Aggy

I am on my second Pair of Oakley fives, the lenses on the first pair got scratched pretty bad in the first 6 months, I lived with the scratches for another 6 months. I eventually broke down and bought a new pair, this time I took great care of the glasses and they still managed to get some scratches on the lenses after about 3 months. I spoke with Oakley and they said I was SOL. I really liked the way these glasses fit my face, except for the fact that they wouldn't stay on top of my head. I'm going to try the Spy Dirty Mo's next

I love this biner, I have last years version on the rope end of my quickdraws. I paired them up with Petzl Spirits and Petzl's dogbones. These things are super easy to clip, smooth action. They are big enough to stabilize the biner with you middle finger, then clip the rope through with your thumb and pointer and never have to worry about you middle finger getting in the way of the gate or rope. There is also a little ridge on the spin which helps when pinching the rope into the biner and it looks like they added some grip on the spine to help even more (that's a change from last year). This year they changed some of the strengths, the open gate used to be 9 kn and is now 8 and the minor axis in now 8kn and used to be 7, take that for what it is, i think i would rather have the higher open gate strength then more minor axis strength.

I like it, I use it on the end of my Metolious PAS I keep the end loop of the PAS inside of the rope keeper and then put all of the loops in the biner but outside of the rope keeper. when it comes time to clip in at the end of a sport climb I drop all of the other loops, clip the biner in and adjust my slack, works great.

I use there for on the bolt end of my quickdraws, they work great, gotta love the key lock and smooth gate action.

Theses slings are great I use them with a combination of the petzl spirit for the bolt end and the black diamond livewire biner for my quickdraws. The thick nylon keep the draws from twisting and the rubber protector on the rope end of the sling not only keeps the biner in place but protects the sling from rubbing against the rock.

I used to have just the screw top and i decided to upgrade to the bite valve version of the bottle. it's a nice bottle and the bite valve works well, my only complaint is that i can't get enough water through the valve when I'm trying to guzzle some down.

I ordered these biners because I really like the nose design on the bolt end biner. I received then and noticed that the rope end biner was really wimpy I then did a little more research and found out that the rope end biener is only rated to 7kn, I read somewhere that the typical sport lead fall ranges between 2-5kn, I wasn't okay with the 7kn rating.

The Metolious chalk never seems to stick to my hands well. It is cheap though, it gets the job done but if you are like me you might need to chalk up a few extra times to keep your hands dry.

They are extremely versatile. I use them a lot when setting up top ropes, especially in cracks that run parallel to the edge of cliff.

I chalk up half as much with this stuff as opposed to other brands of chalk, good stuff.

I like it, it kept me warm and off the ground in 25 degree weather. Great pad for the price.

Or just for some light hiking around. I bought these so i could cliff jump without abusing my feet to much, they work great and they are pretty comfortable.

I love this coat and I love the zip out soft shell just as much, both are very warm, my only complaint is that the side hand pockets are really high up it's uncomfortable to walk around with your hands in your pocket.

These were the first climbing shoes I owned, the rubber was sticky and they edged okay. My biggest problem was that I developed a hole in the toe within the first 4 months granted I had a problem with dragging my toes up the wall (that problem has since been resolved), but I still think they could make the toe more durable.

I love this, it is extremely warm and beyond comfortable. It's expensive but well worth it.

This stuff is great for climbing in areas with strict no chalk rules. It doesn't seem to keep your hands as dry as black diamond's chalk but it works well enough.

I bought these as spares to use while I get my other shoes resoled. They have a thick tongue which is cushy and comfortable but there is a seam that sticks out inside of the shoe where the tongue meeds the rest of the shoe that digs into my little toe,it drives me nuts, the top of the heel also digs into my Achilles. They aren't very sensitive, maybe I'm not used to them yet I don't know, I just can't wait for my pontas'es to get back

Awesome shoes, fit like a glove now that i broke them in. I blew out the toe pretty fast, I seem to have that problem with the evolves.

Super comfortable, Good shirt to do some climbing in.

Nice shirt, but the logo is the same color as the shirt, it's not white like in the picture.

Comfortable Sweatshirt but runs small, i wear a medium in every other north face shirt but I had to buy a large in this one and it fits perfect.