This thread is a place to talk about outdoor climbing in any aspect (trad, sport, bouldering, aid, alpine, etc). Help out by sharing trip reports, photos, advice, etc.

Climbing is inherently dangerous but so are lots of things. Climb at your own risk.

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There is no such thing as A5: https://youtu.be/boQHYBhlOcs?si=y66caNWQeZoVn4Tv

Don't buy it if you don't need it

But if you need it, get it on sale!

Post any deals on outdoors shit. Actually good aliexpress/temu finds welcome

Here's one to start
>https://www.expedusa.com/collections/sale
A few fairly light and heavily insulted sleeping pads for cheap. Just got one for deep winter camping.

What's a sleeping bag you recommend?
I slept two weeks in Norway this summer with a random 5°C sleeping bag, and it wasn't that warm.
I'm planning to go sleep on some mountains this autumn and I want to get comfortable with lower temperatures.

Mountain hikers: how do you estimate the physical demand of a tour ahead of time?
I’m not talking about technical difficulty, just the level of physical exertion.
I’ve been using a simple rule of thumb for myself:
If a route averages around 100 m of elevation gain per kilometer, I consider it easy. A hard route to me is roughly 200 m/km.
I don’t factor in total distance much, since most of my hikes fall between 9 and 14 km anyway.
Do you use a similar metric?

Time to throw rocks onto new ice so it makes funny noise

It's about time the foreigners clogging up our parks have to pay up
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kpnxvpgy2o

Is it a death wish? I see those fuckers all the time when deer hunting and the deer are overpressured in the area near me....

>only feeds you for a half of the year
what is the winter equivalent of chicken

SUV vs Truck. What is the more /out/ vehicle?

Are you guys ready for Everest to become a ski resort now?