I think Thomas owes us a listening session vacation once his system is bolted down, I’ve been following that particular expedition with great interest, just a suggestion
Indeed, I still think their carabiners are the best. I may of course be biased as I used to sell their gear (and others) for a living, and their factory is 5 minutes from my house.
A friend of mine sold them his design for an ice axe some years ago. They put it into production and called it the Predator - it was the first axe to use a curved shaft design, ground breaking at the time, but I think things have moved on from there now.
Sorry…back to HiFi…my only purchase this year was a new rack
One more and final fraim level to go with the other, 6 standard height and 2 medium.
As i had to pinch one level for the dragon and put my dCS kit, back to stacked. Now i can once again separate them, clock then dac on top, plus both racks will once again become the same height
Very true. Especially through crevasse fields on your return. I remember a few trips where my better half / climbing partner would setup anchor as I’d take a run and jump to cross some of the more manageable bigger ones. A late afternoon return just spices it up some more. Prefer the 2am starts to avoid that situation though!
I know exactly what you mean.
But sometimes, leaving early isn’t enough.
I took a friend to climb the Grand Capucin (Mont Blanc massif).
Unfortunately, he lacked experience and climbed slowly. The climb was slow. The 13 rappels were slow… In short, we ended up on the glacier at 11pm, on a dark night. Fortunately, I knew the glacier well, so we were able to return safely.