News of General Discussion

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I'm looking to purchase a new helmet and while looking at them online found the Mammut Skywalker 2. Unfortunately, I could only find one review online and was wondering if anyone else has tried this helmet out. And what they had thought. Thanks for the help.

Two weeks ago I headed out to a vaccination clinic to pick up all my vaccines for Tanzania for my Kili/Kenya trip this summer. Picked up the essential: Yellow fever, hep A, malaria pill perscription etc. but it's bugging me as the nurse is absolutely adament about perscribing Diamox as she tries to sell it off as a be-all-end-all wonder drug to cure whatever ails you. At the time of my vaccinations she didn't have ...

Hey all. My name is Craig and I have started a donation program with the Lance Armstrong Foundation that I call Hiking for the Cure. Each time I head up to bag some new ADK High Peaks or out to get some of the NE 4000ers, I will collect pledges for the fight against cancer. As I have done with my grandmother, I'm sure many of you have known someone who has battled this terrible ...

Brand new Yellow North Face Base Camp duffel. Yours for $105 plus shipping.

I was thinking of taking my mom to this area this weekend to hike. She is pretty fit for almost 60 years of age but she doesn't like to scramble - talus is hard on her knees, scree on any steep areas is out of the question because I'm concerned about her safety. Does the trek to The Wave have any of this along the way? I read it's about 2.5 miles but just wanted ...

Just a replay to remind some out there what a REAL CLIMBER does when they are bored...go Solo something!

I've been an Alpine mountaineer & scottish winter for about 25 years. Following pain in my hip it is looking possible that I'll need a hip replacement for Osteoarthritis. I hear stories about how quickly people are walking again after the operation but strangely they never mention mountaineering. Does anyone have experience of mountaineering after a hip replacement? I don't want to put my equipment on ebay just yet!
Howard

Hans Wijnand and Jacob Slooff from the Netherlands will attempt a kite buggy crossing of Antarctica in 2011-12 to celebrate Amundsen and Scott’s centenary.

They will start at Novo Base, head south for approx. 2300 km to the Geographic South Pole from where they will continue kiting in their buggies to Mount Vinson to climb the 4,892 m snow covered mountain. The team aims to cover approx. 3,300 km in total. Arjanna Slooff will join ...

I would like to start a discussion here about ultra light climbing gear and maybe later create a section on the Summitpost Gear.

The purpose is to identify the lightest gear on the market that perform also extremely well.



I will start with a few items which in my experience are in this category:



Rock gear:



Wild Country Super light rock nuts



DMM Phantom Screwgate carabiner



BD Vaporlock Screwgate carabiner



Mammut Moses wiregate carabiners



Mammut ...