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Comment on Arc’Teryx Alpha SV Gloves by tobias c. van Veen

tobias c. van Veen — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:34:40 +0000

Yah, mine are beginning to pile. A quality merino liner would be appreciated, for warmth & faster drying. I find the fleece to be a tad cold, though breathable. I also wish the liners would attach at the cuff; I keep pulling the liners out when removing my hands.

Comment on Arc’Teryx Alpha SV Gloves by Dave LeBlanc

Dave LeBlanc — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:11:04 +0000

the fleece liners in the SV’s suck, they get wet and stay wet. Replaced mine with wool and all is good. The shell is truly bomber

Comment on New ski designs: DPS & S7 by tobias c. van Veen

tobias c. van Veen — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:37:51 +0000

I think when I wrote “racers” I had mogul-bashers in mind. I.e., all trained FIS competitors is what I mean by “racers.” Notably Glen Plake, mogul basher, and the New Canadian Air Force: JF Cusson, JP Auclair & Vincent Dorion, Mike Douglas and Shane Szocs, all mogul-bashers. But then there are the downhillers too: Ingrid Backstrom, for one. Seth Morrison, another, Shane McConkey, Heim, Harrison… the list goes on. In fact most of the freeskiers out there today (and back then) have racing backgrounds of some form or another.

Comment on New ski designs: DPS & S7 by karl

karl — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:12:16 +0000

Even tho well written i will STRONGLY disagree with ya on the case of racers being the best on the slopes… I say old moguls-skiers are the most versatile and generally awesome ones.
Henrik Windstedt does pretty well every now and then.

Comment on Whistler Slackcountry Guide by Vince

Vince — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:24:15 +0000

Thanks for your review Tobias.
Wanted to respond to a few key points:
1. Cakehole and Khybers (while outside boundary) were not included as these areas directly drop off the Peak Chair and require no hiking. Consequently these area are full of tracks and people ski them with no self-rescue equipment. Note that the title of the booklet is “Ski Touring Guide.” As you mentioned, Cakehole is also known suck people towards Cheakamus Lake (which means more headaches for Whistler Ski Patrol), another reason to not direct people into that area.
2. As stated on each map: “Note that the topo maps shouldn’t be used for GPS navigation or microfeatures – they are intended as a guide only.” The maps are meant to be utilized in conjunction with the photos and route descriptions, which state elevation gain and time needed to access the route. Given the routes in this guide stay within day trip range of civilzation, we feel having a photo reference as well as a basic topo map would be more beneficial. The user can then confirm that they are looking at the right route, rather than making an educated guess based on a map only. Baldwin’s maps are referenced in each applicable route, if you require a more detailed map to navigate it tells you exactly which one to buy. When folks start heading further out, we encourage them to buy Baldwin’s literature.
3. The guide was made to be portable, so no copy and laminating is needed. It’s small enough to keep in your pack, so unless you are touring in the rain or storing it next to your skins it should hold up to use in the field. Water proofing bound pages would put the price of this guide beyond reasonable reach of intended consumers, and we wanted to use a post consumer fiber (chlorine-free) for the good of the planet.
4. No ebook available yet as we don’t want people relying on smart phone batteries to view the guide. Development could be happen down the line.

Thanks again for your feedback.

Comment on Marc Bourdon talks about his new Squamish climbing book by 2012 Banff Mountain Book Competition Winners – The Suburban Mountaineer

2012 Banff Mountain Book Competition Winners – The Suburban Mountaineer — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:13:31 +0000

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Comment on Marc Bourdon talks about his new Squamish climbing book by Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalists – The Suburban Mountaineer

Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalists – The Suburban Mountaineer — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:31:37 +0000

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Comment on Whistler Slackcountry Guide by Henry

Henry — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:18:35 +0000

By all means. I was looking around for more BC Trip blogs and blogs like yours…

Comment on Whistler Slackcountry Guide by tobias c. van Veen

tobias c. van Veen — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:17:29 +0000

Sweet.! Keep us in touch with your trips, happy to reblog your efforts here, i.e. blog about your blog (heh)…

Comment on Whistler Slackcountry Guide by H

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:10:05 +0000

Thanks. Got another trip to write up and will have a few back country stories this year I hope. It was researching one of the trips last year that I found this blog.