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Shoes aren't deep enough for my feet i need to remove the insoles

The descent off north maroon is as hard as anything you go through beforehand. Haven’t done it just everyone says that

Increased air circulation is another benefit of a roomy toe box. All the motion pumps air in and out, and I find it cooler, less sweaty, and much more pleasant.

Fing love Larry. Where is Larry? Retired !

thank you!!

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How blessed he was to have so many people care about him. Not everyone has that.

In these videos of people climbing Maroon, especially the traverse, I see way too much ego and willingness to risk life for a notch on the climbing belt. You're all nuts.

Very sad. I don't know why people mess with these mountains. Unstable, narrow, steep. Horrible.

Are you folks still active and producing? I have a classic Colfax and love it.

Nobody “conquers” mountains.

I read Accidents in N American Mountaineering religiously. It had probably saved my life many times. Learn from the mistakes of others. RIP.

Chain. Never sweat your anchor again!

Sign me up!

Thousands of miles, through some of the toughest backcountry in the US, and still no falls. Respect the mountain, or she will give you a reason to.

The strenuous work is getting to the top, the hard work is getting back down.

Wow. That’s a sobering video. Of all the 14ers, for me Maroon Bells (South Peak) was the most tiring. Round trip from the valley took me 13 hours. My climbing partner met someone on the summit and decided to tackle North Maroon. He made it fine, but I decided to turn back and just call it a day with a down climb back to our campsite. It was the hardest route finding of any of the 54 14ers. I would stand for minutes and plan the next 100 feet of horizontal and vertical. The Bells are no joke. I am so sorry you lost your friend. So sorry,

Are we looking at a broken binding there?

trying to understand how they got split up?

Someone once told me that a little bit of fear is a good thing as it keeps you alive. May your friend rest in peace.

Merci bien expliqué, j'aime les fixations!

plan one climbing the bells next summer ive always stared at them from crested butte but ill make sure i have the gear to do it the time to use my nogging helment is one of those and gear so if i had to stay over night and enough food and water first pyramid mountain the snow mass them the bells

Interestingly I've noticed it is always a certain group of young to middle age Anglos that do this stuff. Free climbers, base jumpers, street corner beggars. I never see other nationalities doing it, unless they make a living guiding Anglos up 8000 meter Himalayan peaks..

Be safe when hiking

Don't ever hike a 14er

Anyone who uses the phrase "conquer" followed by the name of a mountain is asking for it. At that time of year, I'd take shelter and enough food for a bivvy night out.I haven't done that kind of thing, but I've been in the mountains all my life, and I know not to take any mountain lightly, even one you can climb on a trail.

Love it. Simple and to the point. Same for snowboard boots as well I assume.

Stay on level ground. Leave that to the goats who know how to do it instead of risking everyone's lives looking for you because you are an idiot. I will never understand these morons.

Frankly, these guys don't look like they had any business climbing the Maroon Bells, especially in sketchy early winter conditions. Never see either of them wearing helmets, no ice axes. They look like they are dressed to watch a Bronco's game, not climb a mountain.

Well this video gives me tremendous pause. Was planning on doing this solo... definitely not now. Jared died doing what he loved I only wish to go that way.

Incredible story I'm so sorry about your freind , you will climb again soon.

Thank you for sharing this information. As you may know, the most knowledgeable backpackers consider the weight of the cooking system for the length of trip they are venturing on. For trips over 3 days, the Heat Exchanger pot, option can become more of weight savings depending on how much snow/water you are melting/warming/boiling.

Nice review.

Thank you

I think you can come prepared as one should, but if you for once take any step for granted, you are going to be surprised.

thats a sport climb top rope anchor.... where are the videos for trad top rope anchors. ? those are far more important as you need to find suitable protection points place the protection and then make it work

hi,are you interesting to make review for our water shoes?

I believe you forgot to mention the difficulty of cooking with stoves that do not have a windscreen

Everyone talks about 2 biners and 2 slings........but you need to have a total of 4 bolts just in case your silly mentalities go beserk and two of your bolts fail..........come on.....quit being overly safe and just stick to the basics........they work fine for everyone.

Uhh what about opposite and opposed for the biners on the bolts...

O_o I think I'll stick with tubes.

I can't stand people using shoes that aren't made for their size. It's even worse when people who work in the business support this idea. :(

Good selection of gas stoves but limited to only canisters. What about the Wood burning stoves like the Solo Stove or the Silver Fire Scout and even the Firebox stove just to name a few. All three can also be used with a Trangia alcohol burner in place of a wood burning fire. They are a double duty stove for a backpacker. Offering a selection of fuel , carry some alcohol with you for the Trangia or pick up the branches as you go along. Then there are the Fancy Feast alcohol stoves a person makes from a cat food can that a lot of folks use today.

the one sling knotted is effectively two slings for anyone who commented about that. Secondly two opposing qds is fine, third if you do it this way you don't need lockers on the bolts and you can have one locker as your master point or two opposing non lockers. This guys thing is safe just more than you need....

I used to be a professional climbing guide. Let me just say that this method is "safe". However, it is not optimal. The chances of someone getting hurt on this setup is slim, but with a little more care it could have been bulletproof. E.g. The top two biners should be down and out; and two slings with a sliding x would create a redundant self-equalizing safer anchor. Also, as a side note (and I only say this from experience) but I generally shy away from screw locks on bolts. I have seen them run the rock and either back-screw and jam the gate open or thread so tight that I've had to leave them on the bolt. (Which is also why I started to carry a leatherman on trad climbs)

Wow, I understand redundancy, but there's such a thing as too redundant, which none of you commenters seem to understand. This toprope setup is fine. Those bolts won't break, that sling won't break, and the lockers will not flutter and break. It's top-roping for fucks sake. Lightweight static loads will not break any of that gear. If you guys don't trust the gear, then don't fucking climb. Go play board games if you feel so damn scared of safe equipment. Better yet, go talk to some AMGA guides so they can show you how little gear they use for topropes.

Thanks super easy

great video thanks!

Nice vid, cheers!

Bollocks to all the nay sayers! Most people who have commented on the sliding X have prob only seen mike barter vids anyway!( though to be fair he is excellent)Let's be honest, it's top rope, your never going to impose fall factors so great that the anchor is going to fail( with exception to the rock failure or damaged bolt placements). This works fine it is equalised in two good bolts, overhand means if one fails the other catches( shock load yes but for the fall in top rope...that equates to little more than body weight, maybe body weight X 2 if your belayer is sleeping! This works fine! We could all pick and say ooo but knots weaken the sling or the krabs should be opposed in the bolts gates away from rock but let's be frank... It makes fuck all difference, and knots don't weaken the slings enough to cause an issue like it is suggested! Christ, if everyone looked at what weakens gear and what doesn't work this week but did last week, no one would climb no gear would pass standards and no instructors would ever instruct anything! Pl is we'd be like ooo better retire that nut, some anodised paint has scratched off! This lad is clearly happy that he has gear, likes the sound it all makes and just wanted to show a youtube video of it! He hit the main points and I'd have top roped on that, hell iv taken wangars on less with placements that would make you gear geeks weap! Nothing dangerous here, just basic!