Torture Test 2010

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More gear
Yay Christmas!
Home for Christmas and Santa was nice enough to bring me a few really nice pieces of gear that I will be beating the shit out of as soon as I get home:

Rab Mountainering Neutrino Endurance Jacket

• 750 fill down
• A giant freaking hood (I have it over my Giro G9 size XL ski helmet in this pic!)
• 638g (on my postal scale)

Mountain Hardware HeavyWeight Gloves

• Full leather palm... ohhhh yeahhhhh
• Longer cuff than most "liner" gloves

REI Performance Headliner

• Neck Gator
• Full Balaclava
• Pretty lightweight

All of which should come in handy during the upcoming cold days and nights on the snowmobiles and skis during back country rescues. Last year I didn't have a puffy with a hood, that made belay stations very chilly. I know some people aren't a fan of the hood, but I've wanted one for a while. Rab has started to become popular in the US with excellent recommendations on their gear from a few of my friends.

The helmet liner should be excelent as well. Considering the size of my head it seems like it'll fit under my climbing, skiing, ans snowmobile helm