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All articles referencing youtube are broken due to a copyright claim by Marc Roberts. You can watch the video here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/wales/9920708/Terrifying-Snowdonia-climbing-accident-caught-on-camera.html fish

I had (sold recently) an OR Exped Andromeda II tent and it was the bomb! It's a 3 parallel hoops (tunnel) design that's extremely versatile and light. Huge vestibule (didn't try it, but several reviewer say a bike can fit in there) and when you dig it out in winter, it's even bigger! Very...

I read the article about a week ago. I simply couldn't get myself to write a non-emotional response before today. First and foremost, condolenses to the wife and kids. What's fun about going outdoors is that things are unpredictable. They keep you sharp by throwing any, and every,thing at...

I came to the same conclusion you did about 3 years ago... At least I could still return mine to the store when I noticed how crappy these things work lol Fish

No walmart poles, but I had the cheapo "La cordée" ones when I first started hiking and they were fine. The expanders failed on mines, that's why I bought some Black Diamonds with flip-locks. Never looked back! I've had them for 4-5 years now. Fish

Writing *live* from Quebec City (boischatel to be exact, next to the monmorency falls). People here tend to not look too kindly on english speaking people. With one notable exception: If you make the effort and try real hard to speak french, no matter how bad it comes out, it will usually go a...

http://www.gizmag.com/permanent-anti-fog-coating-developed/18163/ Local folks (well, for me anyways!) developped a new permanent anti-fog coating. I assume it would be of interest for several readers... Fish

That's my trick too and it works wonders. Do the same with my 2 pair of socks and my longjohns.

Sorry to hear about your customer service experience. When I had problems with my lightning ascents (decking was ripping), I sent them back to MSR and they sent me a completely new pair. That's why I decided to purchase one of their stoves as a replacement for my whisperlite instead of going...

With the exchange rate, you might be able to buy these brand new for your max (sorry, I didn't noticed if your max was 100 for both or 100 each): Grivel X Monster (102$ CDN)...

Hmm, tasty look'n ;-)

Howdy again folks! Unfortunately, I'm still dealing with back pains (herniate disc in L3-L4 or L4-L5, I can't remember). After my doctor told me that "I'd basically have to live with it for the rest of my life", I was pretty bummed out to say the least. I was talking to a neighbor of mine...

Sweet! I knew someone would have this info... Cheers! Fish

Howdy all, I'll be modifying our cheap little sled we bought for our son so that we can use it on the nearby (totally flat) x-country skiing trails. I was wondering though what's the size of both tracks and how far apart are they from each other? Cheers! Fish

My girlfriend gave me one of these for christmas. Very warm so far!! It's boiled wool with a fleece liner. http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302883734&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442630999&bmLocale=en&bmUID=1262276716374 Fish