I was blindly generalising, to be fair
I'm sure they do decent kit. Mine are just for very specific things is all. I doubt army surplus ones have ski straps and flare tubes, for instance.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:08, archived)

I thought they were for your duty free toblerones.
:(
( RR I love you ... in a way, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:09, archived)

It actually took me fucking ages to work out what they were
they're inside the bag and too narrow for anything sensible like a water bottle. I had to ask, apparently they're so you can lauch a flare with the bag on or something. Mental.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:12, archived)

Yeah, they're grand for just bumming about the place with.
I don't know what a ski strap looks like, maybe it does have them. I doubt it, though.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:11, archived)

very strong straps on the back
usually top left and bottom right, so you can carry skis when you're walking up off-piste stuff

bit like this
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:15, archived)

Ah right.
I don't think I'd like skiing as a holiday, seems like a lot of effort to get all the way back up to the top.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:18, archived)

Effort?
Sitting in a chair while you get stunning views of the mountains?

Chance of getting in a gondala with a sexy foreign?

EFFORT?
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:19, archived)

they do have lifts.
it's just for the more remote stuff in Europe. Otherwise, chopper all the way ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:19, archived)