apg said:Oh, and good luck with Snowshoe in December.... Winter, as it were, has been arriving late and leaving early for the last several years.
jwest said:The venue isn't the issue - trees and/or people and ice if you are inexperienced can provide fantastic head injuries. Maybe you haven't been down the backside in icey conditions very fast.
bigred said:I have, many times, both on a snowboard and skis. It's been a few years since I've been out though. You Nancy-boys probably wear knee pads while you rollerblade too.
andrewv said:Do Alpine Rescue a favor next time you're on Longs Peak unprepared. Take your shit for when "something" goes wrong.
Timmy!!!!!!! said:I just lookednat the Patagonia shoes I am wearing and they are a 42.5 so it looks like those boots will fit.
C4D said:Very true and definitely not the best descending ski setup... but the splitboard has been a godsend in my application as I used to have to snowshoe to the summit lugging my snowboard strapped to my pack which was very slow and took forever. Now I can carry all my camera gear and a tripod with the splitboard setup which was a big plus for me but I would only recommend the splitboard for people who want to do some serious back country snowboarding and wanted to throw the option out there.
jwest said:Do yourself a favor and leave your presumptions to yourself - I certainly needed no rescue and had a cache nearby the next morning. Almost all mountaineers have had an experience where things got stretched out a bit in order to attain a goal - all within a balance of safety and limits. I was personally no where near my own limit or that of my gear and conditions.
There are hundreds of mtns that would never have been climbed if everyone took everything for whatever could go wrong.
andrewv said:I presumed nothing. I read what you wrote and now you've embellished the story. Do alpine rescue a favor and don't call them when you're unprepared. Saves costs, you know.