cracked

Rope?

"just say NO to groomed snow!"

I don't know about YOUR rat tail, but MY rat tail doesn't increase drag. I'll admit, though, it is indeed the least inefficient of all skin systems.

The rat tail doesn't increase drag, that's the nice part of the system. RIP IT UP! LOL!

But then bliss would be soulless!

Then either the tension in the skin must be HUGE, or the glue must be very poor. Or maybe it results from the skin peeling up at the edges when the middle is stretched? Weird. Either way, the rat tail rules! Though I have used the euro tip thing without problems, too.

How would it 'make the skin peel'? It's a shear force, which is perpendicular to the direction that the skin peels. So how would it do that?

Bullshit. Just make sure you attach the clip, then stick the skin to the ski, so the glue isn't stressed. I don't know about you, but my 110mm skins are a bit bulky to put down my shirt.

I have never used skins without tail clips, I see it as extra insurance. But I don't have a huge amount of experience, either.

BD has an instructional vid on their site.

Whatever. Ice climbing is fun.

I think I would climb better if I could selectively shut down certain parts of my brain. Thinking is aid!

Grrrrrr.... Go hang out with Harry Pi ya pinko commie... I'm calling Tom Ridge on your subversive ways. A bunch of grown men with steriod-shrivelled testicles wearing tights who run into each other in hot pursuit of an inflated semi-sphere. Anyone who watches such worthless entertainment is simply in denial of their failure as human beings. Nothing like watching someone else get some exercise while you eat potato chips and drink beer, eh?

Dave's too snart for his own good. But football sux.

You'd have to move the heel piece back to reduce the chance of releasing the heel when landing a jump or otherwise severely flexing the ski. If you move the heelpiece forward, it'll make it easier to release.

High avy danger.

I got five infected emails, and while they mention a zip file in the text, there isn't any attachment as far as I can tell. Does it infect your computer as soon as you open it?

I don't know what it is, but it sure looks like fun!

Can't someone delete all the pathetic whining threads? This is beyond lame, everybody should STFU. Trask was stale, boring, and getting on my nerves, I can't honestly say I miss him. Spray contributes the least to this site. This is cascadeclimbers, not cascadesprayers. Shut up and go climb something!

When get to go to Lilloet again I'm going to take a plumb bob, an inclinometer, and a tape measure so I can be sure of the grades.

Are you allowed to grab the tree? Or does that make it WI4?

Some area boundaries are there for a reason.

The alp wing's extra length is noticeable when compared to real (BD) tools. Dunno about the tech wing.