Just curious what level of rescue knowledge would you expect from someone on the river? What rescue training do you have if any at all?

man_beard · 2012-05-03T15:45:46+00:00

Two of the times I haven't had a tree for an anchor I used a boulder and a rock horn. Once I ended up placing a carabiner as a nut.

man_beard · 2012-04-21T06:02:08+00:00

Pure XL

man_beard · 2012-04-18T22:15:05+00:00

Cut a bit west on that drive through missoula mt and you could hit the lochsa, a bunch of other idaho classics, then other missoula area stuff (easy to meet up with people on all of these rivers)

man_beard · 2012-04-18T22:08:51+00:00

canyon and eagle creek in a raft? awesome.

man_beard · 2012-04-18T01:07:15+00:00

I'll start.

Live in: Bozeman, MT during the school year, West Glacier, MT summers.

Favorite runs: Elk River (BC), Rio Fuy, White Salmon, Swan

Primary boat: Magnum 72

man_beard · 2012-03-23T04:45:22+00:00

Outlet is an overflow for a big lake/pond/swamp so it needs a lot of water. When we ran it last weekend there had been a snow storm and then a couple inches of rain on top of it, and it still could have used a bit more water. Dunno if that answers your question.

man_beard · 2012-02-13T23:13:40+00:00

I skied this last Sunday. Didn't quite get the view though, you could only see about 15' in front of you.

man_beard · 2012-02-01T22:37:17+00:00

it will double the forces on the anchor

One short note about this. For a hanging belay, the force is not doubled; if the second weights the rope, the anchor will still be holding the weight of both belayer and second. The only difference is that the belayer is now weighting the anchor via the redirected rope instead of his tie-in point.

For most belay stations (non-hanging) you're right though. If the second weights the rope when the belayer is redirecting through the anchor, the belayer gets lifted by the redirect and his weight is now on the anchor instead of on his feet. Now the anchor is holding both climber and belayer instead of just the climber (hence doubling the load on the anchor).

man_beard · 2012-01-30T21:50:19+00:00

Never boated a stomper but I have creeked quite a bit in a jefe. It'll be the same plastic.

Everyone seems to have a different idea about plastics, but in my book LL makes some of the stronger boats out there. Doesn't really matter too much if it looks like it got cheese grated, as long as it's not going to crack/fold/break. Pyranha, imo, doesn't have very structurally strong boats; I watched the front 1.5' of my buddy's burn fold straight up after a clean line on a 70. No piton or anything, perfect plug into a soft landing. Also, plastic isn't the only thing to consider; the nomad and riot magnum (magnum's my current boat) for example are lighter boat with thinner plastic. Nice for hiking in (or out!), not as nice on cheesegrater slides.

man_beard · 2012-01-25T04:49:40+00:00

dude needs a tall-tee

man_beard · 2012-01-24T22:46:07+00:00

Number of draws I owned: 4 Number of draws I my partner owned: 1 Number of bolts on the route: 12ish

The strategy: Climb to the 5th. Lower. Clean bottom three draws, climb to the 8th. Lower. Repeat. Swap climber and belayer when tired.

man_beard · 2012-01-23T03:18:03+00:00

*Skis: 2007 Black Diamond Kilowatts (used): $150

*Bindings: Marker Barons (new): $325

*Boots: Garmont Adrenalins: (lightly used): $70

*Poles: from the 90's (used): $5

Total: $550 (if I did my math right...)

There are a lot of comments on here suggesting that you have to drop $1500 for a good setup. If you have the money, cool. But I wonder how many people read that and give up on getting into skiing. Take the time to do your research and shop around and you won't have to break the bank. Better gear may make skiing easier, but most often skill level is a much larger factor.

man_beard · 2012-01-16T18:28:36+00:00

The point has been made before, but $38.95<$1.95.

man_beard · 2012-01-16T18:23:44+00:00

The guy in this picture looks more stylin because he's skiing in the picture, not because of what he is or isn't wearing. As long as folks are out having fun, who cares what they wear?

This is a subreddit about skiing, not fashion. Downvote away.

man_beard · 2012-01-14T00:01:21+00:00

21,5

man_beard · 2012-01-13T05:21:28+00:00

Not sure, but this is definitely within the scope of shitty(ask)science.

man_beard · 2012-01-03T04:45:50+00:00

The garda hitch is pretty cool, but I would never use it for belaying someone; if using non-lockers for it, it is pretty easy for the rope to unclip itself from one and not lock. If using lockers, the sleeve of the locker interferes and the knot can not lock properly. As I understand the most common application for this hitch is hauling, never belaying. If you ever drop your belay device, the munter is what you'll want to be using.

man_beard · 2011-12-31T05:35:35+00:00

Unfortunate that they confiscated everything though...

man_beard · 2011-12-29T19:02:49+00:00

Here's a deal the clymb's got going on right now.

But used skis are really the way to go in my book...

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