Hilleberg Rad vs Wal-Mart

[Fairweather]

Aint no gummint helathcare gonna fix that.

[denalidave]

What we really need is a JDJR forum so we can cover all the other fantastic opportunities at MalWart. We could even do MalWart TRs.

[johndavidjr]

Nobody has tried to refute this, nor even explicitly disagreed.

 

Its way more funny to watch you argue with yourself.

 

 

$20 doesn't even fill have a tank of gas

$20 barely covers three value meals at McD's

 

Anyone who is so cheap that they are willing to risk their life using piece of shit equipment in severe alpine conditions is a stupid mother fucker

 

 

Cascades in summer don't generally present "severe alpine conditions" that are a risk to life.

 

Where did you get this notion?

[olyclimber]

Creepy sleeping and hiking advise for boy scout-types in mild conditions is my concern.

 

[G-spotter]

JDJR is pitchin' a puptent pretty hard, but has no catcher

[olyclimber]

Many climbers I meet have essentially unlimited funds and are mid-career doctors.

[denalidave]

Many climbers I meet have essentially unlimited funds and are mid-career doctors.

[olyclimber]

I'd NEVER buy a $4.00 bottle of wine and Budweiser is bad for morality.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

 

Cascades in summer don't generally present "severe alpine conditions" that are a risk to life.

 

Where did you get this notion?

 

From climbing in the cascades in the summer.

 

Above treeline.

 

 

[G-spotter]

JDJR seems to assert that if you don't really need a tent you might as well have cheap tent

 

Implicit in that assertation is unquestioned need for any tent.

 

"Why buy a GoreTex jacket? Its sunny today. T shirt fine" thinking.

[olyclimber]

Rock climbers have somewhat healthy tendency to shop for equipment by brand.

[denalidave]

I do find it amusing that, of all the crusades one could choose to support in this life, the MalWart pup tent is JDJR's obsession. Go JDJR, you go... The world will be a much better place once EVERYONE knows the value offered at MalWart.

[prole]

 

"Dis is nah a country crub. Dis is my tent!" --Tom Vu

 

[G-spotter]

Some of the very best climbers I've encountered in Washington State have been relatively poor, and weirdly humble, backwoodsmen.

 

[olyclimber]

humility is an odd attribute. especially if you are a poor backwoodsman.

 

[johndavidjr]

Washington is culturally like a westward extension of Minnesota.

Even the subtle local patois reflects this, and I suppose there are historical reasons.

 

I hear they make the greatest Swedish tents there....

[Chaps]

Hi-ho! Hey buddy, I'm in Minnesota, you want to meet up somewhere in between and do some cragging? I have a 30 meter rope. Do you have a rack?

[RuMR]

 

he'll bring the kmart tent!

[LostCamKenny]

Washington is culturally like a westward extension of Minnesota

 

Oregon isn't included in that observation is it?

all righty... ooooooookay... i'm off to eat my pickled herring and goat cheese now!

[G-spotter]

Bivanorak

http://www.hilleberg.com/2006%20Products/NewBivanorak.htm

 

Vs.

 

garbage bag (FREE SAMPLE!)

 

http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid56034.aspx

 

Don't want to sleep in garbage bag? Must be subtle patois-speaking Porsche driver.

[YocumRidge]

Washington is culturally like a westward extension of Minnesota.

Even the subtle local patois reflects this, and I suppose there are historical reasons.

 

What does GM town stand for? Grand Morons?

[johndavidjr]

GM is what a select few, really elite people (Not Glen Beck) know as General Motors Corp.

 

The "dumbing down" I perceive here, is part of the point of my original post.

 

It's too easy to "con" people into magical thinking that sleeping out in summertime weather requires death-defying bravey and extremely expensive items that can protect you from "severe alpine conditions."

 

What you might ACTUALLY appreciate, among your frequent nightmares about death in your sleep in a pleasant summer night............. is a little bug netting and a waterproof canopy, along with minimal weight and bulk.

[Choada_Boy]

Will the Bivanorak fit over my Lippiselkbag sleeping/ambulation system?

 

[johndavidjr]

yOU COULD DIE USING THAT THING....are YOU STUPID???

 

But it could help in "severe alpine conditions" that threaten your very life....which is so typical in facing the terrible Cascades summer weather and costs more in bravery, and wages, than most people can afford.

 

Only the strong survive.....

[RuMR]

GM is what a select few, really elite people (Not Glen Beck) know as General Motors Corp.

 

The "dumbing down" I perceive here, is part of the point of my original post.

 

It's too easy to "con" people into magical thinking that sleeping out in summertime weather requires death-defying bravey and extremely expensive items that can protect you from "severe alpine conditions."

What you might ACTUALLY appreciate, among your frequent nightmares about death in your sleep in a pleasant summer night............. is a little bug netting and a waterproof canopy, along with minimal weight and bulk.

 

please provide example...i don't see it...