You are listening to the Enormo Cast.

To quote old headless Ned Stark,

winter is coming, and you know what that means.

Yes, it's time to unblock the number of that buddy who was still calling you to climb ice in June

last summer and give in to your desire to scream and barf at the same time.

Yes, ice climbing season is upon us

and though your fingers are destined to be both frozen and burning at the same time

your feet don't have to suffer so

Sportiva has a full line of big mountain boots, technical ice climbing boots, and boots that do nearly everything you'd want in the cold, cold mountains, short of apologizing for carrying you up there in the first place.

So, if you must bash your feet against ice and

snow then check out sportiva.com or your nearest high-end outdoor retailer for

ridiculously well-made mountain boots including such legends as the Spantic and the Trango

Cube GTX. And remember when you support Sportiva you support the normal cast.

Does your partner suffer from You support the Normalcast.

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 smack down,

but it does probably mean that you've been belaying them for hours and hours on end and are now

suffering from BMP or belayer neck pain.

A stiffness in the cervical spine just below the occipital region of your thick, thick skull.

But now there's a cure for BMP resulting from DPD.

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