[Splitboard - Bent Voile binding plates.]

Nah I didnt have the climbing bars up, we were navigating twisty terrain, and i find the climbing bars make that trickier, cos i am not the worlds best skier!! Yeah I would periodically clear the snow bunchups but there was a lot of fricking snow. 50-100cm unconsolidated coastal cement powder. So maybe it was just freaky conditions that kinda put more stress than normal on the plates. And the multiday pack as well. I will contact Voile and see what they can do for me. But actually have given them to a mate who is a machinist, he is going to try to restore them to their unwarped state. Thanks

[Splitboard - Bent Voile binding plates.]

Whats the general experience with the Voile binding plates. I was out in some heavy BC coastal powder touring recently.. Only got to ride once in a 4 day avy course, but we covered a lot of ground. I was choked to find my binding plates had bent from the build up snow under my feet over those days touring.. Anyone else had a similar experience? I will be communicating my dissatisfaction to Voile. Would have thought they would have stood up to more. They were brand new.

[Indoor Ice Climbing gyms in Scotland...]

Saw in a recent High mountain mag that they have a couple of new Ice climbing gyms in Scotland and England.. http://www.icefactor.co.uk/

Given the season is so short on the west coast, who knows one day it could be a vancouver reality, especially with the global thermostat set to "WARM"

[Splitboard Mountaineering Question]

I am newish to the Splitboarding game, but i have used my FLOW bindings with anything from Snowboarding boots, to hiking boots. I would think that you could put any type of boot in the FLOW bindings and get a solid result.

[Inside the mind of a potential avalanche victim]

Excellent thanks for posting the article, saw him present this recently and couldnt remember all the aspects...

[Cycling vs Running]

My gym just gotta kickass piece of treadmill type equipment that goes up to a 45 degree gradient... Well apparently, I normally just take it to the 22.5 Degree gradient. Nothing like the actual body dynamics of walking up a really steep hill. If anyone is interested I can find out all the details for you to hassle your gym with... Its sweet cos I can do a 30 minute session at lunch and get 600m vertical gain over a 2400m distance... Loving that.