I don't know if these are supposed to stay dry, but they were soaked by the end of some long glassades down Mt Adams this weekend. They worked extremely well on the way up. I imagine they performed as expected. Took them off after the last glassade (total of over 2-3,000 feet of glassading!).

I just used these on a summit of Mt Adams this weekend. It was in the mid 80's and almost not a cloud in the sky. I could not believe how well they worked from 6am in the morning until 6pm in the evening. These didn't leave my face. Even with full intensity, the photochromatic lenses adjusted spectacularly and I could face the glacier all day. In the morning anyone can see my eyes. By the time we hit the glacier, all you could see was this metallic golden shield (kind of like the visor in Halo!). They never slipped. They never fogged up - even in full intensity work-out up the glacier. When I returned to camp they were dirty from sunscreen and who knows what else, but I could even tell. Normally on sunglasses, I notice every spec. These are definitely the best performing sunglasses I've ever owned. One other note - you don't want polarized lenses for glaciers - you can't tell the difference between snow and ice. Also, my guide company for Mt Rainier recommends these for glacier glasses (so even though Julbo doesn't market these for such purposes, they work extremely well for it).

This is the best pack I've owned. I just used it to summit Mt Adams, which is only a day trip (+/- 12 hours), but I bought it for an Emmons climb on Mt Rainier coming up in a couple of weeks. I've done a number of day hikes with it too, leading up to these climbs. Its very comfortable and distributes the weight well, even when not very full (I've been training with 40-45lbs). The top pouch doesn't sit very tightly when the pack is not very full (even with the staps are pulled to their max on it), so it bounces around a bit. Also, though there are holes on both sides for the straw on a bladder to poke through, there's no little straps on the shoulder harness to keep it close. Its been relatively easy to swing my arm around to grab it (like looking for your octopus in scuba diving), but it would be nice to have it more accessible. Otherwise its awesome!