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MSR, they'll ship you spares for cheap/free - they have for my Pocket Rocket and Whisperlite. Of course then you don't have to beat away the helpful elves at the "green" giant.

Hmm, not what I checked in the polls as canidate strengths and reasons for voting. Guess there's another clueless Dick around

Drastically changed They aren't that stiff, they aren't that fat, and they are damn fun out back of beyond. At least mine are. iain's right they are made by atomic - but less of the good bits than the rest of the atomic line. They ain't no Big Daddy. I had Freerides on the 'bows, now dynafits, and ski them with Lasers. The 187cm are a bit too much ski for the boot at high speed but still fun.

In womb onanism?

Only Scotland is missing from my worldtour of sheep molestation hotbeds

Wools already over your eyes, eh?

Harry uses the metric system

You have to have an IQ over room temperature so I can see your difficulty. The connection was what does climbing bring us that work doesn't. Why do we climb?

Spoken like a Catholic!

Did she the first time?

I've met people who do experience "flow" in work and find their jobs generally a pleasure. Unfortunately I'm not one of those people. And Ireneo - when did you move to the largest slaughterhouse in the Southern Hemisphere?

Cloudveil Switchback. A near clone of my beloved Guide Pants (althought it'd be nice if they did away with the internal belt, added zip cuffs, and had a bigger thigh pocket)

You don't have to do bullshit hallmark holiday moments to spend quality time with family.

I'm pleased with mine.

Barryvox is a brand. The Barryvox Opto3000 is a model. Barryvox also makes the Barryvox VS2000, a pro model analog beacon as well as older/other models. The Burton Red 457 beacon is a barryvox in blue plastic. Globalmart.com had Pieps DSP for $275 earlier this year; it appears no longer active.

Ever heard of Torres del Paine? Volcanos - which ones? Northern ones or the short boring lake district slogs? For that matter, where in the 4.600km of Chile will you be?

Any metrosexual approved nightspots for a 2 10hr layovers in Bangkok? (no ladyboys!)

You can get bags up to ~44L or so that are airline carryon compliant. A bigger problem is the weight restriction of 7kg, which is rarely enforced ex-USA, but are often enforced ex-elsewhere (particularly Oz & NZ) I haven't had good luck with locking checked bags in the US, so I wouldn't worry about it. Climbing equipment isn't high on thieves list, and TSA has trouble even with the TSA approved locks. Go to REI or the like and spend $20 on a cheap Outdoor Products duffel and don't worry. When you get to S. America if you are travelling domestically spend the $7 on shinkwrapping your backpack or $5 on a padlock.

Ummm, no.

I find that hard to believe for amorphous nomadic organisations.

For the same reason you biochem people use wavenumbers?

It's the 12 hr commute to vacation that has been anxious.

It's Scientology. Hell MF'ing no.