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I think the science of determining R values for pocket change items is gonna be pretty loose. I also think that there are going to be diminishing returns the thicker you get...there is going to be a thinnest amount doing the most insulative work. Closed cell foam pads excel because you are taking advantage of the fact that you are using the minimum thickness for the most insulation. No one uses thick foam pads for alpine, everyone gets thin pads. Ridge rests and Z-rests are the best weight to warmth you're going to get, but they don't roll up as tight on the side of your pack as a thin-ass closed cell pad. Finally there are varying grades of quality...the blue ones (i believe) are the cheapest.

thanks, I'll take a look at all of those, but so far sold on the cannons. How bulky is the G12? Can you clip it to your harness, or would that just plain suck. Jon, I post as fugifan112.

pretty sure i'm sold on the cannon, but the flash placement sounds annoying, and not being able to zoom and focus on video also sux...so I'll be checking out the lumix line as well

I know this topic always comes up, but they keep making new models every week. I was thinking about a cannon powershot S95. any favs...any why? I just want crisp clean photo without the blur, and no, i know nothing about cameras and don't want to learn...thus the point and shoot and request for recs?

dude that's pretty bad. maybe start shopping for health ins?

ice 20min on, 2 hours off for days...wear a low profile wrist guard constantly (including sleep) for 2 weeks. get someone to completely strip out the muscles in your hand, wrist, forearm. begin eccentric exercises in all directions (flexion, extension, supination, pronation, ulnar and radial deviation) at low weight so you are sore after 20-30 reps. switch to concentric exercises. get a hammer with vibration dampening, possibly wear the wrist guard during hammering. continue with stretching and muscle stripping. take anti-inflams for a week after the pain is not acute. if you experience nerve pain or constant numbness/tingling, or a noticeable reduction in wrist strength you may need less conservative treatment...but start with this. don't expect recovery anytime soon - if it's really chronic, it could take a year of rehab. also, check your form while hammering. use larger muscle groups including your core (torso, some shoulder, elbow) and follow through with your wrist.

add a couple napoleon pockets in the front!

just don't get a goddamn drum, hula-hoop, and slack-line or i'll bust out my drum-knife

sooo hard to find a shop to try ice boots on.

wow, great review! how's the forefoot volume for us wide mofo's? You may have mentioned it, but my reading ability has deteriorated

I did i did damnit - twas on my birthday and I was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hungover!

I updated the review after spending some more time soloing with it. I think I need more time with it. Some things I will try next time: -one of those fancy belay caribiners that orients the biner -tying more back-up knots to take weight off the device I'm hoping the new grigri2 is smooth as butter. Yes, I like the silent partner but it's so goddamned big and heavy.

that's me. I was talking rope-solo leading. I can't compare it to those devices, I haven't used them...however i don't think those handle two ropes for rappelling and are heavier.

fleishman's (rewoven fig-8, tails on opposite ends)

worked pretty good on my ice line (8mm)

8.9-10.5 but like the Grigri, I bet you can get away with smaller. Supertopo reviewed the regular smart and said they used an 8mm fine. 4.75 ounces I don't know about icy ropes, I haven't used it on them. I would assume it would be fine as long as the rope wasn't a super fatty.

LINK Bottom line: it's awesome

trad, ice, desert mostly. hook me up!

now there's customer service for you

cool name!

nail any tourists on the switchback? 'member? "MOVE! No seriously, don't stop there. Get the fuck out of the way ....BOOM!"

sweet!

I always cut myself out of the knot and by the time my rope is too short, it's generally time to buy a new one.

I figured no one from utah would look at the partner board but... I've had a week on week off schedule and have been doing trips with friends on vacation, or able to climb with my girlfriend for the past 3 years, but I just switched jobs (weekends now) and the GF is in school/work full time and I gots no local partners! Anyone within a 5 hour drive of SLC wanna go climbing? Zion looks warm and sweet this weekend!!!

I do rap on the pull cord, but I put in that fancy back-up with the knot and biner on the thick rope side of the anchor just in case the rope breaks. I don't like just rapping on the thick cord, but that really jams the knot into the anchor. one trick to not get the pull cord stuck is stuff the free ends from the anchor into a stuff sack, clip it on your harness and have it feed while rappelling. This is also the cord you pull, so it shouldn't get stuck since the thick rope is the one tumbling down. The negative to this situation is IF the thick rope gets stuck on it's descent down to you, you are kinda fucked if you have only the pull cord to lead back up on....the the benefit of what Mike (wallstein) is talking about. I use a fatter pull cord in the desert (8mm) because ropes love getting stuck out here