slaphappy
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A version of this topic has been discussed before but I will toss my opinion out there once again. I ride in my plastic boots (Asolo AFS 5000) with strap on aluminum baseplate bindings on a 168 Glissade (plastic bindings are too flexible and break). Other than the fore-mentioned plate setup (have tried that as well) there is no better set up for edge control. (Be sure you have the ability to adjust the forward lean on your strap binding.) Although I have never used a splitboard I have friends who do and both have had reliability issues with them this season. Unless your purely using the setup as an approach tool, why sacrifice the performance on the way down by using a split board? Not to mention the difficulties when traversing on hardpack in ski mode. Snowshoes work well with plastic boots and I will sometimes bring along aluminum crampons as well. A proficient freeheeler is a bit faster on the way up but not by enough to sacrifice performance and adaptability.
The only drawback I have found is after five or six hours of riding your calves can take quite a beating, but the simple solution to that is to quit riding lift served areas! ![[hell no]](graemlins/hellno3d.gif)
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I have a TNF Assault (similar to the Bibler I-tent) and at under 5 pounds with vestibule, it rocks in the snow. Condensation has never been an issue. I have sat through sleet, rain, and snow storms without getting the least bit wet. It sets up in minutes. (none of that interior pole crap) I recommend it highly and I generally do not like TNF products. Only problem is I bought it on the REI Outlet so TNF doesn't make it anymore. (cost me only $300!) Might find one used. I disagree with Gene about a vestibule, unless it's ridiculously heavy, it makes cooking or melting snow tolerable/doable in nasty wind storms... unless of course you cook in the tent. (I do not) You can always leave it home if your really trying to cut weight. (mine is just under a pound and takes up minimal space)
* Oh yeah, the HUGE TNF logo on both sides suck!
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My lady finally decided to get rid of a few pair of climbing shoes that she never uses. Both pair are size EU 38 or US 6. The Stingers, although she said she used them, are brand new. The stickers are still on the bottoms. -$80 OBO The Indos may have been used once or twice but are next to new. They have the blk uppers and the grey non-marking soles. -$50 OBO Contact me by PM if you have any interest.
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But I'm an "idiot"...right Pope?
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Helmets at paradise!
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I've seen it and always wondered what they're protecting there noggins from. You would have to lay down and have someone kick you for it to have a purpose! Of course, that may be exactly what they are "practicing"! -
Bitchin is easiest.
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Hey!!!
Trask, what the hell happened to you bein a hick and runnin people over with heavy machinery?
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EPB- Weren't you sprayin about soloin passed us common roped folks? and you can't figure out the frontpoints on a pair of Sabertooths? Somethin doesn't jive. I'm with rat.
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Hey Freddy!Unbutton your sweater, bend over and grab those tennies. You be taken it in the arse just like the rest of us this year!
* Snow has been damn fine so far, not a bad winter to be unemployed.
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Never been to Chossil Rock but it's gotta be better than the not-so-welded tuff on the Peninsula. Railroad spikes might be a better form of "protection".
Oh yeah, that's if you can find the "rock" under the foot thick bed of moss.
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Smith Rocks is bolted, "hard" mud. The shit on the Olympics IS bolted mud!
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I have had a pair of the Kong aluminum for three years and they get used far more than my steel. I'm not farmiliar with the Camp version but I doubt they are much different. Money well spent!
* Oh and although they do wear down a bit faster, they have performed well on hardpack, low angle ice and a bit of rock. No bent or broken points so far.[ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: slaphappy ]
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15 days, one half ounce, feelin great!
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No yah didn't!
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RURP you "smell" like Pope.
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Funny I have WIDE feet and I have been using AFS 8000's for two seasons.
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It doesn't!
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The transitions from boots to snowshoes to snowboard back to snowshoes etc. can suck, but the ride down...!
The split board may be your solution. I can't say, I'm not gonna speculate about something I haven't done but I hear traversing on windpack is "challenging". I'll be stickin with plastics, snowshoes, snowboard, and my aluminum crampons when necessary. -
If your only approaching , plastic boots will work. You will not have "fun" skiing in plastic boots! get the Dynafits, good boots.
*But why do you want to go backwards and learn to ski when you already snowboard? Start running, you'll be passin skiers in no time! (Passed a few yesterday myself
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Are beacons a body recovery tool?
in The Gear Critic
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After triggering a slide this past Saturday that could easily have buried a large group, in a very unlikely area, it is clear to me that I may need to reconsider my opinion of avalanche beacons. Worse than suffocating myself would be living with the fact that I did not take every precaution possible to maintain the safety of my lady. (she had been standing in it's path only minutes previous to my releasing it) I have always considered them a false sense of security and have tried to use knowledge and good judgement as my "tool." (arguable whether not carrying one is good judgement)
My question is: Have any of you been buried and succesfully been located and saved by a beacon? or have you located and saved someone with a beacon?
I am likely going to purchase a set either way, but I have never known anyone who has been saved by using one. The next time I feel a bit "ify" about the snow pack stability and hear the little voice in my head say "if it slides you have your beacon-it won't slide anyway" I can remind myself that they are only useful for finding dead bodies and possibly reconsider.