In reply to Damo:
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> Yeh, well, you've been on UKC long enough to know that certain types of humour don't translate easily between all people across all cultures, Tom. When you write a blog purporting to give advice, you probably want to take that into account. It's not a Facebook message to your mates
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> Anyway, he's right. Taking them would be stealing, unless you need them to survive. I don't see them as left by 'lazy, guided parties' but an act of community generosity by the first, or early, parties up the route. It's hardly littering, and not exactly exorbitantly wasteful (a few krabs?) in the big scheme of things.
I don't really buy that. Without going into the right and wrongs of the fixed lines and pickets - (I think it would be a much better mountain if neither were there) - It takes no time at all to unclip a krab and take it with you. Besides I bet plenty of biners get taken by mistake. In case anyone is interested my quickdraws aren't made up of West Buttress booty... I mean they wouldn't match
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> 'Windshift'? Is that like a windshirt, but it doesn't block the wind, it just moves it around a bit? Spellcheckers are 'supper' good, as you would say, but it seems even they have their limits.
I did read the post through, twice. My problem is I just don't see errors.
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> If you want your blog to have any currency or authority for advice - and I'm not saying you should - you need to better blend opinion with objectivity. Saying you didn't think it was as cold as 'everyone made it out to be' is a useless comment beyond a throwaway line in the pub. A few measured temperatures, some context, more info etc is needed for such comments to have any value to a reader.
Interesting. I'll re-write the bit about how cold it is. The honest answer is I don't know, I didn't take a thermometre. It was cold, but nowhere near as cold as I was expecting it to be.
For example I was worried that my lightweight stitch through Down Jacket wasn't going to be warm enough, when in actual fact I was fine. I'd probably be a bit more careful if I went in early May.