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Craig Fry

Trad climber

So Cal.

Feb 13, 2015 - 05:30pm PT

I care if I tele

I love tele
in fact, my most fond memories of any activity that I ever experienced (on a regular occurrence) was tele skiing,
better than rock climbing? yes...sorry

and only Pure Tele Will do it, every parallel turn is just a waste,
sometimes you need to curb some speed or maybe it's icey
Nothing wrong with doing some parallel turns, but if can tele it, and of course someone can tele almost anything in the normal world, so go ahead and tele it.

Well I'm sure some folks may have different opinions..

BITD we had 2 Bumper stickers that fit those days of tele (1986-2000)

Best Day Ever
Every Tele turn is a new adventure!

Ghost

climber

A long way from where I started

Feb 13, 2015 - 07:25pm PT

Maybe there are times when tele is just fine, but with 50 pounds on my back and a month of steep up and down ahead...

...I wanted randonee gear.

Maybe if there had been the kind of serious tele boots available back then that you can get now it would have been different.

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Feb 13, 2015 - 08:22pm PT

telle still has all the resistance of the spring in the cable bindings for uphill. AT bindings with my ultra light climbing boots are 100% better/easier on the uphills. My telle boots are 75% better on the downhills

wilbeer

Mountain climber

Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,

Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2015 - 03:13am PT

Have always been a Low Rider.That comes from prying as much of the 3/4 edge Madshus BC 500's in to the snow as I could with my first pair of Asolo's,when I first started back in 84.

Craig,I agree and Ghost ,I hear you about the heavy pack skiing.

We are due to get close to another foot of snow this weekend.

Only the steepest aspects are being considered.

Man......

Craig Fry

Trad climber

So Cal.

Feb 14, 2015 - 07:43am PT

I agree, low riding is the way to go

Any skiing with a 50 lb pack in the backcountry is nothing more than survival skiing

rottingjohnny

Sport climber

mammoth lakes ca

Feb 14, 2015 - 12:07pm PT

Ekat...Send Blanchard the 2 hand sign that signifies Hank...You know...Hand in front of chin and one behind head...rj

Tork

climber

Yosemite

Feb 14, 2015 - 12:57pm PT

Nice Walter! You got a pic of me on top after guiding Snake Dike.

Tork

climber

Yosemite

Feb 16, 2015 - 07:34am PT

Perfect!

10b4me

climber

Feb 16, 2015 - 07:52am PT

Any skiing with a 50 lb pack in the backcountry is nothing more than survival skiing

Craig Fry

Trad climber

So Cal.

Feb 16, 2015 - 08:32am PT

What about skiing Half Dome!!!!!!

The cable route, or maybe even Snake Dike with enough Snow,
or is there never enough snow?

Todd Eastman

climber

Bellingham, WA

Feb 16, 2015 - 09:55am PT

Any skiing with a 50 lb pack in the backcountry is nothing more than survival skiing

... but in one case, I had a new pair of Kazamas had way huge towering camber that I could only tame with a pig on my back...

Craig Fry

Trad climber

So Cal.

Feb 16, 2015 - 11:10am PT

In one way tele skiing is like Rock Climbing

You can do way more excellent skiing with only a light rack and chalk bag.
Or no rack at all, just a camel back and some tunes

Or you slug with heavy packs and max out at 5.6

Craig Fry

Trad climber

So Cal.

Feb 16, 2015 - 11:33am PT

Well you may need at 15 lb pack for some stuff, just like a medium rack and rope, like the below
Dana Couloir, that's not me, but I did ski it 3 times in the 90s

wilbeer

Mountain climber

Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,

Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2015 - 01:47pm PT

That Dana Col looks sweet!

So I headed out yesterday to ski

Numerous white outs,40 + mph winds and -3f when I left the house.

I skied up a 1400 ft aspect that rarely comes into condition.It faces the SW and takes awhile to fill in.

It was great skiing.
I got about half way down when I heard a loud rumble.

I stopped and looked back up hill,thinking it was an Avalanche.After all I was skiing a true landslide,it has been known to slide before.

It was not,It was Thunder and then more ,with a couple of flashes of lightning .All during a heavy snowfall.

Unreal.

Later ,that evening ,it ice rained,it was still -3f.

Two things I have never seen.

Did not someone already ski Half Dome?

wilbeer

Mountain climber

Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,

Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2015 - 04:02am PT

https://vimeo.com/73886410

http://www.mountainonline.com/look-east-skiers-storm-report-february-2015/

A friends article in Mountain.

This is what it looks like out my back door