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Before the dawn of history, on the primordial earth, many, many years before Canada even existed,

there lived a tiny creature whose innovation changed the course of evolution.

This extraordinary critter, in an attempt to outdo and outlive the prey

and predators around it, decided one day to fly or glide or maybe just jump really high. We

don't actually know, but that's not the point. The point is, is that the little archaeopteryx

reached for the heavens and became a legend.

What this little rebel could not have known is that its strange brittle skeleton would be discovered hundreds of millions of years later

and inspire the folks at Arcteric's equipment to help our own earthbound corporeal

forms reach for the sky. Since 1989, coincidentally the year I started climbing, Arcterics

has been innovating gear and apparel for climbers to perform when the weather becomes predatory

and also to help us look as spiffy as a lizard with feathers while we soar to our own great heights.

And now, Arcterix has joined the Enormo cast to continue the tradition of telling stories of the best and brightest in climbing,

as well as the misfits,fits dirt bags and fringe dwellers.

So, dear listener, raise your glass to that brave little lizard bird thingy that dared to fly,

maybe, and let's toast Arcterics for helping us achieve our own scoured dreams.

Arcterics is now a proud sponsor of the Enormo cast.

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What are you doing the Enormo dome, whatever it is.

It's terrific.

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