michael pollak

the power

thayatal in hdr

sehr cooles bild. frag mich wie viel da nachgearbeitet wurde.

meerauge

kärnten. going to see that.

predigtstuhl

klettern am predigtstuhl. geht nicht? geht sehr wohl. ein paar interessante routen hab ich schon entdeckt, bei einer die ich wirklich sehr geil finden würde fehlen mir aber noch ideen zur versicherung, ich geb zu, vorstieg ist nicht so meines.

mein kleines daypack, vollgestopft mit allem möglichen kletter, fotografier und ess/trink zeug.

xcy

sdfsdf

patagonia repair #2

in january the zipper on my beloved patagonia softshell broke. that pretty much sucked, and because i am currently reading a book about the company patagonia, i remembered their claim to repair and stand behind their product.

so three years after buying the jacket i contacted patagonia about the problem and how to fix it. i was impressed when i heared back from their european branch with information on how to have it fixed. a few emails later i shipped my jacket to portugal, where their repair shop is.

they told me it will take about four weeks to process it all, and after 3 weeks i got my parcel back. patagonia covered the cost of the repair, i only paid shipping to portugal, so as far as i am concerned that’s outstanding and i am happy about that.

interestingly my jacket felt strange when i got it back and after wearing it for a week i figured out why. not sure if the problem here is really to be blamed on patagonia or on their repair partner, but they sewed in a zip that was too short, and thus the jacket now looks a little strange. i got a different kind of zipper, but that was fine with me. maybe that’s obsessive, but where and how the zipper ends is an important point in how well a jacket fits. the lower seam now is flared out and that looks kinda stupid to me. if i’d have paid for that service i’d be not happy, i guess i will inform patagonia. it s a shame they stick to their products but then fail at doing it properly.

To sum it up, I give them high praises for standing behind their product and fix things instead going the usual consumerism way of throwing it away. I just think this should be done properly too, because if the jacket now looks ridiculous I might just have to buy a new one anyways.

windräder

sternenklar wie angekündigt war es zwar nicht, daher sind die startrails nicht gut geworden, aber ein paar fotos sind doch recht interessant.