Boy you guys sure do like to fight a lot. I made no claims to being 'tougher' nor was I comparing US against Kiwi or canadian, it was you guys that did that and I just thought you had made a mistake and picked up on the wet warm thing you guys mentioned. Some people think that becasue its in the south Pacific it must be all palm trees, thats what the picture was for.
I'm sure your all very tough mountain men types indeed. Now that we have all acknowledged that we are all collectivley tough hard mountain men we can speak as normal people
And no I didnt chopper that spotting scope up there. Never been in a chopper in my life in fact although I would very much like to. Too expensive for me, I have to walk up.
I just was trying to make a point about being overly 'gear focussed' although I suppose I screwed it up with my enthusiasm.
"A person that carries a cat home by the tail will receive information that will always be useful to him." Mark Twain
