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I've found the DaKine packs pretty heavy. I have a Black Diamond Revelation which I think is a 35L and it is awesome. Has a removable frame you can put in for heavier loads. I think my only complaint about it is that I believe it's designed to put the shovel head inside the back pocket, and while it works, I just find it awkward. I think that compartment is only for your avy gear, but being the only external pocket I try to use it for other things.

Sweet!

We might need to tweak something here, but yeah we had the setting way too high and we have toned things down a bit for image size. It does appear that the large pictures are not showing. I'll look into that.

I thought this was going to be about Donald Chump.

ok get those nominations in we are going to be voting on this soon.

Hi everyone, We are on our brand new dedicated server. You should notice significant speed increases now. With such a move there is always the potential for small problems. Please let us know if you run into anything that doesn't appear to be working correctly. Just need to decide on a name for this sucker!

I know this is hard to believe but we have finally upgraded our photo gallery. You should find better stability and some enhancements. We will post info on those enhancements soon. If you notice any weirdness in the photo gallery or anywhere else on cc.com that uses the photo gallery, please let us know. So far everything tested has worked. One last note that is actually rather important that we will have more on later. Please take the time to give appropriate titles, descriptions, and keywords to every photo that you post. This makes it much easier for people to search for photos of interest. It also provides enhanced value to cc.com in many different direct and indirect ways. We are working on providing a streamlined way of fixing past photos for everyone.

Ok the dates are fixed for TRs.

Get your final nominations in today we will start voting tomorrow.

Thanks for the heads up we are looking into it today.

Hey Ivan, please put this in a new TR if you can as people do look by date for conditions. We also will be doing some changes to the TR system where it's better for TRs to be separate.

It's official. After ten years we have our first dedicated server to go along with our two virtual private servers. What shall we call her?

Please no Hans.

Once upon a time, probably after several beers, we choose those names depending on your post count. If enough people wanted to suggest and vote for new names we can certainly change them.

Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that this contest is still running. We will be accepting entries until Monday. A reminder that this is for the best TR, not the best ascent. Please take the writing into consideration. If you've felt you've written some great TRs get one of your buddies to nominate you for a $500 PMS gift certificate or the runner up prizes. Links are above for nominations.

Ok folks we are back up. We will have a list of new features posted tomorrow. Please let us know if you run into any issues.

15 minutes until we shut down for maintenance.

We have another maintenance window tonight tentatively scheduled for 10pm. During this time you should be able to read the board but not post.

Ok things are back up.

I will be doing some maintenance on the forum starting at 11:30 at which point the board will be unavailable. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Are you looking for a bomber tech binding? Check out Sky Sjue's review of the Plum Guide Backcountry Binding .

Ok the Plum Guide Review is up. http://cascadeclimbers.com/blog/2011/04/19/plum-guide-backcountry-ski-binding-review-by-sky-sjue/

Both Sky and I own them. I'll have the article up in a few hours.

Sky is posting a review of the TLT5 Performance here shortly but the feedback I've heard from him has been really positive. We are also putting up a review of the Plum Guide binding tomorrow. I've had a few days of hard skiing on the Plum, and while I'm new to tech setups I can tell you it is a bomber binding.