Black Diamond Reactor Ice Tools
Great pure leashless tools for ice and mixed. They are not as radically curved as the most aggressive tools and hence work well on ice from moderate to vertical and UK style mixed (as opposed to hugely overhanging bolted Euro-mixed). They have a spike at the end and the head is comfy in the hand making them great for mountaineering style routes. They come with two micro hammers, but if it seals the deal for someone I’m willing to replace one of the hammers with the adze from my Vipers so you could have one with a hammer head and one with the adze. Used, with the expected scrapes and scratches (see photos) but structurally sound and lots of life in the picks still.
Currently I have ice hockey tape around the upper hand grip. It’s warmer, grippier and seems hard wearing, but if you don’t like that just peel it off and its the original paint work underneath!
Loads of pics:
http://bitsandbobsandoddsandsods.blogspot.fi/2013/12/black-diamond-reactors...
Price £165, and I’ll cover the p&p to a UK address.
Haglöfs Trident II Jacket
Size medium. A windstopper jacket with a mesh drop liner. This isn’t a hard-shell because Windstopper will leak in sustained rain but it shrugs off a bit of drizzle or icefall dripiness fine. It has a great hood that fits well both over a helmet or without and has a good stiffened brim. It’s cut really well for climbing in and the pockets are above a harness. Being windproof and having the mesh liner it’s actually surprisingly warm but breathes OK. I bought it for winter bike commuting and found it a bit sweaty for that although I heat up easily, but for ice climbing or rock climbing on breezy cold days it works well.
Photos:
http://bitsandbobsandoddsandsods.blogspot.fi/2013/12/haglofs-trident-ii-jac...
Price £25 inc. posting.
Marmot Ion Windshirt.
Size medium. A super simple full-zip hooded windshirt. It has elastic cuffs, one chest pocket that it packs into, and tighteners for the hood. That’s it really! Hence squashes to about the size of an apple and weighs just over 100 grams. For various complex reasons I have two, hence selling this one.
Photos:
http://bitsandbobsandoddsandsods.blogspot.fi/2013/12/marmot-ion-windshirt.h...
Price £10 inc. posting.
Rab Alpine Pull On
Size medium. I love this but it’s just slightly too small across the chest for me, so probably not great for the stockier types, and hence I’ve not used it much. A full featured windshirt with a great hood for going over a helmet. Pertex Equilibrium fabric is breathable and has nice textured feel, a bit less “shiny-smooth” than other Pertexes. Rab called it the world's lightest softshell, which it sort of is!
http://bitsandbobsandoddsandsods.blogspot.fi/2013/12/rab-alpine-pull-on.htm...
Price: £20 including posting.
Patagonia Synchilla Jacket
Size large. A classic Patagonia midweight fleece jacket. Kind of simple: pockets for your hands, one chest pocket, a zip up the front and.... errrr... that about it. Typical Patagonia quality (I have a 20 year old pullover version of this that I still regularly use). Years of use in it for anyone who wants a bog standard, do everything fleece. I bought it too big (and haven’t gained weight!) and, hence, it’s spent far too much of its life neatly folded away in a cupboard.
Photos:
http://bitsandbobsandoddsandsods.blogspot.fi/2012/10/for-sale-patagonia-syn...
Price £15 including postage.
Scarpa Vega Plastic Boots
Size 9/Euro 43. Used, but not that much. I’m pretty certain they are UK 9/Euro 43 ("9" is marked inside on the plastic cuff on both boots; I normally wear 42s but I bought these for cold temperatures and wanted to make sure I could wear warm socks in them and that my wide feet wouldn't be pinched across the boot at all). Yes, they’re old school but they are bloomin’ warm, tough as… errr…. old boots and have plenty of life left in them. I’ve climbed up to VI in them so they’re not that bad for climbing in either. So for someone who needs some really cheap crampon compatible boots or a second pair of boots for somewhere really cold, they’re worth considering
Photos:
http://bitsandbobsandoddsandsods.blogspot.fi/2013/12/scarpa-vega-plastic-bo...
Price £30 posted.
All payments via bank transfer please, when I receive the money I'll post the item to you as soon as I can afterwards. I'm at home in Finland currently with all the gear, but tomorrow I'm coming to the UK so Saturday is the earliest I can post any thing out.
Merry Christmas and thanks for looking everyone!