Pate
Trad climber
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I'm in agreement w/ Steve. I cut up an old kayak hull to make my old Asolo's "Plastic" in '87.
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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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t*r
Trad climber
high in the sky with the clouds and snow
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those are boots. crazy boots!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 21, 2009 - 02:43pm PT
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Pure granolahead funk, to be sure!
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Pate
Trad climber
The Lost Highway
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Nov 21, 2009 - 02:46pm PT
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Yeah buddy. Forever.
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Pate
Trad climber
The Lost Highway
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Nov 22, 2009 - 09:55am PT
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 10:17am 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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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 22, 2009 - 10:40am 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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TMJesse
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 11:28am 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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Pate
Trad climber
The Lost Highway
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Nov 22, 2009 - 11:32am PT
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WHAT a spine back there just begging to be crushed!
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matty
Trad climber
los arbor
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Nov 24, 2009 - 12:04pm 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 - 01:23pm 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 - 02:19pm 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 - 06:18pm 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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Pate
Trad climber
The Lost Highway
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Dude- are you gettin some into Bear Creek canyon there? Where's that at??????? I see the KYGO sticker, so it's gotta be CO.
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