[pct-l] ice axe length

[BWIL5272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Brad Wilson)]

Yeah I guess you're right, but I've had so many bad experiences with them...
In fact some of my friends and I make a game of it. We basically go in and
ask them simple questions - all stuff right in the catalogs, and see what
they answer. There's no point system (yet) but we see who can get the sales
person to make the most outrageous claims about gear.  The claim that the G
pack can handle up to 60 lbs would have been hard to beat!

Maybe we have too much time on our hands... But it keeps us out of trouble.

-Brad


On 2/16/03 8:11 PM, "Gary Wright" <at2002@earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> On Sunday, February 16, 2003, at 11:05  AM, Brad Wilson wrote:
>> I'm from RI - there's not a whole lot in our area in regards to
>> classes. I
>> would look into classes offered in the Whites (or even Berkshires) by
>> the
>> AMC. I've never taken a class with the EMS school, but after some of
>> the
>> lies and BS I've been fed by their sales staff, I would not go to them
>> for
>> advice or instruction.
>
> To be fair I don't think that the staff at the climbing school has
> much if anything to do with the staff at their retail stores. In fact
> other than outfitters on the AT, I pretty much ignore the advice of
> clerks at retail outfitters--unless they happen to be ex thru-hikers!
>
> For example, I stopped by a store the other day to see the new Gregory
> G pack.  I asked the clerk what the recommended max weight was for the
> pack and he said "oh, maybe 60 lbs.".  Hah!
>