You are listening to the Enormo cast.

Do you remember those Halcyon days back in January?

When every ray of sunshine felt like a warm hug from a celestial being,

the now spring is here, and the tables are about to turn.

The sun now stalks us like an enormous toddler with a magnifying glass.

The burning orb, the death star, call it what you will.

Just don't be caught out at noon on some edgy crimp fest,

lest your feet swell and your tip shred.

But Black Diamond has a way to fight back.

My favorite piece of B.D. apparel, the Alpinglow hoodie,

built with UPF sun protection, pits for movement and a hood designed to go under or over your helmet,

and even some sort of odor control next gen tech to help with that sour fear stink we all work

up on the nar. Or is that just me?

Is that a thing with everybody? Man, do I reek after being scared?

But frankly, if you aren't basically living in a sud hoodie 24-7 in the summertime,

you may in fact be in a guana, but at least now your tongue can go from 0-60 in 1-100th of a second.

So don't just feel the burn, fight the burn, and check out the Alpinglow hoodie and all the great

head to toe, summer, winter, go up, go down, nighttime, daytime, whatever time gear,

at blackdiamenequipment.com, or your favorite local shop.

Does your partner suffer from tried-again syndrome, or one hangitis, or even worse,

delusional performance disorder? Well, there really isn't a cure for DPD, except for a good

smackdown. But it does probably mean that you've been belaying them for hours and hours on end,

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