I'm looking for suggestions on good quality mountaineering boots (preferably, but necessarily plastic boots) that will accomodate wide feet.
I have size 11EEE feet and am having difficulty fi...
...d to pack out on a less than obvious trail in the dark to the lake and canoe for an hour.
I totally swore off Mountaineering and vowed to become sport climber. And yet a mere 12 hours later I spen...
For sale:
One pair of Nepal Top Extremes leather mountaineering boots. Used about 8 times since I have purchased them, still in excellent condition, tread included. Treated as well with Biwell to ...
The Arete Mountaineering Club was originally was formed in April 1960 by Tom Colley and the late Brian Hathaway. Within 5 years a thriving walking and climbing club of some 40 members had been esta...
I agree ..... it's just that murder and mountaineering seems
I'm pretty sure it was the same guy. He was the caretaker at the Harvard Mountaineering Club Cabin the last few years but I heard he worked at Hermit Lake before.
I'm looking for a mountaineering course (101) in Chamonix in the summer 2001. Instruction preferably in English. If you know any good, reputable schools or guides, please let me know. Links will ...
Just finished this and it's quite an amazing book, not only as a mountaineering book but as a work of historical scholarship. I suspect it will generate some controversy.
...ition, the company that made thermoflex liners for Raichle, now makes custom thermoformed liners specifically for mountaineering boots.
I highly recommend them.
Kai...
...ween resuing a fisherman (or a climber) than evacuating someone from Denali; though I know you will not see that. Mountaineering is done largely because it is dangerous. There is no reason society sho...
A friend of mine and I are signing up for a 6 day (beginner) alpine mountaineering course with AAI. I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with AAI and could offer any opinions about th...
...rrance still have some of the old bolts too (sure they flex but still should be reliable.
Jim Cormier Cormier Mountaineering
www.cormiermtn.com
Before you buy....
... for something about a woman on Everest. I have to confess though that I've never read a really, really good mountaineering book by a female author. But I've never read Clouds from Both Side...
...A Prusik is a friction hitch or knot used to put a loop of cord around a rope, applied in climbing, canyoneering, mountaineering, caving, rope rescue, and by arborists. The term Prusik is a name for b...
...:
Morin Boots and Mountain Gear P.O. Box 3277 1446 Miner St. Idaho Springs, CO 80542 800-228-2668
Neptune Mountaineering now has a pediatrist that comes in about 3 or 4 days a week and does cu...
...ners into escaping and attempting to climb the 17,000-foot summit. The act had no effect on the war, it was not a mountaineering first,but its insignificance itself made it an extraordinary act of cou...
...? If you're located near the DC area and are at all interested in climbing outside, I'd try joining the Mountaineering Section of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (http://patc.net/chapters...
What a pity. One of the Web's best and most popular adventure, climbing and mountaineering forums is being cast into extinction by Quokka following their acquisition of Mountainzone.com. Why? Pos...
... part of the price of climbing.
While I'm here, I have a q too. Since rock climbing is more a means to a mountaineering end than my primary interest, what are some of the pros and cons of var...
I kind of like the Chouinard/Black Diamond mountaineering shovel. I bought the Chouinard version years ago and just bought the Black Diamond version as a replacement. It's cool because you can pu...
...om carelessness/inexperience as opposed to gear failure. >>
Check out 'Accidents in North American Mountaineering', published annually by the American Alpine Club:
http://www.A...
Mike,
Interesting article how they pull mountaineering into it. It doesn't sound like some of the mountaineers I know.
'What we found,' Emilia La Nave, principal author on one...
...hing, but I guess that's just not the way I operate. I don't foresee myself ever doing any sort of real mountaineering or anything; I imagine the use of these boots to be strictly limited to...
...cturing a product that serves us all well.
Omega did buy Smiley's. They've now introduced a line of mountaineering gear which is priced well and looks good. Look for more innovation from...
...ews item from the UK:
Concern Over Black Diamond Helmet By Jon
Following tests carried out by the British Mountaineering Council, there's some concern over the level of protection offered...
...ws. The wall above the ledge forces you to move down and use it for the hands. It's your typical awkward 5.8 mountaineering-type section. There were numerous fixed pins out the ledge and you can ...
... which is equivalent to about a 10 US. I am selling them because I my passions are predominatly focused on winter mountaineering, and dry rock didnt really do it for me - plus I am raising money for m...
...vices. We specialize in rock climbing instruction and guiding throughout the southeastern U.S. and South American mountaineering expeditions.
Title: Outdoor Recr...
I'm on a 2 by 3-foot ledge meeting Death for the first time. The ledge isn't comfortable since the back wall overhangs the ledge a little, forcing me into a limbo stance. I've failed se...
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