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climber
The Biggest Little City
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diggin in tha crates:
three pinning and chillin somewhere high on the sierra high route
same hat different day different slide. humphreys north couloir
climbing the north face of the aiguille d'argentiere. good conditions here, but scary black ice in the middle zones, opted instead for couloir barbey. i'll be back!!!
a reno classic, peavine!
morning shred seshuan, combe maudit aka kuffner arete
rock chute, snow creek 18 hole pga-land
wooo hooo fired up for !invierno viente diez!
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Dmo
climber
S. Lake Tahoe, CA
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Good times.
skiing down is always more pleasant than knee bashing through the choss.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
somewhere approaching Ajna
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Excuse me while I clean the drool off my keyboard.... NICE everyone!
Eric
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10b4me
Ice climber
the reticient boulder at the Happies
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great picks.
now where is that early season snow?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Somewhere in the Cascades...
Don't ask, but check out the state-of-the-art gear!
Anybody who guesses what the strap under my boot is holding
on wins a prize. I haven't thought up the prize yet 'cause I'm
pretty sure it isn't gonna be won.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Some home made support cuffs to help your ankles out?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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You perspicacious dudes are correct in theory but these weren't
no funky home-made lash-ups. They were made by Galibier and called
Rigid Rands. I might own the only pair in the US. Still got 'em and used 'em the last time I went telying! I'll post a pic.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Here you can see how beefy they are and why they work so well.
The metal heel piece which nestles down against the mid-sole.
The buckles are also adjustable. This rig turns Asolo 3 pins into edgeing machines. Since they come up behind so far sometimes I just sit back and ski powder like a civilized skier. The duck tape holds on extra padding.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Ladies and gents, the $5 upgrade! Asolo Summit outers and the liners and cuffs from pair of Nordica spiral fracture specials, Skiied on this funk for decades! LOL
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 21, 2009 - 05:43pm PT
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Pure granolahead funk, to be sure!
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 01:17pm PT
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Wow! Totally genius with the boots!
I tele ski, and snowboard, and when it comes to descents in powder, I'd rather be on a snowboard. Problem is, the technology hasn't evolved *enough* for me to plop down another $1500 on a backcountry snowboard setup. I have an old Burton Custom. It sort of works... too heavy on the feet, and I wanted to use it with mountaineering boots, but with the weight and no backing (using race plate bindings), I could barely control it with those mountaineering boots. But it snowboards great with traditional snowboard boots and bindings (still too heavy for going uphill though)
I want a lighter board with clip (race-plate-like) bindings (Voile is now making these), and I want there to be a backing so I can use it with mountaineering boots (not happening yet, though I could use it with randonee boots, which I didn't like).
Needs more (side to side) control/stiffness while skiing (e.g. traversing steep, icy slopes)... the Burton system was pretty terrible at this.
So... I gave up before I really got started, and learned to tele, which I like very much as well.
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 01:23pm PT
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I like going places, on these:
But they are hard to turn, when one wants to...
(it was also a bit icy)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 22, 2009 - 01:40pm PT
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holy Moley! Reielly, Grossman, far be it from me to preach to the leather clad trads, but they do make plastic boots for that stuff....
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 02:28pm PT
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Marty D. Cruising spring corn near Carson Pass 1993
[Re-post] Mr. Timid and Marty that day
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matty
Trad climber
los arbor
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Nov 24, 2009 - 03:04pm PT
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Somewhere in the french alps:
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Ricardo Cabeza
Trad climber
Warner, NH
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Nov 24, 2009 - 04:23pm PT
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Cleo,
I wouldn't reccomend anything plastic for your boot setup. You won't get the flex or feel for the board on your descents, at all. Having a feel for or connection with the mt is one of the biggest factors for success.
A split board it really the setup you want to get with for BC snowboarding.
I'm assuming that with the progression of backcountry, there are leather(or synthetic) boots that accomodate crampons.
Otherwise, if you don't need crampons, you don't need stiff boots. Kick steps, it's easy and much more comfortable in cozy snowboard boots than plastics.
Lighter and simpler is better sometimes.
Most of what you're going for ( I assume) is the gnar . Powder couloirs or chutes. Skinning up on a split board will be much easier than walking or snowshoeing.
Just my thoughts.
Best,
Brandon-
EDIT: I just re-read your post and see that you get into some ice against the fall line. My opinion still stands. Yer not gonna die, and the descent will be that much sweeter!
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Nov 24, 2009 - 05:19pm PT
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Teaching my doughter Alexa how to Ski,
She loves to carve the Tele turns now at 16 years young.
Tele'Ho
Every one have a great Thanksgiveng.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 25, 2009 - 09:18pm PT
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Jaybro- Right about the time that my granola was getting too stale to work with, I graduated to plastic and big sidecut boards. Took some spectacular dives, at first, when I would angulate hard and fly out over the shovels!!!
Never have put on downhill equipment but I catch all the air that I could want on my long Burton Supermodel.
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Josh Nash
Social climber
riverbank ca
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Dec 30, 2009 - 05:24pm PT
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first time nordic skiing. rented em cheap and had at it.
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