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"This company ripped me back in 2006 when I had bought a refurbished laptop but instead I was send a used and very old laptop. When I complained to the company, they refused to take it back and I lost my money. Laptop never worked. Since then, I learnt a lesson to buy from Amazon or only other good retailers even though I have to pay little bit higher amount.Beware this company has changed its name to Rakuten."
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"Our last experience with buy.com was not good. We moved and as we checked out we updated our address, check and double checked. The address update was not passed onto the third party vendor who shipped it to the wrong place. buy.com would do nothing to rectify it. Luckily the third party company stepped up. We will not do business again with buy.com"
"Buy.com is terrible as a seller they are going to charge about 25% with a monthly, per item plus percent fee. They can't fix your listings or photos. There is no phone support and to list items it's like pulling teeth. This is the worst selling site ever. Do not sell on buy.com it's not worth it. If you buy there will pay more because all the sellers are charged such high fees. Terrible lay out and so hard to list. Stick with amazon or ebay as so much better."
"I bought a computer off Buy.com and two weeks after ordering (9 days after it was supposed to arrive) they told me that when it had arrived to their local shipping contractor it wasn't accepted (because they were closed) so they rerouted it to another customer and now he has it. Furthermore, that was the Last of those computers and they could no longer follow thru with their end of the deal and that I should be expecting a refund........wow. I begged them not to issue a refund as this purchase was a calculated tax write off for my business for the 2012 year and any purchase in 2013 would negate the entire purpose of me (planning for 11 months) on buying this computer. They refunded my money immediately after telling them that. Completely unacceptable. I will hate Buy.com forever now."
"Do not waste your time with this merchant! I should have done my research before placing an order with them. They have been unable to properly authorize my credit card, which I guess may actually be a good thing based on other's experiences. So far I am not out any money. They are holding my order because they can't verify my phone number, even though I am shipping to my billing address. My credit card company tells me they approved the charge the same day I placed the order, however buy.com has not completed the transaction. Poor customer service trying to resolve the issue - nobody ever contacted me; I've had to do all the communication with them. Every contact is with a low-level "customer service" rep who passes the issue off to some "specialist" who never follows up. Give buy.com a wide berth when doing your shopping. "
"Excellent customer service. I recently bought an external disk drive. It took me 5 weeks before I got around to trying it. It was DOA. I thought I'd have to return it to the manufacturer, but Buy.com has a, generous, 45 day return. It was very easy to use, and they paid for shipping, both ways. I had a new, working drive, in a little more than a week.I've bought a few things from Buy.com, and hadn't ever had any problems. It's times like this, when you find out how good their service is.After reading some of the other reviews, I had to make sure we were talking about the same company. I clicked on the Buy.com link, and logged into my account. Yes, it was Buy.com "
"Just like the other reviewers. I ordered a watch winder and was sent a curtain. The merchant,wayfair, verified that it was an error and they dont evenstock the item listed. They did agree to offer a full refund. Good on wayfairs part. Sad part is, because of waiting to get the order, I am have to pay expedited shipping to order the same from somewhere else. I would advise to stay away from buy.com."
"I placed an order from this website on December 2nd 2012, I bought this Cross Edge Pink pens for a Birthday present (the birthday was the 15th), so I received a totally wrong (and cheaper pens), I called the store Ivrs Luggage the next day, they admitted that they sent the wrong items but they said there was a mistake in the website pricing so they couldn't sent me the product I wanted if I didn't pay MORE MONEY, I told them that then they were lying but the representative told me that there was a Buy.com mistake, so I called them and they told me that even though when she went online she could see the same item in the same price, they told me they would contact the seller co fix the situation and everything would be solved by next Tuesday (the 11), I waited and nothing happened not even a phone call nor an email. So I called back on Saturday the 15th (the birthday date) and they again told me that they were going to call me back the same day. Today (the 17th) I had to call back and they finally told me that there was nothing that they can do, that the Pen I wanted was even out of stock (lie) and that I would have to wait some more days to get a refund...I won't ever buy from this liars site again, I have been buying from Ebay several years and I'VE NEVER HAD any issue with them. My biggest mistake trying "new options". Thanks for nothing Buy.com and Ivrs Luggage."
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Historians in North Africa and Spain
Many historians flourished in Marrakech, most living in the surrounding of Caliphs, such as Abu Bakr al-Sanhadji, who wrote extensively on the Almohads, and whose works were traced by Levi Provencal to the Spanish collection at the Escurial. As observed from very close, the events he describes bear the best of authenticity on the Almohad movement in history.
Al-Marrakushi also flourished in North Africa at the end of the thirteenth century. Abd al-Wahid Al-Marrakushi was Born in Marrakech on the eighth of July 1185. When nine years of age, he left his native place for Fez, a city renowned for its learned men, where he studied the Qur'an and was the pupil of many eminent doctors, well skilled in grammar and the reading of the sacred Book. In 1199 he met the great physician Abu-Bekr ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) (see entry on Seville at Muslimheritage.com) who at that time was far advanced in years, but treated Abd al-Wahid, a youth of fourteen, with great kindness, and in the year (1206-7) he met the son of the celebrated philosopher Ibn Tofail. In the beginning of this same year, he crossed over to Spain, where he studied under a great number of learned men, well versed in every branch of science, and later studied polite literature at Cordova, under the direction of al-Himyari (died in H. 610), a Professor who he praises very much and with who he remained for two years. In 1217 Al-Marrakushi left Seville for Egypt, then like every scholar of the era, he made his pilgrimage to Mecca in the year 1221. In 1224 he completed a history of the Almohad dynasty, preceded by a summary of Spanish history from the Muslim conquest to 1087 (Kitab al-mujib fi talkhis akhbar ahl al-Maghrib). (There is a French translation by Fagnan. Extracts can be found in Wustenfeld, and Levi Provencal. The text has been edited by R.P. A. Dozy). Al-Marrakushi was very keen on historical truthfulness:
"I have put down nothing but what I have found true, borrowing it from books [in the historical introduction], or having heard it from trust-worthy persons, or having seen it myself: with the firm purpose of telling the truth and of being just, as it has been my utmost care not to conceal a single good quality, which the persons I haven spoken of possessed, nor to bestow upon them the slightest encomium they did not deserve."
Dozy insists that in his History of the Almohads, the readers will find that the information Al-Marrakushi gives is really invaluable, as everywhere, almost at every page, he quotes contemporary witnesses of the events he relates, and amongst these not only the names of the highest officers of the state but of Princes themselves. He himself tells us that he derived the greatest part of his narrative from a highly respectable authority, namely, from Yaqub the grandson of the founder of the dynasty, and as he could consult no book on the history of the Almohads, his information was original.
Ibn Idhari al-Marrakushi wrote in 1312 a history of Africa and Spain, Kitab al-bayan al-mughrib, which includes the most detailed account of the Ummayads of Cordova. (Dozy translated the work into French). His work, or more particularly the third volume, is a most useful source, because it offers the most detailed narrative of the events of the civil wars. Ibn Idhari al-Marrakushi did not see himself as a hahith (researcher) but as a jami' (compiler). He says in the introduction to his history that "I have collected in this book notices and anecdotes taken from the histories and accounts, which I have reunited and have chosen points of interest, uniting what is old with what is new." He also quotes the sources he has used: among the twenty six books actually mentioned are included the Muqtabis, the Dhakhira of Ibn Bassam, and the Alkhbar al-Dawlat al-amiriya of Ibn Hayyan. There is no mention of the Matin but it is probable that he had access to information from the Ta'rikh al-kabir, even if second-hand. The Bayan, at least in its first three volumes which describe the events from 2I AH to the arrival of the Almoravids, is a ta'rikh 'ala s-sinin majmu'a, a carefully selected collection of data from earlier writers, and its importance lies in the nature of that data, much of which would otherwise be unavailable today.
Muslim Spain produced a number of historians and chroniclers of the first order. The beginning of a long development of historical writing was made with the works of Ibn Habib (d. in Cordova 239/854),Yahya al-Ghazal (d. 864) who was the author of an urjuza, i.e. a poem in the rajaz metre, on the Muslim conquest of Spain, lbn Muzayn (d 872-3), Tamim b. Amir b. Alqama (d.896) author of an urjuza on Spanish Muslim history down to time end of the reign of Abd ar-Rahman II (i.e 852) and most important of all, Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Razi called at-Tarikhi (The historian) (274/887-344/955) a member of a family of historians whose works included an extensive Akhbar Muluk al-Andalus wa-Khadamatihim wa-Ghazawatihim wa-Nakabatihim (Accounts of the Kings of Spain, their Servitors, their Wars and Misadventures) and a Sifat Qurtuba wa-Khitatiha wa-Manazil al-Uzam' biha (Description of Cordova and its Settlements and the Houses of the Great therein).
(For further information about these early Spanish historical works, which for the most part are lost or if they survive do so only fragmentarily, ought to be consulted the Ensayo Bio-bibliografico sobre los Historiadores y Geógrafos Arabigo-Españoles of Francisco Pons Boigues).
We still have al-Iqd al-Farid (The Precious Necklace) of Ibn 'Abd Rabbihi (born in Cordova in 246/860, died 328/940), which includes among a multiplicity of matters of its numerous books are (each named after a precious stone, and thought of as the jewels which form the 'Necklace') a history of the Umayyads of Spain, culminating with a rajaz poem on the military expeditions under Abd ar-Rabman III an-Nassir. Ibn Abd Rabbihi whose forte was adab and who wrote much poetry is not esteemed highly as a historian but this part of his work possesses some interest, in view of its being contemporary with the events it claims to portray. Two other remarkable works were produced in the fourth/tenth century, the Akhbar Majmüa fi Fath al-Andalus (Collected Notices on the Conquest of al-Andalus), by an unknown author who lived in the notable reign of Abd ar-Rabman III an-Nasir, founder of the Spanish Caliphate (300/912—350/961), and the Ta'rikh Iftitah al-Andalus (History of the Conquest of al-Andalus) of Ibn al-Qutiya (d. 367/977). Both these books have been known in the West at least since the nineteenth century.
The author of the Tarikh Iftitah al-Andalus is specially interesting as a descendant of the former ruling dynasty in Visigothic Spain before the coming of the Muslims, and the name Ibn al-Qutiyya, 'son of the Gothic woman', no doubt refers to Sarah the Goth, a descendant of Witiza, the last member of the dynasty who actually reigned (701-710). Ibn al-Qutiyya himself was a typical Muslim scholar, and highly regarded for his historical knowledge. He wrote about the early Umayyad Caliphs of Spain, and many subsequent and even modern writers have used his work. Amongst these is Reinaud who composed his `Invasion des sarrazins,' and above all Dozy who wrote his `Histoire des Musulmans d'Espagne (History of Muslim Spain). (The work of Ibn Quttiyya is available only in one manuscript, No 1867 at the Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris. Another copy was kept in Constantine, Algeria, in the rich collection of Si Hamouda, but the vagaries of history (and the violent history of French Algeria) have destroyed this collection. Cherbonneau has used the Ms 1867 to publish translations of two extracts the first and the shortest relating to the rule of al-Hakam ben Hisham (i.e Hakam I). The second, longer version relates to the Muslim conquest of Spain).
Said Al-Andalusi (d.1034) a judge at Toledo, was the author of Tabaqat al-Umam. In it he gives a wide spectrum on civilisation up to his time. He studies the people and nations that cultivate science and ranks amongst them the Arabs, Hindus, Iranians, Greeks, and Jews, showing their contribution to scientific progress.
Al-Humaydi (d.1095) who came from the city of Majorqa was a student of Ibn Haitham. He emigrated to the Orient because of troubles in Spain, and established himself in Baghdad. He wrote Jadh'watu-i-muktabis (The Sparkle of Fire) from the Muktabis or an abridgment of the above work, which is in the Bodl. Lib., Hunt. Its contents are the lives of eminent Spanish Muslems, divided into ten parts, and preceded by a valuable historical introduction. It gives in alphabetical order the biographies of the main traditionalists, jurists, political figures, army generals etc. nearly a thousand entries in total.
Ibn Hayyan (d.1076) of Cordova is without doubt the greatest historian of the whole Middle Ages. His father was secretary to the great last ruler of Muslim Spain before the Reyes of the taifas, Ibn Abi Amir al-Mansur (d. 1003). This certainly had a great influence on Ibn Hayyan's education and knowledge of history. He also had renowned teachers including the traditionist Abu Hafs Umar B. Husayn. B. Nabil. Those writers who used Ibn Hayyan's works are Ibn Haitham, Al-Humaydi, al-Dabbi, Ibn Bashkuwal, Ibn al-Abbar, Ibn Bassam, Abd Al-Wahid al-Marrakushi, Ibn Said, Ibn idhari, Ibn al-Khatib, and al-Maqqari. They ascribe seven titles to Ibn Hayyan:1. Tarikh fuqaha Cordova. 2. Al-Kitab al ladi jama'a fihi bayna kitbay al-Qubbashi wa Ibn Afif.3. Intijab al-Jamil li Ma'athir Banu Khatab.4. Al-Akhbar fi'l dawla al-Amiriya (in 100 volumes).5. al-Batsha al-Kubra (in ten volumes).6. al-Muqtabis fi Tarikh al-Andalus (in ten volumes).7. Kitab al-matin.
Ibn Hayyan was virulent in his writings of numerous personalities of his time. His bitterness towards the divisions and anarchy in the kingdoms of the tawaif and also at the scantiness of the sources at his disposal when he was writing the history of the fitna are also evident. Among the works attributed with greater or less certainty to Ibn Hayyan, two titles stand out: Kitab al-Muqtabis fi tarikh al-Andalus (Book of Him Who Seeks Knowledge about the History of al-Andalus) in ten volumes, and Kitab al matin (the Solid Book), describing the main events around him. Ibn Hayyan is mentioned as one of the glories of his country in the famous Risala in praise of Spanish Islam by ash-Shaqundi whose surviving work shows breadth of treatment and conscientious accuracy as to the facts. He sought to remain objective in his writing throughout despite the upheavals affecting Muslim Spain, not disregarding even those events that pained him. On the Muktabis, Levi Provencal says:
"Whenever one considers any particular aspect of Hispano-Umayyad history, one is nearly always obliged to revert to Ibn Hayyan. Without his Muktabis, we should have no quotations from the two Razis, nor from two other chroniclers of the 10th century. Without Ibn Hayyan, Dozy's history would have been impossible."
Ibn Hayyan's original work, the most important in the whole Muslim historiography of the Peninsula is the Matin, which covers the history of his own times, namely, nearly the whole of the 5th/11th century, with an admirable attention to detail and an exactitude which are highlighted by a rare political understanding of events. Kitab al-matin, according to Ibn Sa'id contained nearly sixty volumes, and was believed at one time to be held at the Zaytuna in Tunisia.
Although all the volumes of the Matin are lost, Ibn Hayyan's great admirer, the Spanish scholar, The Kitab al-Dhakhira fi mahasin ahl al-jaziira of Ibn Bassam, now edited in eight volumes by Ihsan 'Abbas is a mammoth work, written in rhymed prose and dedicated to the literati of the peninsula the kutab (scribes), mu'arrikh (historians) and the shu'ara (poets). Written in the 12th century, many of its biographies are recent or contemporary and are filled out with details taken from the Matin of Ibn Hayyan. Fortunately for us, the extracts taken from the Ta'rikh al-kabir are easily distinguishable, because Ibn Bassam is careful to give notice when he is quoting from the Cordoban historian: he prefixes the words qala Ibn Hayyan ("Ibn Hayyan says") and concludes the extract with intaha kalam Ibn Hayyan ("here ends lbn Hayyan's words"). Most of the information relevant to the fitna is contained in the first volume and includes material not to be found elsewhere.
FIGURE SOURCES Figure (top). Map showing the extent of the Almoravid Empire.Figure (bottom). A portrait of Ibn Hayyan (Image from www.wikipedia.org).
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The narration of historical events and the reflexion upon their causes are old scholarly concerns since ancient times. In Islamic culture, a specific Arabic historiographical tradition emerged very early, since the late 7th century, to account for the history of Islam and the development of its civilisation. The following article presents a general outline on the Islamic historical literature, from the first biographies of the Prophet to the great endeavour of Ibn Khaldun who, in the Muqaddima, laid the foundation of a philosophy of history based on sociology and material factors for the explanation of human and social events. Architecture of Muslim Spain and North Africa. by: FSTC LimitedFirst in a series of articles on the Architecture of Muslim Spain and North Africa (756-1500AD). A brief historical background on the Muslim architectural achievement concentrating on important historical and architectural monuments. Architecture of Muslim Caliphate in North Africa by: FSTC LimitedThe arrival of Islam to North Africa at the hands of Uqba Ibn Nafi (d.683) transformed region into a construction field resulting in the elaboration and dissemination (to Europe) of building techniques and architectural forms. The Mosque of Cordoba by: FSTC LimitedOne cannot visit Cordoba (in Spain) today without a trip to its main tourist attraction, The Great Mosque of Cordoba. A symbol and reminder to the world of the golden civilisation that Muslims built in Europe over one thousand years ago. Marrakech by: FSTC LtdMarrakech became, due to the ambitions and sponsorship of its rulers, the centre of attraction for numerous scholars including Ibn Rushd who served as the Chief Physician and where he pursued many works in science. This is a glimpse into the important role of Marrakech in Islamic science. Cordoba by: FSTC LimitedIf the role of Cordoba in the rise of Muslim science and civilization, and subsequently the rise of Western and modern civilization, was considered, it would fill a whole encyclopedia. Here only the briefest of outline is made. A Model of the Historians by: Caroline StoneIn this short article we learn about Al-Mas'udi, a man regarded by Ibn Khaldun as the Imam of historians. Al-Mas'udi was responsible not only for a great deal of first hand reports but he was also instrumental in designing and establishing both a distinctive style of narrative and shaping the profession of the historian. Early Muslim Historians by: FSTC LimitedHistory, and the study of it, has existed as a highly respected science for literally centuries, and has managed to grow with the efforts of its scholars to envelop a broader range of considerations. This short article details some of the lesser known Historians of the Early Muslim period and their contributions to the flow of knowledge.


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zagan said:"A lot of them know how the workings of the building (at the training ground) are, how we move things forward and the restraints the club has, so it is easy for them to deal with that."
The lad's do work hard, fair play.Move things forward? We were 1 place closer to 5th this season than we were last season.... slowly but surely eh?Restraints be _fucked...... All this club has had for years are restraints, and not just cash wise....Who ever takes over, it ain't going to be easy....
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The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has launched an urgent appeal to protect endangered big cats for future generations by calling for donations of big cat sperm from zoos involved in the Amur leopard, Amur tiger and Sumatran tiger breeding programmes, to prevent extinction of these critically endangered animals
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EBITDA margins for the internet & catalog business is higher at 40% compared to 23% for American Eagle stores. The merchandise sold through the Internet & Catalog Orders segment is sent directly to the consumer from the distribution center. As this merchandise does not go through stores, it incurs no store operating expenses and very low SG&A expenses to the company. As a result, the margins on merchandise sold through this channel is significantly greater than that for merchandise sold through American Eagle stores.
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American Eagle Outfitters is scaling up its expansion in international markets where it can generate more revenue per square foot. It recently opened its first franchisee store in the Philippines and will assume control of its licensee stores in China. The retailer plans to continue expanding in these regions throughout the year. Furthermore, American Eagle Outfitters has plans of opening about six stores in Mexico in 2013 and many more in the coming years. This positions the retailer well for future growth.
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Xavier Laruelle has big dreams. The 21-year-old fashion designer, a first-timer at Montreal Fashion Week, is among about 20 designers to show spring 2014 collections on the catwalk at the Arsenal next week.
"I always have seen my name on a big store,'' he said, with bags, shoes, makeup and perfume as part of his brand.
"I want to take it big. And I want to stay here in Montreal."
He has a ways to go, but it has been a promising start so far.
Last March, he showed a first collection at an art gallery. In May, Jessica Lee Gagné, photography director of Sarah préfère la course, wore his navy blue silk gown on the red carpet at Cannes. Made to measure of Italian triple crêpe de soie, the gown would cost about $2,000.
"It's an ideal woman I have in my head,'' Laruelle said in his tiny atelier in the basement of a triplex in Villeray, on the street where he grew up. "It's about a modern woman living in the city of Montreal. I always imagine cuts with the architecture I see around me."
Laruelle dates his fascination with fashion back to when he was about 5 years old, and would staple pieces of fabric together to make skirts for his mother. He then moved on to Santa Claus and Halloween costumes.
High school was tough: he dropped out. "I could never stay still at school. I was always thinking about dresses."
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"I wanted to learn the good old-fashioned way — the things you can do by hand,'' he said.
"I always liked fabric and things that shine — sequins — and elegant women."
The sequins were not evident in his collection, though, just understated, minimal dresses or skirts, in muted shades of mauve, olive and slate blue silk. A showpiece plastic bubble dress is equally minimal, although somewhat shiny, and pants and jackets are in a black polyester with a transparent plastic woven into the fabric. The contrast between the silk and plastic is about the electronic age in which we live, Laruelle said, a contrast between modern life and the inspiration of his mother's wardrobe.
Mostly, the clothes are simple and silk, the embellishment being soft folds or low backs. A regular day dress costs about $200.
Laruelle wants to build a luxury brand.
Commercial and luxury can work together, he said, mentioning Alexander Wang, the New York designer known for urban chic who was named creative director of Balenciaga.
In Quebec, that blend has not taken hold, according to Laruelle. The market is small, he acknowledged, but we're a young country. One issue Laruelle sees: designers not working together to build the market.
Among Quebec designers, he admires Travis Taddeo for his "nice products and prices. And he has his own thing going on.'' Also, Rad Hourani, who made it to the Paris haute couture calendar. "I'm so proud,'' Laruelle said.
Internationally, it's Karl Lagerfeld — because he does whatever he wants: big shows, with big decor.
He laments the way of fashion today, with its rampant copying.
"Nothing is really new. It's kind of sad,'' he said.
"It takes a long time for a designer to get his signature. And I know I have a lot to learn. That's why I went to a private school.''
Fashion week is not charging designers for runway time this season, but designers do have to pay for models, an expensive proposition. Laruelle was invited to show; his funding comes from his family so far.
Next Friday, at 6:30 p.m., Laruelle presents 20 looks on 10 models. He is stressed but confident.
"I don't want to burn out,'' he said, adding he hopes to last 25 years. "I'm ready. I won't let go."
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piem | Next time Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2013 | |
Started at 5:00am from the refuge, had a beautiful sunrise and sea of clouds when reaching the glacier atop the gully. Weather turned quickly and we decided to go down after the first ramp, 200 meters below the summit. The softened snow on the way down confirmed it was the best choice. | ||
Posted Jun 13, 2013 3:11 pm |
Garon Coriz | Birthday Climb Date Climbed: Mar 11, 2013 | |
Could hardly sleep due to the terrible leg pains that came out of nowhere. No matter, we woke up about 2 and made it to the summit in about 2 hours and 15 minutes. We had to wait at the summit doing push-ups and shadow-boxing to stay warm as we waited for the sunrise. I must say it was the best view of Ecuador I've had with everything from Cotacachi to Chimborazo in view — absolutely gorgeous. | ||
Posted Mar 12, 2013 5:45 pm |
skyward22 | normal route Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2009 | |
Climbed w/Joe Miller, one of my favorite climbs to date. Epic views and exposure in places from the valley below. | ||
Posted Jan 15, 2013 4:25 am |
MichaelWB | Excellent conditions Date Climbed: Dec 4, 2012 | |
Acclimatised on Illiniza Norte the day before, so after a second night in the hut, we set off at 3am across the scree. Great climbing up the steep snow/ice ramps, over/around a few crevasses and soon enjoying the views from the summit. Rappelled 3 times on the descent, and quickly hiked from the glacier access gully back to the refuge, as a few melon-sized rocks started falling from above :-/ Had the mountain to ourselves all day :-) | ||
Posted Dec 30, 2012 11:55 am |
attimount | A nice climb Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2012 | |
it was a nice climb, somehow a little too dificulte for my partner, but we made it to the top. Great views toward the other volcanoes. | ||
Posted Nov 25, 2012 5:51 pm |
logikal | Great Climb Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2012 | |
Awesome climbing into the unknown. With the route descriptions being useless, no map, and visability less than 60 feet it felt like a great adventure. This was my favorite climb I have thus far attempted in Ecuador. | ||
Posted Aug 6, 2012 3:06 pm |
MMclimbhigh | Normal Route Date Climbed: Dec 12, 2011 | |
Climbed the beautiful Normal Route in one day from the truck. 8 hrs RT with an amazing sunrise above the clouds. One of our best climbs in Ecuador! A must-do. | ||
Posted Dec 19, 2011 4:44 pm |
Boriss Andean | Illiniza Sur in one day. Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2011 | |
Rafael (ECU), Alvaro (ECU) and I left from Quito at 3:00 am and head for Illiniza Sur. We started our hike from La Virgen parking lot at 5:30 am and got to the refuge two hours later. We started the climb at 8:30 am. Nice weather and cold temperatures. The new snow was very good consolidated. Fun and steep pitches. I led more of half of the climb followed by Alvaro (roped up with me) and Rafael. Our snow pickets were very useful during the climb. We took a straightforward route up to the summit, no traversing involved, so we climb some steep walls. We reached the summit (5,263 m / 17,267 ft) at 11:30 am. Rafael, Alvaro and I stayed up there a few minutes and headed quickly down before the snow starts to soften. Again, very happy.. I summited Cotopaxi the prior day :). | ||
Posted Jan 17, 2011 3:38 pm |
rgg | A bit to far to the west ... Date Climbed: Dec 9, 2010 | |
Climbed with Marcial as guide. Visibility was poor and fresh snow made the route hard to find. As a result, Marcial couldn´t find the normal rock scramble that leads from the saddle between the Ilinizas to the glacier, so eventually we just went up a steep bit of rock somewhere further west than usual. Marcial was leading, so he had to do the hard part here, I just had to follow. On the way back down, we followed the normal route, which was definitely easier. That same fresh snow, which made walking physically demanding, also made the steep face a piece of cake. The rock scramble was the crux of the climb. | ||
Posted Dec 13, 2010 5:56 pm |
russmeehan | Illiniza Sur Date Climbed: May 16, 2010 | |
Normal route still ok at this point in time; however, some front pointing is required and there was only one narrow path around the big crevasse halfway up. | ||
Posted Aug 5, 2010 10:59 am |
apachedino | Fun Date Climbed: Jan 25, 2010 | |
Spectacular weather and the funnest peak overall in our short trip to Ecuador. | ||
Posted Apr 23, 2010 8:32 pm |
scottmitch | Normal Route Variation Date Climbed: Jan 25, 2010 | |
Climbed with Dustin and a guide named Fernando. Took the long way down by the lake then up to the glacier then direct up the ridge. Awesome climb perfect weather. | ||
Posted Jan 30, 2010 1:19 pm |
Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Dec 20, 2009 | |
Coral (USA) and I left the refuge at 4:00 am. Diego (SPA) came along with us during the climb. It took us more than 40 minutes to negociate our way up thru the boulder field located at the base of Illiniza Sur. The mountain was very icy on the first ramp. It felt awesome to place my two technical piolets on it. Coral and Diego followed at good pace. We got to the summit (5,263 m / 17,267 ft) at 7:30 am. after 3 and a half hours of fast climbing. Love this kind of climbs! The snow softened a lot on our descent from the summit. But ice conditions were perfect on the first ramp. We placed a few ice screws on the way down. Nice pitches. | ||
Posted Dec 21, 2009 6:43 pm |
Shirley Lam | My Favorite in Ecuador! Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2009 | |
Climbed the Direct Route with Bighornmonkey. This was my favorite out of all the volcanoes we climbed in Ecuador during this trip (Chimborazo, Cayambe, Cotopaxi, Illiniza Norte, Ruminahui). | ||
Posted Aug 18, 2009 3:05 pm |
Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: May 18, 2009 | |
Started from La Virgen Camping Site. Benno (Switzerland), Cristian (ECU) and I guided a group of 5 germans. We left the camp site at 1:00 am and hiked up to the refuge where we got ready for the climb. We climbed the steep ramps up to the summit (5,263 m/17,267 ft). A tough climb with great views of other Andean mountains. I guided Ralph and his wife Andrea, an experienced german couple. It took us 7 hours to summit from La Virgen Parking lot, and 2 and a half hours to get back to the camping site. | ||
Posted May 18, 2009 5:36 pm |
bighornmonkey | Two-fer on the Ilinizas Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2009 | |
Climbed Iliniza SUR (La Rampa/Direct Route), then NORTE on the same day. Good snow coverage prevented rockfall on the direct route which I was told makes it dangerous these days. We came down the same way we went up after a 5:00am start from the hut. I made a youtube video of the climb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD87z5DEoYM | ||
Posted Feb 2, 2009 4:56 pm |
ChristianRodriguez | Normal route, technical ones Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2008 | |
Guatemalan team split on this volcano, Edgar returns without the summit. Heloise(FRA) and Boris (ECU) guided to Siomara (GUA) she was very slow that day. Jose (ECU) and me reached summit a couple of hours before. Great views in the climbing but over the top just a few seconds with good visibility. | ||
Posted Sep 8, 2008 12:39 am |
cristakhe | normal route Date Climbed: Jan 30, 2008 | |
The route is very nice but you need to be fast because of wet snow during the day. Nice place, widhout any other climbers. | ||
Posted Feb 26, 2008 9:51 am |
Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2008 | |
Our slowest climb ever in Illiniza Sur. It took us 8 and a half hours RT from the refuge. Ice/snow conditions weren't the best due to the softness of it on the final approach to the summit. This climb was done with Heloise (FRA) while guiding a team from Guatemala, Xiomara and Christian. One of them (Edgar) got AMS and had to be lowered to the refuge just minutes after he started climbing up. | ||
Posted Jan 31, 2008 7:18 pm |
Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2007 | |
Very fast climb to the summit, 2h15 from the refuge. Weather was perfect as the view of the surrounding mountains. Climbed with Heloise (FRANCE). We climbed both peaks, Illiniza Norte and Sur the same day. | ||
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question about converting 2WD Z71 Tahoe into 4WD
How is it going out there in the Chevy world. I have recently purchased a 2009 Z71 Tahoe (not 4X4) thumbs down on my part! but it was for the wife and she liked it. Well we move to WV and I was thinking of converting it to a 4X4 vs trading it in, too much negative equity in this one right now. Has anyone done this before or tried to do this before? if so is the cost crazy? Was there any issues with programming in the ECM or anything like that? Any info is helpful.
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10-20-2013, 07:01 PM #2Trade it for a 4x4 if you want one.....Converting it is a major job, totally different frame, transmission, suspension, wiring etc.....Its not worth your while.
10-20-2013, 07:09 PM #3If you have the skills and time to tackle this project, at least a month of solid evenings and weekends, welding and fabricating skills with blueprint and real good steering and suspension geometry knowledge, add about $4000 for parts and your in there.
Most shops are up to $10,000 for this particular mod.
Either buy a beater 4x4 to use in real bad weather or wait until your in a better financial situation on this truck and trade it.
Lots of work involved, and the first cut on a new truck normally slows or stops the project.
10-20-2013, 07:22 PM #4Long post short: buy a $1000 winter beater to get you by until you can trade it for a 4x4. You'll be better off
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WOW, even if I am just looking to go with stock stuff. It would really be just for safety for the wife.
10-20-2013, 08:19 PM #64wd trucks and 2wd trucks use totally different frames, suspensions, steering parts, axles, and have difrent interior components and additional 4wd control systems. The easiest way to do it might be getting a second Tahoe that's body is ruined and moving the body of your truck to the other Tahoe's frame. Then there would be alot of wireing to be done and such.
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Yeah. It's not like it was back 30 years ago if you wanted to go 4wd for a conversion. It's a totally different ballgame.
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In 1999, when the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation decided to invest heavily in prevention and population health, the seeds of the Active Living Research (ALR) program were sowed. The ALR has served as a model of public health research, through engagement on multiple policy and research levels, and in its commitment to producing research findings that will shape policies.
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£59,000 community halls budget is set for signing off
6:00pm Friday 6th September 2013 in News
GRANTS for Oxfordshire village halls and community centres will be considered by a senior councillor at a meeting later this month.
Oxford County Council's cabinet member for cultural and community services, Lorraine Lindsay-Gale, will meet officers at County Hall on Monday, September 16, at noon.
She will receive a report on grants to village halls and community centres over the past two years and sign off this year's budget, provisionally set at £59,137.
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