This shovel is great i've only used it so far and hopefully only to bulid booters and dig pits. It's up for the task at hand faster than my buddies two piece shovels. The handle is shorter but effective the only complaint I can think of if the shovel is on the outside of your pack you can hear the handle "clanking" off the shovel head that's the only down fall and it's not even a good one. Thanks black diamond.

These skins rock !!! They were very simple to custom fit to my Volkl Mantra's these skins hook up great you can go up some steep lines a lot steeper than my friends can go up using their skins while they are slipping downhill I'm one step closer to stealing their powder!! The only bad thing I could say about these skins when you fold them up they don't compress like i thought they'd roll up with the traction they give it's all worth it!!

My friends and I were on a backpacking trip mid summer in the appalachian mts hot and humid. I had to use two strips they disolved fast and I was clean I now time and it felt great!! The only down fall if you don't grab the amount you want before your hands get wet you can fuse the whole pack together boo!

After long days on the trail nothing better than pulling out a couple strips of soap for a quick creekside bath before setting up camp! The only downfall if you don't grab the correct amount of strips before your hands get wet the whole pack fuses together. I will always have these with me on an over night camping trip.

Used these socks for the my six days of riding, two days in ski boots. They have great protection on the shins keeping from chafing, four days in my snowboard boots no problem inside those either although it wasn't cold 45f, My feet weren't sweating either great job wicking!!