Friday the 13th aka Mt Hood Mead-OH NOES!

First off some math.

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PLUS

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EQUALS

Sonofa....

Sonofa....

Serious bonehead move. Grabbed the bindings from my splitboard and a Burton board out of storage. Yup, 4×4 equals 16, not 3D. Usually this wouldn’t be a problem as I’d have spares in the trunk, but the junk in my trunk is still in full-blown summer mode and filled with surf wax, growlers, fishing gear, crab traps and the like. OK, cool, no problem, will just hit up the shop. Shop looked for awhile, but didn’t have anything as all their Burton stuff is ICS nowadays. Tried to make the discs I had work but couldn’t get ‘em to line up with anymore than two screws in and figure I’ve pulled enough inserts out with four screws in. Superubermegafail.

Oh well, at least it was a nice drive with all the fall colors and snow and…um….the line was short to get my pass picture *silver lining/justification/glass is half full/grasping at straws*

Bonus pics:

Saw this sick early Subaru, back in the good ol’ bombproof Sooby days

Early Sooby, back when they still had 4lo/4hi

Sick sick sick early Subaru

It’s not officially winter until someone parks their car in a ravine. Thankfully the dude on the phone took one for the team and rings in the new winter for all of our enjoyment!

Someone takes one for the team

Someone takes one for the team

It’s baaaack….BEER FRIDAY!

Well, it’ll be back later today once I find a phillips screwdriver and go stretch the legs up at Meadows. I’ve done a ton of ‘research’ on local beers lately, and gotten back into brewing my own again, time to start dropping knowledge on what’s making my man boobs jiggle these days.

To be continued….

Sale spotted – 20% off Marmot, Patagonia, Mountain Hardwear

Just had this 20% off code for Backcountry.com come across my desk (well, my bed) and it seems to work on just about everything by Marmot, Patagonia and Mountain Hardwear.  The code is ’4PA-1-S2J7R’. Didn’t see it advertised on their site anywhere so I tested it on some of the more lusted after items like the Patagonia Down Sweater, Mountain Hardwear Phantom jacket and the Marmot Zeus jacket and it worked for all of ‘em.

Tested it on a few higher end down bags as well and it seems to be working on gear from those mfr’s across the board as well as it took 20% off the Marmot Lithium and Mountain Hardwear Phantom bags.

Some good deals to be had if you need some gear for yourself or for Christmas gifts.

Yup, the Patagucci Down Sweater is included

Yup, the Patagucci Down Sweater is included

MH Phantom included?  Check.

MH Phantom included? Check.

Yup, code was working on sleeping bags

Yup, code was working on sleeping bags

 

UPDATE 10/14/11:  As this post is still getting traffic but is from an old sale I put a gear finder search box up on the top right rail to help you find any items on sale.  Just go up there, type in what you’re looking for and click search and a list of items and prices matching your criteria will show up.  Should help you quickly find what you want and at a price you want it at!