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Volanaddict's Horendous gear overexpendature thread!!!

post #1 of 84
8/24/06 at 11:22pm
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Well, I figured this subject deserved renewing and beating to death.

I have been busy, NOT adding more Volants to my quiver as you all probably thought when you saw the title, but gearing myself up for backcountry skiing! Since the end of last season I have bought the following:

-Ortovox F1 Avalanche beacon
-Ortovox 240cm Avalanche probe
-Ortovox Alaska Avalanche shovel
-Fritschi Freeride AT bindings
-183cm RD Coyote Heli Dogs*
-Smith Prodigy goggles (hey, I got a deal on SAC!)
-EMS Ski Pack
-and in the works Scarpa Laser AT boots

*Yes I know they're not Volants but wimpy fiberglass topsheets are lighter fo going UPhill.

I'll be paying this off untill I reach the ripe old age of 109. Not really, maybe more like 79, I got some screamin' deals.

So, anyone else care to confess/brag of their horrendous expenditures, m' Phil?
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post #2 of 84
8/25/06 at 12:31am
Yeah I was quite surprised when I saw your bid...way to throw some $$ around for a good cause...the karma will come back around
It looks like you'll be heading off the beaten path a bit this winter

Here's a little something to tide you over till winter...


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post #3 of 84
8/25/06 at 1:55am
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Originally Posted by X-EastCoaster View Post
Yeah I was quite surprised when I saw your bid...way to throw some $$ around for a good cause...the karma will come back around
It looks like you'll be heading off the beaten path a bit this winter

Here's a little something to tide you over till winter...
Dood, that is entirely too funny! I mean what are the odds? Are You gonna make the epicski gathering?
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post #4 of 84
8/25/06 at 1:57am
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Oh and before anyone mentions it, DAMN drunk typing, three spelling mistakes in the thread's title.:
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post #5 of 84
8/25/06 at 4:16am
I don't get you gear guys? : :
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post #6 of 84
8/25/06 at 5:01am
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Originally Posted by volantaddict View Post
Oh and before anyone mentions it, DAMN drunk typing, three spelling mistakes in the thread's title.:
Including your name! HaHa.

Are you also going to buy skins? Lessons on how to use all that stuff? At least you won't be spending on lift tickets. Oh, but you have a season pass, so a day in the backcountry means a day lift ticket thrown in the trash.

Doesn't sound like a horendous overexpendature to me. Good investment. I don't get all the Volans though. Have fun out there and be safe.
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post #7 of 84
8/25/06 at 5:08am
Something else to add to your list:

Cell phone that works anywhere you are.
Ski buddy!
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post #8 of 84
8/25/06 at 5:18am
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Originally Posted by volantaddict View Post
Oh and before anyone mentions it, DAMN drunk typing, three spelling mistakes in the thread's title.:
All it takes is a request to a moderator to edit your title

Heck, if you were smart, you say that you typed it correctly and the overzelous moderator staff messed it up to make you look bad.....yea that's what happened. I'm sure that's it!:

At any rate, I too have been in a gear buying mood. Here is a copy of the post I put in the Chicks with Quivers Thread:
I think I have a problem. Phil says I don't, my husband thinks it's not out of control YET, but my UPS man is wondering why he has delivered 5 ski shaped boxes to my address in the past three weeks.

To my quiver, I need to add:
Teledaddy's 163(binding to be announced)
K2 Burnin Luvs 167
The Ski 162
Karma's 169

I am sooooooooooooo lucky my husband is a gear whore too! I think he really understands.
Although he is not thrilled about the "non-volkl" additions to the ski family!:
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post #9 of 84
8/25/06 at 6:29am
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Originally Posted by Bonni View Post
Something else to add to your list:

Cell phone that works anywhere you are.
Ski buddy!
Satellite phone

And maybe a flare gun?

No gear-whore for me this year . I've just been collecting children over the past year (that sounds REAAAALLLLy bad!!! - please don't call the FBI!) (Jack) (Claire) (Grace) (big sister Anna - green with jealousy)
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post #10 of 84
8/25/06 at 6:57am
The real gear whore would buy a Snow Cat...
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post #11 of 84
8/25/06 at 7:03am
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Originally Posted by JohnH View Post
I've just been collecting children over the past year (that sounds REAAAALLLLy bad!!! - please don't call the FBI!) (Jack) (Claire) (Grace) (big sister Anna - green with jealousy)

I'm sure you've heard it, but congrats! Oh, and having three little ones that you will eventually need to "gear up" will allow your gear collection to bloom like you never imagined.
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post #12 of 84
8/25/06 at 10:52am
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Originally Posted by volantaddict View Post
Dood, that is entirely too funny! I mean what are the odds? Are You gonna make the epicski gathering?
I thought maybe you felt some karmic bond with my old skis and you just had to have them

Is the gathering in tahoe? Traveling is out of our budget this season but if it's local I'll definitely stop by!!
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post #13 of 84
8/25/06 at 11:01am
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Originally Posted by X-EastCoaster View Post
I thought maybe you felt some karmic bond with my old skis and you just had to have them

Is the gathering in tahoe? Traveling is out of our budget this season but if it's local I'll definitely stop by!!
Yes the Gathering is North Tahoe this year. And yes you and Sue are going to put in an apearance, OR ELSE

MTT
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post #14 of 84
8/25/06 at 12:34pm

Dude.......

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Originally Posted by HeluvaSkier View Post
The real gear whore would buy a Snow Cat...

VA lives in Montana, he really needs a chopper.
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post #15 of 84
8/25/06 at 12:50pm
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Originally Posted by X-EastCoaster View Post
I thought maybe you felt some karmic bond with my old skis and you just had to have them
No doubt, so what's in your quiver now, I'd like to know, since apparently, they're destined to be mine eventually!
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post #16 of 84
8/25/06 at 12:56pm
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Originally Posted by trekchick View Post
All it takes is a request to a moderator to edit your title

Heck, if you were smart, you say that you typed it correctly and the overzelous moderator staff messed it up to make you look bad.....yea that's what happened. I'm sure that's it!:

At any rate, I too have been in a gear buying mood. Here is a copy of the post I put in the Chicks with Quivers Thread:
I think I have a problem. Phil says I don't, my husband thinks it's not out of control YET, but my UPS man is wondering why he has delivered 5 ski shaped boxes to my address in the past three weeks.

To my quiver, I need to add:
Teledaddy's 163(binding to be announced)
K2 Burnin Luvs 167
The Ski 162
Karma's 169

I am sooooooooooooo lucky my husband is a gear whore too! I think he really understands.
Although he is not thrilled about the "non-volkl" additions to the ski family!:
I thought about the mod correction, but then my post about mispelling would't make sense, and GOD FORBID I mess with the continuity of the thread.

By the way, nice quiver building; I bid on a pair of Teledaddys last week, but someone wanted them more than my creditcard could stand. Last year, the UPS guy who was delivering all my skis was somewhat puzzled too.
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post #17 of 84
8/25/06 at 1:04pm
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Originally Posted by utahskier View Post
I'm sure you've heard it, but congrats! Oh, and having three little ones that you will eventually need to "gear up" will allow your gear collection to bloom like you never imagined.
Thanks. And in the gear reviews in Ski Mag, I saw the new Barbie skis (Elans). My daughter actually jumped up and down on the sofa yelling "I want those!" : . If her Rossi Princess skis don't fit in this years boots, she may end up getting them.
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post #18 of 84
8/25/06 at 1:05pm
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Originally Posted by telerod15 View Post
Including your name! HaHa.

Are you also going to buy skins? Lessons on how to use all that stuff? At least you won't be spending on lift tickets. Oh, but you have a season pass, so a day in the backcountry means a day lift ticket thrown in the trash.

Doesn't sound like a horendous overexpendature to me. Good investment. I don't get all the Volans though. Have fun out there and be safe.
Yes I still need skins, but I'm going to lay off for a little bit until a screamin' deal on 110 mm ones comes along (And it shall, oh yes it shall). The BC gear is for when the snow at the Bowl gets all skied down and for weekends when the hoards clog the slopes. Not to mention pre season and post season. I'll probably do some longer tours to, I have a friend who's been recruiting me as a BC partner he's been doing it for years.

Now, back to the topic at hand. Lets hear about those horrendous expenditures! :
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post #19 of 84
8/25/06 at 1:56pm
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Originally Posted by volantaddict View Post
Oh and before anyone mentions it, DAMN drunk typing, three spelling mistakes in the thread's title.:
That has to be a personal best for a thread title for you.
Blame it on the Maibock?
Has to be.
How many beers does it take to get you to spell like that and neither care nor notice??

Sometimes for me it takes none. Thank google for search engines with a dictionary
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post #20 of 84
8/25/06 at 2:29pm
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Originally Posted by GarryZ View Post
That has to be a personal best for a thread title for you.
Blame it on the Maibock?
Has to be.
How many beers does it take to get you to spell like that and neither care nor notice??

Sometimes for me it takes none. Thank google for search engines with a dictionary
No, Maibock is a seasonal, only available in the spring. I just had four Kokanees....er, tall ones that is.

So now, let us procede to list our HORRENDOUS GEAR OVEREXPENDITURES TM.
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post #21 of 84
8/25/06 at 2:33pm
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Originally Posted by MTT View Post
Yes the Gathering is North Tahoe this year. And yes you and Sue are going to put in an apearance, OR ELSE

MTT
Why doesn't anyone threaten me like that!
I really wish someone would!
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post #22 of 84
8/25/06 at 2:36pm
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Originally Posted by trekchick View Post
Why doesn't anyone threaten me like that!
I really wish someone would!
Well I would like you to come also, however X-Eastcoaster and wife live down the street from the Gathering, and have passes to Squaw Valley soo what would be thier excuse? They have too look me in the eye when we ski together.
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post #23 of 84
8/25/06 at 2:39pm
Vollant Addict,
I spend all the $$ lasr year so I understand.

I bought
188 Bro's 599$
Free Rides 290$
Skins 120$
Beacon 250$
Pack Probe, Shovel 210$

So I feel your pain. But touring is kinda cool.
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post #24 of 84
8/25/06 at 3:15pm
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Originally Posted by MTT View Post
Vollant Addict,
I spend all the $$ lasr year so I understand.

I bought
188 Bro's 599$
Free Rides 290$
Skins 120$
Beacon 250$
Pack Probe, Shovel 210$

So I feel your pain. But touring is kinda cool.
Oof, well you surely outspent me, hey, wait a minute, didn't you buy Legend Pros and P12s last summer too? Thanks for your contribution to my HORRENDOUS GEAR OVEREXPENDITURE THREAD.

You feel my pain? Would that be the toothache or the hangover?

Seriously though, I'm really psyched to get the gear, but I'm stretching my funds awfully thin. At least I'll have something to show for it.:

And now back to the horrendous gear overexpenditures.......
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post #25 of 84
8/25/06 at 3:19pm
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Originally Posted by volantaddict View Post
Oof, well you surely outspent me, hey, wait a minute, didn't you buy Legend Pros and P12s last summer too? Thanks for your contribution to my HORRENDOUS GEAR OVEREXPENDITURE THREAD.

You feel my pain? Would that be the toothache or the hangover?

Seriously though, I'm really psyched to get the gear, but I'm stretching my funds awfully thin. At least I'll have something to show for it.:

And now back to the horrendous gear overexpenditures.......
Hey with B/C gear you can tour and ski when there are no $$ for lift tickets
I did not see on your list were you purchased Skins? Ski with Touring bindings are not much good without Skins. That going to be another100+
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post #26 of 84
8/25/06 at 3:26pm
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Originally Posted by MTT View Post
Hey with B/C gear you can tour and ski when there are no $$ for lift tickets
I did not see on your list were you purchased Skins? Ski with Touring bindings are not much good without Skins. That going to be another100+
Yeah I know, at least another hundred, I haven't found any 110s for less than $120. But that will give me reason to make another post in my HORRENDOUS GEAR OVEREXPENDITURE THREAD.

I'm getting a pass, even if it means maxing out yet another credit card. I'll just have to cut back on eating or something else nonessential.
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post #27 of 84
8/25/06 at 3:38pm
I didn't buy any B.C. stuff as I don't have a local buddy to ski it with. Maybe next year or later in this one

I did pick up a few things tho.

Rossi B-squads 184's Axial 140ti's to keep me on them. 600 bucks for both, e:bay

Leki vision ,trigger poles 100 $ Al's ski Barn

Some Spy goggles from S&C around 30 $

Some stuff from Plakespeare auction. Anon goggles and a cool pic . 68$

Altimeter, barometer, heart monitor 90$

Compass, temp gauge and led flashlight combo. It even tells the time w/alarm also. 26$

A ton (12 lbs)of wax from xtrpickels and racewax .com 70 bucks

All season M+S tiresfor my car . Fresh and new for winter. Michelins . Yep French . Screaming deal from costco 295 w/coupon for 60 bucks off

I spent enough and got great deals all around.
It isn't how much you spend but how you spend it wisely
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post #28 of 84
8/25/06 at 3:39pm
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Originally Posted by volantaddict View Post
No doubt, so what's in your quiver now, I'd like to know, since apparently, they're destined to be mine eventually!
hmmmm lessee...

iM85s, Legend Pros, Big Daddys, 188 Soft Bro Blems w/ freerides (unfortunately they ski like blems), Nordica 9.1FFs (just got these from the Plakespear auction)...

...get your arse to the tahoe get together and you can test drive before you buy this time

...I predict you'll like the legend pros so much you'll soil your undies :
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post #29 of 84
8/25/06 at 3:49pm
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Originally Posted by X-EastCoaster View Post
hmmmm lessee...

iM85s, Legend Pros, Big Daddys, 188 Soft Bro Blems w/ freerides (unfortunately they ski like blems), Nordica 9.1FFs (just got these from the Plakespear auction)...

...get your arse to the tahoe get together and you can test drive before you buy this time

...I predict you'll like the legend pros so much you'll soil your undies :
Dang, nice quiver. I expect I'd love the LPs too, but I really hate the graphics, and I prefer not to soil myself.

Oh I'll make it to Tahoe alright, I have to, when I went to Squaw KT-22 was closed.:
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post #30 of 84
8/26/06 at 7:40am
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Originally Posted by volantaddict View Post
Dang, nice quiver. I expect I'd love the LPs too, but I really hate the graphics, and I prefer not to soil myself.
Don't like the big orange clown shoe look?? Oh that's right...you gotsta have the pimped out blingin chrome shoes to impress all your Montana homeys...wurd

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Originally Posted by volantaddict View Post
Oh I'll make it to Tahoe alright, I have to, when I went to Squaw KT-22 was closed.:
And you didn't hike up...I thought you were supposed to be hardcore
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