JasonG

Although I don't use a canister stove in winter, I have heard sitting the canister in a little water helps. But I think the MSR isobutane mix performs much better in cold. Maybe use that fuel? And yes, you need no new snow for that route to be "fun". Fresh snow means you go skiing instead! But you know that now. Good effort for getting up there, not an easy slog with fresh snow in the boulders! For comparison, the mountain biking on Galbraith was pretty great this weekend.

Time to mix it up again. Scan from a slide. November 2006, Annapurna massif showing off some nice light:

@therunningdog at the ready to deploy the rope for a whimpering dad on the South Face of Inspiration:

We must all go climb Sir Donald next summer!

When @pms says it is a favorite climb, you listen:

The Voile system is pretty solid and works well. I used it for about 18 years until recently switching it up to tech toes and fancier plate bindings with Atomic Backlands with Phantom levers, blah, blah, blah. One thing to consider is that the splitboard will not be as efficient as the rest of you on the uptrack or rolling terrain. So you might want to plan tours with the splitboard in mind. I think that once spilt, things are pretty similar to your AT gear. Just think worse on traverses and a wider track (he'll have to break trail a bit more, even in the rear). Things work better on the up with splitboards if you use AT boots (and voile mtn plates) instead of regular snowboard boots and bindings, but it suffers on the down without significant boot mods. I guess I am not aware of much in the way of splitboard resources other than this forum: http://splitboard.com/talk/

He'll grow up quick. I would get a 154 Voile Spartan. Nothing fancy, but it will work for years and is the best deal out there for a new splitboard with all the bits. You'll need to budget for poles, beacon, pack, etc. And I would recommend AIRE Avy 1 for the entire family, esp. if adults that will be taking him out haven't had it. As you probably know, you can get into a lot of trouble in the backcountry. https://www.voile.com/voile-spartan-splitboard.html Good luck!

Damn. Such style

I'll let you figure out where I took this one. It is a good spot to visit in high summer!

But where is the adventure in that?

It is more like you need to spend an impressive amount of money to get a modern full frame sensor! Shooting RAW with these modern sensors allows you to bring out a lot of detail in the highlights and shadows at the same time. So, while, it isn't an editing "trick" I certainly did edit the image to be more what our eyes saw in the moment. Sensors still aren't as good as we we have to see the world with (at least during daylight hours)!

You all should drive to the Tetons, battle the hordes, and scramble Teewinot next summer:

I agree!

Damn. That first photo!

I may not have a plane, but I can still copy Austin Post by climbing to the top of Primus and taking a picture of Eldorado:

When you wake up on the Inspiration glacier and there is a high deck of smoke that is about to ruin your day. But at least you had a good sunrise:

The last time I climbed Chaval, I packed my tripod up to high camp. I am glad I did!

This isn't editing tricks....a crazy beam lit up this tree as @cfire and myself were descending Wallaby this fall:

whew, @diepj that was close! Here's another B&W right back at ya!

And because November always makes me think I shouldn't be here....here's some Big Island for you:

An interesting angle on Triumph and Slesse:

Right place, right time....looking at the Southern Pickets from Teebone Ridge:

Our camp a few weeks ago in UT at the Cathedral Valley Campground:

Maybe give Vital a call? https://www.vitalclimbinggym.com/bellingham

Just to mix it up....South Face of Annapurna I: