That is how they are supposed to work, AFAIK. The rope's job is to absorb enrgy when it catches a fall. If that energy is spread out over time, then the peak impact should be lower.
You have good coffee taste...
My favourite coffee shops are unfortunately 7 hours away. Victrola in Seattle, The Black Drop in B-Ham, and Elysian Room in Vancouver. There is so little good coffee near here it is sad.
Lou Dawson reccomends in his Dynafit FAQ to use only dull/soft objects for chipping the ice out of the toe piece. Otherwise you are prone to scratching up the topsheet, and making it more prone to icing.
I just sent you guys a trouble ticket -
You can ignore where I said I can't get to the superduper secret bit of the board.
For some reason I thought I was logged in from the old page... but the new page didn't agree, and so I logged in tehre..
Shouldn't have to verify anything, IMO. If you are on belay, you should be on belay... That said, if you have the time, it's not such a bad idea to wait for acknowledgement.
I have never really had an icing problem with my dynafits. That's just one season of experience though (25+days) in interior snow. My gf has used them for about 5 seasons, and has never complained of any icing issues either.
If that is a Flemish bend in the pic above, then it should be OK. It is the standard knot for joining two ropes together in the BC/PEP Rope Rescue program.