May 2006

Last weekend we backcountry skied a summit in the Raggeds subgroup of Colorado’s Elk Mountains. As viewed from our perch in the sky, during sunrise the 14ers of the Elks made a stunning baseline for clouds and azure sky (the…

Maruelli Click-Clack ultralight climbing posts for dynafit bindings

A few posts ago we reported on the broken Silvretta Pure Freeride binding that occurred during our Trooper Traverse trip. During a trip to Jackson last winter I got to know Reiner Gerstner, the head guy who oversees Silvretta and…

picked up some Revivex fabric treatment a while back. My outerwear stayed in pretty good shape this winter, so no reason to use the stuff till springtime, when dirt and grime get worked in to the fabric and water stops beading up on the surface like it should. I followed the directions and treated my favorite hardshell pants and jacket, as well as a synthetic puffy. While I’m not certain this at-home treatment matches “factory,” it seems to work. Only glitch was figuring out the controls on the washing machine so I could do a soak followed by a spin, rather than a rinse cycle that washed all the Revivex from the fabric before I could transfer it to the dryer for the recommended 60 minute cure at medium heat.

Mike Marolt, ski Mount Everest

Mount Everest North Side Ski Descent, includes tragedy that is all too often part of Himalayan high peak skiing.