Comments on: OR Show — Day 2 Highlights http://www.wildsnow.com/1956/or-show-day-2highlights/ Backcountry Skiing Snowboard Telemark Snowsports Information News Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:57:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Shefftz http://www.wildsnow.com/1956/or-show-day-2highlights/comment-page-1/#comment-16733 Jonathan Shefftz Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:46:14 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1956#comment-16733 "Its hard to find a cell phone that has batteries which last for several days anymore and the latest and greatest GPS units are typically good for a single day of touring before they need new batteries or charging." -- My experience has been the other way around: the switch from analog to digital extended my cell phone battery life from hours to days, and the switch from gray scale to color screens has about doubled my GPS battery life. Also, for cold wx, lithium batteries extend GPS battery life to more like summer temps. “Its hard to find a cell phone that has batteries which last for several days anymore and the latest and greatest GPS units are typically good for a single day of touring before they need new batteries or charging.”
– My experience has been the other way around: the switch from analog to digital extended my cell phone battery life from hours to days, and the switch from gray scale to color screens has about doubled my GPS battery life. Also, for cold wx, lithium batteries extend GPS battery life to more like summer temps.

]]> By: James Bond http://www.wildsnow.com/1956/or-show-day-2highlights/comment-page-1/#comment-16732 James Bond Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:56:37 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1956#comment-16732 Funny I get peppered with gunfire all the time in the backcountry, so I could see those polymer biners coming in pretty handy. Now they just need to refine those inflatable avalanche spheres that you can roll down mountains in. Funny I get peppered with gunfire all the time in the backcountry, so I could see those polymer biners coming in pretty handy. Now they just need to refine those inflatable avalanche spheres that you can roll down mountains in.

]]> By: john Gloor http://www.wildsnow.com/1956/or-show-day-2highlights/comment-page-1/#comment-16731 john Gloor Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:00:19 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1956#comment-16731 I have doubts of the stratos' longevity. I know that most DOT and snell helmets incorporating a carbon outer layer need to use glass or spectra fibers to have some flex. Helmet manufacturers have found that a pure carbon shell is too brittle and some give has to be engineered into the shell. Hopefully they have looked into this. They are also too pretty to walk over rocks. The real story is that this is similar to the fox and the sour grapes. I have doubts of the stratos’ longevity. I know that most DOT and snell helmets incorporating a carbon outer layer need to use glass or spectra fibers to have some flex. Helmet manufacturers have found that a pure carbon shell is too brittle and some give has to be engineered into the shell. Hopefully they have looked into this. They are also too pretty to walk over rocks. The real story is that this is similar to the fox and the sour grapes.

]]> By: Randonnee http://www.wildsnow.com/1956/or-show-day-2highlights/comment-page-1/#comment-16730 Randonnee Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:34:46 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1956#comment-16730 Ha ha! Do anti-snomo folks even have weapons?...quote-"Since gunfire may become common when in the middle of the mechanized non-mechanized debate, I’d prefer to have equipment that makes that situation safer." As far as technology, I avoid tech when at play, since I have to use, increasingly, tech devices at my job. My wife and I have Trac Fones, and I do not even like to talk on that. I quit wearing my altimeter watch since I memorized the altitudes along the 10 or places that I go all of the time to randonnee ski. I will wear my altimeter watch for serious navigation in unfamiliar terrain. I give serious consideration to just getting the simplest light altimeter to carry instead of wearing a big watch. In my emergency kit I have a very light compass similar to a Boy Scout compass. Actually, I have never personally used a GPS, if I need it my friends or my Professional Forester wife can use the GPS, but then my wife is pretty sharp with a compass also. Ha ha! Do anti-snomo folks even have weapons?…quote-”Since gunfire may become common when in the middle of the mechanized non-mechanized debate, I’d prefer to have equipment that makes that situation safer.”

As far as technology, I avoid tech when at play, since I have to use, increasingly, tech devices at my job. My wife and I have Trac Fones, and I do not even like to talk on that. I quit wearing my altimeter watch since I memorized the altitudes along the 10 or places that I go all of the time to randonnee ski. I will wear my altimeter watch for serious navigation in unfamiliar terrain. I give serious consideration to just getting the simplest light altimeter to carry instead of wearing a big watch. In my emergency kit I have a very light compass similar to a Boy Scout compass. Actually, I have never personally used a GPS, if I need it my friends or my Professional Forester wife can use the GPS, but then my wife is pretty sharp with a compass also.

]]> By: Dave Field http://www.wildsnow.com/1956/or-show-day-2highlights/comment-page-1/#comment-16728 Dave Field Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:36:51 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1956#comment-16728 Its equally annoying that many of these high tech devices with unneeded features have poor battery life when compared with their earlier simpler versions. Its hard to find a cell phone that has batteries which last for several days anymore and the latest and greatest GPS units are typically good for a single day of touring before they need new batteries or charging. Not good for a multi-day adventure! Its equally annoying that many of these high tech devices with unneeded features have poor battery life when compared with their earlier simpler versions. Its hard to find a cell phone that has batteries which last for several days anymore and the latest and greatest GPS units are typically good for a single day of touring before they need new batteries or charging. Not good for a multi-day adventure!

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