Epinions Recent Reviews for onehotchili

Banana Boots!

Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:47:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - Ok if you have read my other review on Scarpa T2's, you'll know that I like them a lot for all around skiing at the resorts, backcountry, on and off-piste conditions. Unfortunately, there were times when the T2s just didn't seem to be...

Advice on Custom Footbeds: Get Them Now!

Fri, 17 Mar 2000 00:48:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - More than the newest, latest, greatest shaped skis, or the new fancy buckled ski boot... the one piece of equipment that *can* dramatically increase an athlete's ability to be a better skier are custom footbeds. I have been using custom footbeds in my...

My New Styx

Tue, 22 Feb 2000 02:40:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - Lately I have been playing the demo game, looking for the perfect N. California Sierra Cement tele ski. My journey has included the K2 Heli Stinx, K2 World Piste, Rossignol Attaque, Black Diamond Resolution, Karhu Bardini, and a couple of older model...

Skiing Masterpiece!

Tue, 8 Feb 2000 19:35:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - When this movie came out back in '91 or '92 it almost changed my life forever. I was skiing and racing on the NCAA Div 1 circuit about 70-80 days a season but getting totally burnt out on running gates. So when I saw this movie I started *seriously*...

Hydrate or Die!

Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:55:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - For the last couple of years I have owned several hydration packs including the Zoid and the Lobo. By far, they have both been some of the best investments that any outdoor enthusiast could make.

Obviously everyone knows that it is important...

Luxurious Patagucci

Mon, 31 Jan 2000 23:41:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - I normally don't get very excited about long underwear but Patagonia's Capilene is a longstanding staple in my outdoor wardrobe. Essentially as I understand it, according to their literature in their catalogs (btw, these catalogs are worth getting for...

Get Over The Hump!

Wed, 26 Jan 2000 19:58:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - Being a long time alpine skier, racer, and coach, I have recently turned to new winter sports including telemark skiing. In my first year of tele skiing, I picked up Paul Parker's Free-Heel Skiing... considered by many to be the "bible"...

Toasty Warm

Wed, 26 Jan 2000 02:23:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - Let me confess one thing first... I have always bought expensive down sleeping bags, until this past fall. Why the sudden change of heart? While I really like my 2 Marmot down/Dryloft sleeping bags, they always seem to loose some of their loft after...

Freakin' Sick

Tue, 11 Jan 2000 17:27:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - This book is one of the single best books there is on alpine climbing. Mark Twight is infamous for his daring "lightning" fast climbs in Alaska, the Himalayas, Europe, among other places in the world. Where other people took weeks and tons of...

Cloudveil Serendipity Jacket: Bomber Clothing

Mon, 20 Dec 1999 22:49:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - In the last year and half or so, the latest buzzword in the outdoor apparel industry has been "Schoeller" fabric. In a nutshell, this is a stretchy spandex type of material which has the durability and toughness of Cordura (you know the stuff...

Not For The Long Haul...

Mon, 20 Dec 1999 22:24:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - Two years ago, I got talked into doing a backcountry ski mountaineering trip. The plan was to take 3 days to climb 7,000 vertical feet to the summit Mt. Shasta in N. California, and to ski down. Sounds pretty good huh?... 7,000 feet of perfect Sierra...

Overall Certification: Getting NAUIed in Maui

Mon, 13 Dec 1999 23:26:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - About 10 years ago, my ol' man and I decided to add more adventure to our lives by taking up scuba diving. Since we were on Maui for a month, we did an 'intro' dive to get exposure to diving to see if it was really what we wanted to learn. Well 2 dives...

LaunchPad: Should Be Your First 'Must Have' App

Tue, 7 Dec 1999 03:31:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - Before I bought my Palm Pilot, I did lots and lots of research on what software was out on the internet. I figured if I was going to plunk down $300+ for a tool to help me organize my life, I want to utilize as much as I can out of it. LaunchPad was...

Local Boyz Perspective

Wed, 10 Nov 1999 23:23:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - As a person who lived on Maui for 4 summers, I am not going to try and reiterate what other people have written already. There are some fine reviews on Maui already here, and some nice experiences that people have had. What I will give you here are...

Expedia Streets & Trips 2000: Great Road Trippin' Tool

Wed, 10 Nov 1999 22:21:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - This software package should definitely be considered by anyone planning on an extended road trip. Armed with a laptop and an extra battery, I have used this software extensively in numerous road trips throughout California, Nevada, and Utah (I was...

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Is it Live or Mem...

Mon, 8 Nov 1999 04:34:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - In a world where over-produced, over-hyped, over-funded acts like Ricky Martin, Britanny Spears, and the Backstreet Boys top the charts, I yearn for the days where music was music, punk was punk, and that was it. No glitzy staged photo shoots, no...

Cult Classic...

Sun, 7 Nov 1999 02:46:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - Scarpa's T2 Telemark boots are among the most popular boots ever to grace the slopes. Is it just that everyone likes the color? I don't think so... but I'll give you my reasons why I ski the T2.

First and foremost, you should choose your...

Fat Chance Yo Eddy: Climbs like Lightening...

Sat, 6 Nov 1999 16:05:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - For the last fifteen years or so, I have been an avid mountain biker and sometimes racer. When I was competing in ski racing, mtn. biking in the off season was great cross training for the legs and lungs. During the course of time I have bought,...

Fueling My Dreams...

Fri, 5 Nov 1999 22:54:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - When I first pickup a copy of Outside, it was back in '91 or '92 and the article that caught my eye was road-tripping across the US. I don't remember a whole lot about the article, but it had recommended places to check out, things to do along the way,...

More Powder

Fri, 5 Nov 1999 22:07:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - Years ago I used to get a subscriptions to Ski and Skiing. While I enjoyed getting those magazines, I always felt like something was missing and found myself frequently bored with them by mid-winter. That's when I started reading Powder and have been...

Yakima Steelhead: Bike's Tight and Secure

Thu, 4 Nov 1999 04:48:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - I have owned and used Yakima car racks for the past 15 years on vehicles ranging from an old Saab 900, to a Ford Bronco II, to a GMC Jimmy. On all of the vehicles, the racks have worked pretty well. Most recently I have been using a pair of their...

Bomber All The Way!

Thu, 4 Nov 1999 04:12:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - I have now owned and used the Dana Design Bomb Pack for 8 years and it is one of the best investments I have made in any outdoor gear. I originally got it on sale and it has held up well in numerous trips: back country skiing, to the crags for rock...

Archived Computers & Internet Reviews: More Free Money

Tue, 2 Nov 1999 22:00:15 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - NOTE: *ll*dvantage is an Objectionable word according to Epinions. So if you substitute an "A" for the "*", you can decipher my references.

The explosive growth of the Internet has provided an interesting medium for...

American Quality Problems

Mon, 1 Nov 1999 23:12:02 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - I hate to say it, but this truck is crap. I bought my '95 Jimmy when I lived in Detroit, MI because *everyone* buys American in Detroit. I had looked closely at the Explorer and my Jimmy... and ended up with Jimmy because it looked sportier and got...

Over-hyped?

Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:42:53 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author onehotchili - Maybe my expectations were too high... maybe I wasn't skiing well... maybe Snowbird just didn't do it for me. I don't know...

Two years ago my then-fiance and I spent about 10 days exploring several of the resorts outside of Salt Lake City...