^ Depends on the answer!

And survey says (does that date me?) ...
... tried a 3' 12awg extension cord, but tripped almost immediately, just like when plugging it in directly.
Went back to the long coiled generic orange...

Opto 3000!
One of my favorite beacons.
At the time.
And that time was ... a long time ago.
Given the availability now (and for about two decades by now) of all sorts of three-antenna models,...

In a way that's an endorsement of the Protector binding -- based upon sound principles, and not just gimmicks:...

I recall receiving a 4 in AP Physics in 11th grade.
(Although I can't match this claim on his website: "Also during high school, Rick scored 100’s in AP-Biology and AP-Physics.")
But what I mainly...

https://www.quotes.net/mquote/757126

A friend just drove from Bozeman to the Oregon coast to escape that heat.

Meanwhile, I relatively cool northern NH, I tried an extremely short 12awd extension cord. But that tripped the breaker,...

^ I could have used AC on the approach to the SW Chutes last week -- now *THAT* was hot! (As in, too hot, in a bad sense. Fortunately the skiing was also hot, but in a good sense.)

Also hot in...

I like joke, is a very nice!
But which joke?
(Seriously, I see only a rec from you to replace the breaker. And to escape F&*# Huntah. Which I also did, although I have recollections of some...

Apologies for not checking in recently – been away and then catching up from being away. Assorted outdoor activities posted here: https://www.strava.com/athletes/1583171

“Ps. Did you see that...

^ Okay, thanks, I'll stick with code (as in, NEC, not NSAA's Your Responsibility Code). I'm flying out tomorrow morning for my final four days of skiing, so probably no updates until I get back up...

^ Makes sense on 20 vs 15, thx.

I'm probably going to try a 3' 12awg extension cord first, and see if that has the same anti-tripping properties as the long orange outdoor extension cord of...

Looking at the Home Depot results in more detail, the arc fault breaker:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-Q-Line-15-Amp-Single-Pole-Arc-Fault-Combination-Circuit-Breaker-THQL1115AFP2/100674086
......

Looking at the Home Depot results in more detail, the arc fault breaker:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-Q-Line-15-Amp-Single-Pole-Arc-Fault-Combination-Circuit-Breaker-THQL1115AFP2/100674086
......

My wife has definitely put that to the test -- her Vitamix should probably come with a warning to use ear protection, but she's never tripped a breaker with it, either at the ski house or our main...

I like the part about running up mountains!
(Just not running down them though, ugh. I don't understand how elite trail runners do that. Then again, many of them probably don't understand how we...

The AC window unit runs fine, no breaker tripping, even after hours of continuous running, when plugged via the random outdoor extension cord into the:

guest bedroom with 15a arc fault breaker...

Internet searches yield plenty of results about how suspect extension cords trip breakers.
But I seem to have the opposite situation, and found an explanation that an extension cord can act as an...

While returning from skinning/skiing the Killington Soopustah Glacier yesterday, I called up a friend in Boise.
(He is originally from Vermont, so I always update him with conditions from his home...

While returning from skinning/skiing the Killington Soopustah Glacier yesterday, I called up a friend in Boise.
(He is originally from Vermont, so I always update him with conditions from his home...

^ re multiple burials, I recently listened to this while skinning (just closed ski areas) and driving about:
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Darkest-White-Audiobook/B0CGK2XLN1
As a book, I found it...

In the U.S., no, not a crime.
But grounds for a big civil lawsuit.
According to the article though, over there it's exactly the other way around.

Even though some of the technical aspects and nomenclature were a bit off, as a father of an only-child teenage daughter, that article's intent seemed to be aimed straight at my gut.

(I also...

Still for sale, still unused (except for unboxing it three years ago, charging it up earlier this box, and trying it on briefly indoors).

If you can do without ten of those forty liters:
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/356134-FS-new-Scott-Patrol-E1-30-Airbag-Pack-695

I’m not sure whether to be happy for him as he seems to have found an appropriate career, or to be utterly terrified.
(Or perhaps both?)

Awaiting sentencing for Jan 6 conviction.

I have posted some pictures here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sx0r58UcMD6RoMa5Nljwr7h09v7JX5VZ?usp=sharing
Note that the pack does not come with a USB charger (or the AA batteries), but...

Details at the various links below.
Color is black/orange/white-ish.
Price is $695 plus actual USPS Priority Mail domestic shipping (sorry, no international shipping) from 01002. Or, I’ll be at...

I hear those Dynastar Pierra Menta race skis are supposed to be especially good in firm conditions -- like a skimo race ski designed specifically for New England!

I have two different pairs of race skis that I have mounted with three sets of heel holes.
And the holes are overlapping!
But that's with a Hagan race ski with an internal mounting plate, which has...

Some add’l discussion took place in a regional thread and in an avy-specific FB group.
(And the two partners engaged in some impressively misleading social media campaigns afterwards.)
But I do...

Which one of you wrote this?


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That posted graphic looks like an excerpt from the recommendations of IATA, an industry association that has no bearing on TSA rules (if the concern is travel within the U.S.).

That's a reference to a different avalanche incident from years ago in the post whose screen capture I copied into my comment.
But it's all the same underlying cause:
"[...] push it until the...

Quoted for emphasis.

Although another TGR poster previously made the same points far more succinctly, as copied below.
(Just substitute some combination of aspect & terrain for the emphasis on...

For many years I kept using nylon skins for highly abrasive refrozen snow in the late spring and summer, long after I’d switched to momix in winter.
Then I finally ditched the nylon. No regrets. ...

Courtesy of the AIARE beacon webinar tonight, Mike Hattrup told me that the Pro IPS will not be available in North America until Fall 2024.
However, a limited number will be available to avy...

Any adoption is by TSA not individual airlines.
Even if TSA is somehow ultimately influenced by IATA, what matters at the moment is what TSA is adopting, not anyone else’s interpretation of how...

I have not looked into the details of that design, but in general, IATA is a trade association, not a regulatory agency, so in the U.S., the IATA guidelines have no direct bearing on TSA.

Thanks for the heads-up!
Prompted me to check out my three pairs of ATK bindings (one Trofeo, two the race version, but all three share the same mechanicals).
Two were just fine, but the pair that...

Any insight as to why this is being sold in Europe yet not in the U.S. (under the BD label)?

Yes, I have. My reviews are somewhere on Skimo Co.
I bought some Trab race skins on a crazy closeout special, expecting to have to swap the tips.
But they worked fine on other skis.
One I burned...

The Pieps Vector was way different. Too different. Especially the GPS integration. Hence years of development, resulting in a short sales life before the permanent recall. (And recall as in, send...

Someone else had better buy those Trab skis before I go crazy and buy them since I already have exactly the same pair.

Surprising that already for sale in Europe, yet not available in North America yet under its BD version?

My boot missive is probably just as overly lengthy as a typical New Yorker piece too!

Agreed on the gaiter issue for race boots. Note that the PG Black is unique among full cf boots for having a...

Another try at the foldout antenna, which for ARVA seemed to do nothing.
But I definitely look forward to testing this!

I just now received a more informed reply from Mammut, which essentially confirms the post by Z.

I'm more into words and numbers than photos.

So here are the numbers for skis and bindings:...