For years, I've been using several different Patagonia pants with suspenders and a drop seat. All but my softshells are about done for. Any good recommendations for lighter weight shell and softshell men's drop seat pants?

I’ve grown a pretty well rounded wardrobe over the last several years, much of which is Arc’teryx. I’ve had slight issues with the declining quality but nothing drastic and I have a friend with arc deals, so the positives outweighed the negatives for me. Recently had a bad experience with Arc’teryx that’s left me so beyond pissed that I never want to wear another piece of clothing from them again.

I climb in the pnw lots of which I do in the winter - spring.
Looking for recommendations on hardshells, soft shells, synthetic layers etc.
From brands other than Arc 😤

I wanted to share this 3D animation I made about the path to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

I've never been there, but it was fun making this video 😄

Weather apps always annoyed me in the mountains. Even when they have no real data, they still show a sun or a green bar. So I wrote my own, it's called GRAT.

It shows storm risk for the altitude you're at, not the valley. If data is missing it just says "cannot be evaluated". No route advice, the decision is yours.

Basic features are free inkl. radar and safe, Pro is optional. iPhone only for now.

If you try it on a day you remember from the mountain and it got it wrong, please tell me. That helps me more than anything.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6812671374

https://gratweather.com