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>What is a hard top tent? Is it a tent that protects you from rockfall? It was just a joke, but maybe it's a good idea. How about an inflatable mattress that you could fit under the fly? Dan

Anyone know what this route is like in a low-snow year (late May/June)? Will getting onto the Carbon be much different? Enough rockfall to want a hard-top tent, or does that depend more on temp than snow? Dan

Thanks, Aidan -- you saved us a lot of dead weight. The NE Tooth is not in at all. As of Sunday, the South side was still a fun alp-ish climb --- tons of snow on the approach for fans of post-holing and enough on the rock to encourage your buddy to lead. Good time all around. Dennis-in-Yellow: got some good pics through the mist of you and your partner -- email me for copies. Dan

I was thinking of the N/NE side. If nothing's in, we could switch to the S, but I was wondering if anyone already knew -- is the N side ice still climbable? If it's out out out, we'll spare the tool weight and bring a Mark Twight doll instead. Dan

Any one seen it lately? Is worth carrying the tools, or will they just decorate the bottom of a rock route? Dan

Sold --thanks. Dan

Most super-short (<160cm) skis are kiddie skis, with the exception of approach skis; Dynafit makes one, too, in 130cm. But for skiing down, both kinds are soft, and the former aren't built to carry lugs like me. But now there's another option. Mini-skis are in vogue for lessons now, and maunfacturers make short versions built to hold a full-sized adult. Stevens uses a series from Rossignol -- wide and parabolic -- and while they aren't marketed to individuals, you can get 'em and mount AT bindings. Dan [This message has been edited by dann (edited 02-19-2001).]

Anyone know how to fit training into a regular climbing schedule? I believe training works, but if I'm climbing three days a week, shouldn't the others be recovery time? Climbing alone doesn't seem like enough, unless I somehow made it more taxing than the routes I want to finish. What does everyone else do? Dan

Scarpa T2's, 2000 model, M's U.S. 11.5, $225. Excellent shape -- I'm an idiot and grabbed the box marked 10.5. That's UK 10.5 -- they really are U.S. 11.5. Dan