best investment ever!?!?! "Yes, I'll take my dividends in the form of toppled North African and Middle Eastern regimes."

What's stupid is what is happening to your bank account!

Considering heading out there in a little more then a week. Any useful links for planning a trip?

It is a bit heavy, but so am I, and I put Plums Guides on there to even things out For me it was more important to have a ski I really enjoyed skiing. I liked skiing on the PMgears they had a great ride, but the Ski Logik was that much better. And I've never seen such craftsmanship in a ski. How much do the Coombacks weight in a 181? Is the weight on their site a ski or for the pair? Can't be for the pair?

The Romney super PAC has hacked JayB's account!

KKK read pages 6-9 on this and tell me if you feel any differently. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/83xx/doc8306/07-11-CarriedInterest_Testimony.pdf

Obama could have done that, or canceled the project. He didn't. You are remembering that Obama took office in Jan 09, right? "With construction beginning in mid-2005, the original target completion date was September 2007." "In May 2008, US diplomats began moving into the embassy." "A new embassy opened in January 2009 in the Green Zone in Baghdad." So, he was supposed to cancel a near completed project?

I was just in Pro Mountain Sports and they have quite a few Montbell jackets on the sale rack. Anyone have the new Thermawrap Guide? Dane, have you taken a look at the one yet?

The problem I have with this particular statement which is echoed a lot in the right facing crowd is that no alternative, at least to my knowledge, has been proposed of what was supposed to be done when Obama inherited a collapsing economy with a financial system that almost completely stopped working. The right says it was too much money, the leftist economists (Krugman, Roubini, DeLong etc) says it wasn't enough. Who was correct? I guess time will only tell but if he wasn't supposed to spend money what was he to do? I seem to recall getting checks from the Bush Administration on two separate occasions. Is that not spending money? I suspect what is happening here is most people that are smart on the right know that Obama had to spend a lot of money, it wasn't going to be pretty, and it was with institutions that helped get us here in the first place, but are playing dumb and into the publics short-sidedness on this issue by exclaiming that he is spending tons of money, forgetting about all the money Bush spent (like on the topic of this thread!). And the reality is if McCain had won the election he would have done the exact same thing, yet here is blasting away at the president while he can't even remember where all his houses are. Back to the original topic. It's a shame that someone decided rush an emergency spending bill in 2005 to build such an enormous structure in the part of the world that clearly doesn't want us there. It would be a great gesture to turn it into a University so the Iraqi people can get a better education and move the society forward.

Done about it no....do about it yes. How much is Newt's moon colony going to cost? On the bright side there won't be a shortage of cheese.

Of what?

If anyone in the Seattle area is interested in getting their hands on these tools drop me a PM.

Hey Everyone, We were lucky enough to get our hands on some of the new eClimb tools thanks to Xarles at eClimb, and just got Dave's review of the eClimb Cryo Pro up on the blog. We also have some of their replaceable tip ice screws and will have a review on those shortly as well. Big thanks to Dave! Check it out!

I figured I'd post this here before moving on to the geek boards. I'm looking for someone who is a unix/linux geek with a fair amount of web server experience. Specifically I'm looking for someone who has some experience with HA setups on a VPS. I'm considering a multi-node balanced HA VPS setup LAMP stack with Nginx proxy pass and Varnish cache. I'm not so much concerned with the HA aspect as being able to go into the mountains for a week and not coming home to a dead dedicated box and pissed off sprayers. Drop me a PM if you gotz da skillz!