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Ordered a set of Pure Freerides this morning. I had a lot of people telling me to go that way, both on this board and off of it. Thank you for all of your help. Those that do have them, did you shim your bindings at all? I know some bindings, you want to put a plate in the back of the binding.

So after a year of cutting my teeth on some 404s, I'm in the process of upgrading my AT setup. I just got a pair of K2 Shuksans and wondering which bindings to go with: Silvretta Pure or Fritschi Explore. Given how much I have invested in my boots, Dynafit is not an option. I don't ski hard enough to need a DIN up to 12 like the Freeride Plus offers. The best way to describe my skiing is a few miles approach, a few runs on some slopes, back to the car. I had one person tell me the problem with the Silvretta Pure is how it is manufactured, when you are in free heel mode, the binding shrinks towards your toes. Thanks for your help

Way to go guys. Put in the calf exercises on Saturday it looks like!! Glad you had some fun.

It's Chicago!! I grew up there. There is maybe 1 in every 100,000 people there that has been higher than Skokie. And people that write for web sites of TV stations are on the lowest level in the newsroom.

Who's Reardon? The only Reardon I know of has a big old beard, robbed a bank and was a closer for the Minnesota Twins. So that about sums up how I feel about the Golden Piton award.

I like the third picture, mainly because it's the point of pushing off and thinking two things almost simultaneously, "This is going to be fun" and "Was this a good idea?"

I usually have a more manly, deeper baritone falling scream, that or I begin swearing and it gets cut off mid-Fu**

Having lived in Anacortes, I'm slightly partial to Erie. Have the ticks come out yet?

Ooooh! I am so, so sorry! I hope those two guys made it up to you for such S & M.

Nicely done!! From my experiences, it's always the short, overlooked mountains in the Cascades that I've had the biggest pucker factor on. BTW, the second pic with the traverse is friggin rad. The angle and the light makes it very Dali.

Tell me about it, there's so much snow I've done more backcountry days than inbounds. BC = 8 , Resort = 2. Add in three snowshoeing trips into the mix too.

And think, when it melts some, you have some bump skiing!! I should tell me friends that do the stairs as a workout to strap on some boards.

Very, very nice, even if the goal wasn't completed. But the big gear question on have is what liquor did you bring with ya?

This never gets old.

Saw this last month on Lou Dawson's blog. My train of thought is to get the hell out and if that is not possible, to clear as much debris from my face as possible during burial.

Where is this? I know I've been to this vantage before and I can't remember where for the life of me!!

Red Mtn

You're not alone with the wiggle. 404s are just not performance bindings and that's just it. I don't ever expect any precesion turning with them, but I do avoid the trees so they must do the job. As for DIN, go higher up but not too high. No AT binding will release as safely as a downhill binding, a sacrifice in their usefulness.

Bugaboos!!!!

Why are you listening to other people?

It was a real crazy storm. We got 28 inches here southwest of Denver, yet only 6 inches fell at Copper Mtn, but well over a foot by Berthoud Pass. It's all a dry snow that was accompanied by heavy winds. Heading up to the hills tomorrow to get a little taste before flying back east for the holidays. And I'm not going anywhere near any prime slide spots. Tree skiing for me thank you.

That's a cute cat. I had one that had six toes on her front paws. Very good for catching bugs.

Thing needs a skateboard to get around. (Insert: Just like {name of flammer}'s mom!!)

Can't wait for this summer. You ticked two of the three climbs I want to get on when we head up there.

Ding! Ding! My new executive producer's philosphy: "If we don't have video, we don't run it." Oh and also more useless celebrity news!! I'm sorry, has anybody seen my pride laying around here someplace?