In reply to UKC/UKH Gear:
After six years of love mine sustained its first tear yesterday after snagging on a pointy thing, so I clicked on the link to see what arcteryx had to say for themselves these days.
Like the idea of more resilient fabric.
But to find out about that I had to scroll past those very off putting catalogue shots that made me question whether I was still on a climbing site.
The dynamic add for their hard shell with the winter climber in tough conditions seems much better in touch with the opening gambit of "steeped in the alpine".
I'll probably look at just getting mine repaired. Heard a rival brand has a local store that will repair, if I cant get the duct tape to stick.