tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69401638807727208302024-03-16T10:11:21.008-07:00Cold ThistleDanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comBlogger1069125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-64233029902871087072023-11-28T13:51:00.000-08:002023-11-28T13:54:35.240-08:00Warm feet? Do I want a Double or Single boot? <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i> Or maybe better asked, "How to avoid this?!"</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCh190CiQsf2S-kQChK93BH_qrhm7NfGMToZ5dy9vnHYOFv09X5ljPh9SaLtzGyxB_0IAuHe6UvU6OaauBo5cDTWxmDTQ9lz9xZ1y4hqc1OsmVCCV-qMx5_pM7LNix4C1JsCXen7BQi9cskfbHjTy2T8QjjvVIDQTuDRwMyA4XGZWNOUZRanbxCpv6EY8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCh190CiQsf2S-kQChK93BH_qrhm7NfGMToZ5dy9vnHYOFv09X5ljPh9SaLtzGyxB_0IAuHe6UvU6OaauBo5cDTWxmDTQ9lz9xZ1y4hqc1OsmVCCV-qMx5_pM7LNix4C1JsCXen7BQi9cskfbHjTy2T8QjjvVIDQTuDRwMyA4XGZWNOUZRanbxCpv6EY8=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />This is the Internet. So, the following is basically a "rinse and repeat" of earlier info posted prior.<div><br /><div>I'll get to the boot question in a minute. But if you have never had cold feet, feel free to skip this one. Cold feet have been a reality for me since my very first outdoor endeavors, literally starting in the 3rd Grade! That was a long time ago and I have learned to manage cold feet for the most part, even after some serious chemo induced neuropathy, but warm feet are still an ongoing process, decades later.<p></p><p>I can barely remember now, crying from the pain in my feet as a 3rd grader, and twenty years later the pain of having to walk off Mt Rainier in cold mid-winter condition in only my socks. My feet swollen and frost bit from a bad bivy on top of Liberty Cap and unable to wear my boots once my feet unthawed.</p><p>I like technical gear and those discussions. But let's start this conversation with some basics that have little to do with the gear you buy. This part is free, just needs to be installed on your hard drive, located between the ears, and is worth more than any pair of boots.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQGeqU8sTW8F3rPF5YOJNcCpAp2PvP67S6lLjHLfRSUTsvqzXRXsRt0Uldim1x2eOrsFcYMZXjpdr0m145jwjwgvMj017z8ttQxSuDd30x7KYns1cJ3RnmqV8Fe-hehgey7lHbdVtte7ySs_SD-W_CJLYsdQqK8H4FucBMZSXIA5Zs1y7WuUOk2KhRGgo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQGeqU8sTW8F3rPF5YOJNcCpAp2PvP67S6lLjHLfRSUTsvqzXRXsRt0Uldim1x2eOrsFcYMZXjpdr0m145jwjwgvMj017z8ttQxSuDd30x7KYns1cJ3RnmqV8Fe-hehgey7lHbdVtte7ySs_SD-W_CJLYsdQqK8H4FucBMZSXIA5Zs1y7WuUOk2KhRGgo=w427-h640" width="427" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Been a while since I have made a serious blog post. But if you can make use of the search function here, in the content are some comments on staying dry to stay warm. </p><p>It took me a long time to figure out a lot of my cold feet issues are/were caused by wet feet. I now suspect my feet naturally perspire more than the next guy's.</p><p>VBL socks and antiperspirants can help there. I have used both to good effect. I have climbed a lot in some very cold conditions, (-40C and elevations up to 22,000ft ). I've only had minor frost bite once, that winter in Mt Rainier in 1976. </p><p>Bottom line on wet feet? If your socks get wet from sweat your feet will eventually get cold. You can protect the insulation in your socks with a VBL (but they tend to slide around some) or by using a good dose of rub-on antiperspirant. I like antiperspirant and a thin sock, relying in the boot for insulation.</p><p>More on the boots shortly.</p><p>You need to know the source of the problem before you can solve it, right? So, no wet feet!</p><p>That is a good start. A number of reasons I can now list as to why I froze one of my feet on Rainier. All, but one, were trivial mistakes by a rookie. The same mistake, most make, is the culprit almost every time.</p><p><b><i>Dehydration.</i></b></p><p>Get dehydrated and tired in cold weather and you are very likely to become a frost-bite victim. Simple as that. Both dehydration and physical exhaustion are pretty much a part of winter alpinism. Do your part. Stay hydrated, and go out physically fit.</p><p><b><i>Fitness?</i></b></p><p>No one wants to be a mouth breather. And not everyone is Colin Haley. If you can climb as fast as Colin, you might get up the Cassin, unharmed, in single boots. If you plan of belaying all the mixed pitches and stay a couple of nights out on the Cassin, best to take a good pair of double boots and enough fuel (which means bringing a stove) to stay hydrated. </p><p>Colin wasn't the only one on the mtn that year (2018) in singles.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">"5) Better gear.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">Compared to my previous attempts, my crampons, ice axes, helmet, umbilicals, and clothing were all lighter weight. Also, this time I carried single boots rather than double boots, and <u>no stove</u>."</span></p><p><a href="https://colinhaley.com/cassin-ridge-speed-solo/">Cassin Ridge Speed Solo – Skagit Alpinism (colinhaley.com)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Common sense once you figure it all out.</p><p><b><i>The black set of toes above?</i></b> Not mine thankfully. And I wasn't on that particular climb. But it was one of the coldest nights I have spent in the mountains sitting in a tent below them. They had an open bivy. Temps lower than the climber and his gear were prepared for. But I'd guess it was the dehydration and wet feet (from hard climbing all day) that were the real culprits. It wasn't fitness or a gear issue IMO. </p><p>Look closely at any climbing frostbite injury and very likely something similar will jump out as the cause.</p><p>Cigarettes? Not an uncommon suggestion. <span face="Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Nicotine</span><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #71777d; font-size: 14px;"> is indeed a vasodilator</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif;">.</span></span> Best to do some more reading on the subject if that is the answer you prefer. I'll stick with dry feet and a better water intake :)</p><p>"<span style="color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 1rem;">Vasodilators </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 1rem;">dilate arteries and/or veins. This results in increased blood flow and lowered blood pressure. Vasodilators are commonly used to treat</span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 1rem;"> </span><a data-component="link" data-ordinal="1" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" href="https://www.verywellhealth.com/symptoms-of-hypertension-1763965" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a55ad; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">high blood pressure</a><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 1rem;"> </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 1rem;">(hypertension) and heart conditions."</span> </p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i>"<span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Hello friends with terrible toe circulation, have any of you tried a full double boot and found it to be significantly warmer than a lighter tech option?" BM</span></i></b></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Not an uncommon question.</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Still, I don't think it is the right question on how to solve "cold feet".</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Good hydration, dry feet, and right up there, as the "most important" basis for warm feet, is boot fit. <b><i>If the boot doesn't fit well you are simply screwed from the get-go.</i></b></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Almost everyone will find one brand of boot a better fit than another brand of boot. The boot you may have your heart set on (and your pocketbook) may be the worst boot for your feet. A smart buyer will use the Internet and their credit card to order in every boot that you think will do the trick and rug test them all for fit. Simply return what you know won't work and sort the rest in the comfort of your own home. The results may surprise you.</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dry feet? Check.</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Manage your fluid intake? Check</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Perfect boot fit? Check</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The perfect boot? Ya, not so much ;)</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A few have used fruit boots on Polar Circus. No need really, as the climbing isn't all that difficult. I've used double boots there several times in cold weather and really light weight tech boots there in nice weather and Spring conditions. 8hr suffer fests in the cold or 4hr romps under blue skies. Pick your poison for the boot and the conditions.</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i>But that is what alpine and ice climbing are all about, right? </i></b></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A lot of difference between "perfect" conditions and a bad day out. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Photo is from a few winters back. A bunch of us were trapped on top of the Midi in a storm. Notice what the locals are wearing for boots. I was the only one waiting for the tram the next morning, in single boots. And <u>very</u> glad I didn't have to spend the night in the loo again in singles.</span></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNyigwqXVreuH-gzvnkHK37K8FLDqnGwsZbq8fmV6isvdc2EVWsq3U8PdeN2zQj4Jb7YJ9gl1CfbLA93YtYIUdVBzRIFquGCEHA3NIy4JRER593cztMNiPsXDZRfnmCMD7bbT_nh56Db_vE4uB14TeOSjsp7qFqZtvvoOWwaOh2Q0gE756v8to3iiHflQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNyigwqXVreuH-gzvnkHK37K8FLDqnGwsZbq8fmV6isvdc2EVWsq3U8PdeN2zQj4Jb7YJ9gl1CfbLA93YtYIUdVBzRIFquGCEHA3NIy4JRER593cztMNiPsXDZRfnmCMD7bbT_nh56Db_vE4uB14TeOSjsp7qFqZtvvoOWwaOh2Q0gE756v8to3iiHflQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Technical ground in double boots? Sure. But every ounce on your feet eventually adds up to pounds on your back. </span><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWPltbvq17KqIPCHcNme46fQ8CDNBLXs9oDa5Xh7e87CNqupRzYvc24fJpOzpLsIymdxhWtbNSnFXRqBoLLb9rI5_MmnHxt5Yika30abmrcCLDmaI4piqCbbcsFIac8ZsUMpHp5Z4f-S4PeDVVwqJc6sa_GeEzqXRUdkGcDOcLt-3yub_WHt4qAMDTbz4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWPltbvq17KqIPCHcNme46fQ8CDNBLXs9oDa5Xh7e87CNqupRzYvc24fJpOzpLsIymdxhWtbNSnFXRqBoLLb9rI5_MmnHxt5Yika30abmrcCLDmaI4piqCbbcsFIac8ZsUMpHp5Z4f-S4PeDVVwqJc6sa_GeEzqXRUdkGcDOcLt-3yub_WHt4qAMDTbz4=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If I can stay warm, I will always choose a lighter boot. The cost of the wrong choice may be steep.</span></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">You must ask yourself, is it $1000 total, or $100 per toe?" JJ</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfCe9TRLI2e58OnbMax3aNwMkxoXuijptQPRM8QDKtO53ENbeshB36vHOd-U66YJv0pXMrvbOs7XF8--ge5uXdKHVGkqseHWPtTEO2c1YJO2v8l5Ie6XbjZsQFXHYMMbN4Fg-FLOkUL-t2z6Jj3spHOYMq5cjuZJ7yChf8OB4wAFWSEsjhHlvX6CkjcPM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3795" data-original-width="2454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfCe9TRLI2e58OnbMax3aNwMkxoXuijptQPRM8QDKtO53ENbeshB36vHOd-U66YJv0pXMrvbOs7XF8--ge5uXdKHVGkqseHWPtTEO2c1YJO2v8l5Ie6XbjZsQFXHYMMbN4Fg-FLOkUL-t2z6Jj3spHOYMq5cjuZJ7yChf8OB4wAFWSEsjhHlvX6CkjcPM=w414-h640" width="414" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">Last but not least. How many pair of boots do you own? For a long time I owned a pair of mtn boots and a pair of rock shoes. It was all I could afford. </span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">These days I own 4 different pairs of mtn boots. All sorted by weight and warmth. Overdone? Sure. But having warm and dry feet, and the least amount of weight/bulk on my feet makes the $ spent per toe worth it to me.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">My "old" double boots (the Scarpa 6000 I wrote about below) are still working fine. But there are a few new ones I'd love to try. But up front, the boot needs to fit <b><i>your</i></b> foot and your use, not mine. Good luck!</span></p><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2013/01/true-love-dane-and-his-boots.html">Cold Thistle: True Love!.... Scarpa 6000 mods</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="xv55zj0 x1vvkbs x1rg5ohu xxymvpz" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; max-width: calc(100% - 26px); overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: middle;"><div class="x3nfvp2 x1n2onr6 xxymvpz xh8yej3" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 295.948px;"><div class="xdl72j9 x1iyjqo2 xs83m0k xeuugli xh8yej3" style="flex: 1 1 auto; font-family: inherit; min-width: 0px; width: 295.948px;"><div class="xmjcpbm x1tlxs6b x1g8br2z x1gn5b1j x230xth x9f619 xzsf02u x1rg5ohu xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x193iq5w x1mzt3pk x1n2onr6 xeaf4i8 x13faqbe" style="background-color: var(--comment-background); border-radius: 18px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="x1y1aw1k xn6708d xwib8y2 x1ye3gou" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 8px 12px;"><div class="x1lliihq xjkvuk6 x1iorvi4" style="font-family: inherit; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" lang="en" style="display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2013/07/why-double-boot.html">Cold Thistle: Why a double boot?</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And finally, all viable, modern options, to extend your comfort level of your own boots.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505;">Lenz socks</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505;">Thermrup insoles</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505;">chemical toe warmers</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p></p></div></div>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-37150999527671817432023-11-25T10:29:00.000-08:002023-11-30T21:44:45.922-08:00FS Dynafit Blacklight boots size 29. <p> <span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">FS New (unworn/unmolded/hang tags intact) Dynafit Blacklight boots, size 29, <b><i> $600 shipped CON US</i></b>. Venmo or Pay Pal if you pay the fees. Neat boot. Lighter and stiffer than a TLT6P Just not a good fit for my feet. </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVxb2nOzxefq8UXgKiXAYmUTRDlqfA5hiJLFdxZPL3fKYtPr9OiAC72xS2Oz1tBjmDS1P-z1zHVdTkTIpj2aCkbNHrgQZppeQXevhrM50R5RSHDoIGMEy4xLuj4QD-t95S5ETM1gFNvCwMvHquoRQiN1mvpMjcd6c9lqW1fqNHGdWMFKROSI9fye2o7wY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVxb2nOzxefq8UXgKiXAYmUTRDlqfA5hiJLFdxZPL3fKYtPr9OiAC72xS2Oz1tBjmDS1P-z1zHVdTkTIpj2aCkbNHrgQZppeQXevhrM50R5RSHDoIGMEy4xLuj4QD-t95S5ETM1gFNvCwMvHquoRQiN1mvpMjcd6c9lqW1fqNHGdWMFKROSI9fye2o7wY=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-57827819861519274972023-11-11T00:56:00.000-08:002023-11-11T00:56:34.440-08:00Movement's, "Alp Tracks", series of ski, plus 1<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A meter of new snow! The 2021/22 Movement 106 in its element. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoK3LwmbNHUgZnXpwqob8OU9a5M184eS-f2g0szGQiYcquSLdJLsig1vf_7rnSs0YdQYN--I5OCUDQ0UtMbubJAaiRZnBN434apYfGCTtMcuz-OqeUthhIAWzD9-ps5Cp8P_kgsJig5upXnvBDtIzUp_OEZ45UdsaOI84U_LgFaRuqjccPpkayRSSt/s1124/movement.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoK3LwmbNHUgZnXpwqob8OU9a5M184eS-f2g0szGQiYcquSLdJLsig1vf_7rnSs0YdQYN--I5OCUDQ0UtMbubJAaiRZnBN434apYfGCTtMcuz-OqeUthhIAWzD9-ps5Cp8P_kgsJig5upXnvBDtIzUp_OEZ45UdsaOI84U_LgFaRuqjccPpkayRSSt/w480-h640/movement.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>15 years ago Dave Goode, in Provo Utah, was making carbon fiber skis that still have yet to be surpassed for weight.</p><p>Ten years ago Dynafit did a run of very light weight touring ski that covered 3 different widths from 78mm to 98mm underfoot. For what they were, all of them still skis exceptionally well for their width and weight as a touring skis. And IMO all are still exceptional skis by any standard.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">Here are some numbers for comparison:</span></p><p>The Nanga Parbat 80mm</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">171 x 80mm Nanga Parbat </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red;">1052g</span></strong></p><p>The Cho Oyu 88mm</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">174 x 89mm Cho Oyu </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">1180g</strong></p><p>and the Denali 98mm</p><p>176 x 98 Denali </p><p><strong style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">1299/1259 = 1279g average</strong></p><p><strong style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">1294/1305 = 1300g average </strong></p><p>Ten years on now, the general touring skis have gotten wider and overall lighter for the most part. But few have match let alone surpassed that run on the earlier Dynafit skis for the weight compared to the width under foot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Movement's skis for 2022 and 2023? Construction?</p><ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding-inline: revert; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ULTRALIGHT CARBON</li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wood core, ultralight paulownia</li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DOUBLE PLATE TITANAL</li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BASE SPEED</li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">RACE EDGE</li></ul><div>Tour width skis available in the men's specific ski? (Thy also have women's specific skis in similar</div><div>widths)</div><div><br /></div><div>Weights listed <b>are</b> actual from my own skis.</div><div><br /></div><div>This ski has a slightly different construction. More on it coming shortly.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Race Pro 77.</div><div>77mm 838/828g per ki</div><div><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">833g average on my pair (161)</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sVtzcZ54ygOTnjTTquiESqo6tKaxw3AdOAa1k42JA6G2WMYNoN1PBDYLPIAUdtp5Ceum6403Z_9w30tNAknVMg_p8UqPf13xJyCV5uDIUniU09RDEwpwwhI-czCtkdvzguVB7a2tPbACOLkPfoDOvESQIFlI1J7k_F1-LlLKmZEv9-7Af2ViII6o/s400/race-pro-77-400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="80" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sVtzcZ54ygOTnjTTquiESqo6tKaxw3AdOAa1k42JA6G2WMYNoN1PBDYLPIAUdtp5Ceum6403Z_9w30tNAknVMg_p8UqPf13xJyCV5uDIUniU09RDEwpwwhI-czCtkdvzguVB7a2tPbACOLkPfoDOvESQIFlI1J7k_F1-LlLKmZEv9-7Af2ViII6o/s320/race-pro-77-400.jpg" width="64" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b>8</b></span><b>5mm</b></div><div>2022 version</div><div><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">968g (161)</span></div></div><div><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">This is a ski I took on a local 20 mile ridge traverse. I'd done the traverse before on 65mm x 161cm race skis. My day sucked because of that choice in skis. Snow was really wet and the majority of the traverse is flat or slightly uphill until the last 1000 ft drop. My race skins failed mid trip. Life got old fast. I ended up walking in knee deep, wet snow, for much of that trip. The skkis were too skinny and the skins simply sucked. This time around I used Movement's clip attach skis, which were great even after, literally, dozens of transitions. It was an outstanding combination for that particular trip. Nothing I own was going to make it any better than the Movement 85. That traverse is a lot better with no snow, on a mtn bike :)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1XVu9er5mH1xZ8k7aucj48uLXetIDW0376XJihitn_zQPyut6S3axTSf7HxqYfY57eSKZpkXM_apQoGYzSHa3y_guIkkPA4FejUPjjQDWknvZQMbJp2G2HbkSY-zpcOA6E1GKxkEqU_8pQYt2BfTfEpKHSZFgoTdoI1XNd1vEwxrict2bVmF_lDrJ/s400/alp-tracks-85-400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="79" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1XVu9er5mH1xZ8k7aucj48uLXetIDW0376XJihitn_zQPyut6S3axTSf7HxqYfY57eSKZpkXM_apQoGYzSHa3y_guIkkPA4FejUPjjQDWknvZQMbJp2G2HbkSY-zpcOA6E1GKxkEqU_8pQYt2BfTfEpKHSZFgoTdoI1XNd1vEwxrict2bVmF_lDrJ/s320/alp-tracks-85-400.jpg" width="63" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p><b>90mm</b></p><p><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">1030g (162) This is a ski I don't own. It was a tossup between the 85 and the 90 underfoot. The "on sale" price point made that decision for me.</span></p></div><div><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjKum4WmgQeYJlLpTZFqvvLFsQ1EeFRsgjzQP_AfHet3VWu78TFkM3S66BRK5HSTmcfQDcLDBGhnXUTeO4Ou2GINcKvvy2Aqb1dNNMh1hFberf45xnHTaDr183aFbSGEAVyK17CIomSQy0oaIicXbUVBkKh7qzpIrB5UjN9boegNpXoCckbJOhO2r/s400/alp-tracks-90-ski-400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="79" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjKum4WmgQeYJlLpTZFqvvLFsQ1EeFRsgjzQP_AfHet3VWu78TFkM3S66BRK5HSTmcfQDcLDBGhnXUTeO4Ou2GINcKvvy2Aqb1dNNMh1hFberf45xnHTaDr183aFbSGEAVyK17CIomSQy0oaIicXbUVBkKh7qzpIrB5UjN9boegNpXoCckbJOhO2r/s320/alp-tracks-90-ski-400.jpg" width="63" /></a></div><br /><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><p><b>95mm</b></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">1108g (161cm) Short and stubby, intentionally.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oQHsw33SLnRZsQIprZnlNjIgfXi8gywcHiB_gG-rpvZLA8mumB9yKZ3GC8EzTzuNiePequJYWRrX8A0zmqTzakdURUjin8DPbhOBfepKWr_o_Em-hATdESgxNI06xp02QofzzG24OXsTi7qh-ms15cYg7w9t1FqrTr4Dt7hLA_MP1ESrHVCPgGXb/s400/alp-tracks-95-400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="79" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oQHsw33SLnRZsQIprZnlNjIgfXi8gywcHiB_gG-rpvZLA8mumB9yKZ3GC8EzTzuNiePequJYWRrX8A0zmqTzakdURUjin8DPbhOBfepKWr_o_Em-hATdESgxNI06xp02QofzzG24OXsTi7qh-ms15cYg7w9t1FqrTr4Dt7hLA_MP1ESrHVCPgGXb/s320/alp-tracks-95-400.jpg" width="63" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrcxrP1YcexKJh3DhEYimyrq53DByQ8Rk_z0aikabBJ1KhhY_GC9OFHa3m9T82aPkxYIZgPoutlP5oZjNZkbbcIm0EA9rv9tvWznB3NfxGuGvcwJDOXpE-Ln9JgWD9O9Shjih7s9xrYTOtpNlOZLGMbS63XB-NukiPzE6izf1UIcfWepteVMwGLdZ/s2048/P1090362.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrcxrP1YcexKJh3DhEYimyrq53DByQ8Rk_z0aikabBJ1KhhY_GC9OFHa3m9T82aPkxYIZgPoutlP5oZjNZkbbcIm0EA9rv9tvWznB3NfxGuGvcwJDOXpE-Ln9JgWD9O9Shjih7s9xrYTOtpNlOZLGMbS63XB-NukiPzE6izf1UIcfWepteVMwGLdZ/w640-h480/P1090362.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>98mm (2023/24) version</b></p><p>1273g/1275g per ski (178cm)</p><p>1274g average for my pair, which is outstanding.</p><p>This is the ski I bought to replace my aging 176cm, Dynafit Denali. The Denali was listed as 131-98-116, 21.5m and weighted in at a1290g. The 98 is listed as 126-98-124. 20.5m radius and came in at is 1270g. So the two skis are very close. A little less side cut, and hopefully, a little less hooky on the Movement in bad snow. We'll have to see if they ski good enough to justify carrying the extra 1 pound in ski weight over some of my lighter 161cm ski for Spring and Summer corn. I once thought so and skinned on a pair of Huascaran to Camp Muir. Huascarans were a full 2.5# heavier than either of the two LWT skis. For a run ski down from Muir to the bridge very fun, but a really dumb idea to carry an extra 2.5# on your feet..anywhere...if you can help it! I expect the 98i to be just as much fun as the 2023 106mm version, just in a bit less ski in overall weight. I'd guess it to be every but the ski the original Denali was and a good bit more playful and forgiving. Which should equate to an outstanding b/c touring ski. More to come on that choice and why.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxy65zk91Q5ZnGO15fxmsQJpolEsFK8v6Fyu-dsCKzQiMxGaqb5OFrnCUthohVVhAtmSFy5irsTpI6xbyy6NNAfmCcOYEhnKHd4q4hKV0Wws9SX3bKZiCbI6nW3SXuJYnDys4V-unmIb55OvbKPDtAqVMIWqICu2y2oixhzEb0xhmZXqG67grgcgu/s700/98.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxy65zk91Q5ZnGO15fxmsQJpolEsFK8v6Fyu-dsCKzQiMxGaqb5OFrnCUthohVVhAtmSFy5irsTpI6xbyy6NNAfmCcOYEhnKHd4q4hKV0Wws9SX3bKZiCbI6nW3SXuJYnDys4V-unmIb55OvbKPDtAqVMIWqICu2y2oixhzEb0xhmZXqG67grgcgu/s320/98.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""open sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>106mm (177cm) </b>2022 version 1340/1335g</p><div><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgOwnme2Bz1NeZrrhrtOF050eksa49ldpmCrTitw9CuHbDBFZ_vxVk9GKysw3w7HKjR7bYJq1Us2WIDF6n2ghHGm0Hkjrh25KgbC0GOMWgUhIe88JEsP4V013i-NUrM7GZyIXHMdbe6Q1G2Lach7girV-aEYHy3NCbBj3944opz8BECkSHnoFrwWN/s201/alp-tracks-lt-106-201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="36" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgOwnme2Bz1NeZrrhrtOF050eksa49ldpmCrTitw9CuHbDBFZ_vxVk9GKysw3w7HKjR7bYJq1Us2WIDF6n2ghHGm0Hkjrh25KgbC0GOMWgUhIe88JEsP4V013i-NUrM7GZyIXHMdbe6Q1G2Lach7girV-aEYHy3NCbBj3944opz8BECkSHnoFrwWN/s1600/alp-tracks-lt-106-201.jpg" width="36" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p>2023/24 version 1296/1283g</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNReCPZqxk8h4I_3C2SBO5Jq6KYg5qXsgjPTKj9PbIHjI4Uo9hs1JgkUAF1nlr40Q9IUUJY24tqgZPJXtUI4eJWkJohCTwuFD1DyHdSHYa-d088Yka_mO2lFr6WHmutZosqiOPJD0DpgMFcHya5ZsNzzRV_ct8A_gS4Rwk4EUpd-bwD3OOIUn8YRv3/s400/alp-tracks-106-ski-400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="81" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNReCPZqxk8h4I_3C2SBO5Jq6KYg5qXsgjPTKj9PbIHjI4Uo9hs1JgkUAF1nlr40Q9IUUJY24tqgZPJXtUI4eJWkJohCTwuFD1DyHdSHYa-d088Yka_mO2lFr6WHmutZosqiOPJD0DpgMFcHya5ZsNzzRV_ct8A_gS4Rwk4EUpd-bwD3OOIUn8YRv3/s320/alp-tracks-106-ski-400.jpg" width="65" /></a></div><br /><p>When I went looking for a new ski in Jan. of 2023 it wasn't like I needed a new pair of skis. The ski inventory in my shop is embarrassing in its selection. But some of them are getting a little long in tooth if not by technology, then by use. </p><p>At the start of the pandemic, I had sent a deposit for what I had hoped would be a fun 4 or 5 days of steep skiing. It took a couple of years a change of ownership before that deposit was finally honored. Turned out it was the biggest ski season in decades and the snowpack to match. I've never left home with the avi danger so high in the back country.</p><p>But that trip or at least the promise of that trip sent me looking for a new ski with at least the weight and surface area the older Dynafit Denali. </p><p>The Denali has been my go-to ski for a while now. It had replaced my much-loved Cho Oyu that I have spent even more time on. The Denali was a bit more forgiving, and I liked the added 10mm under foot, both of which bettered the Cho.</p><p>I have skis going from 65mm under foot, all the way to 138mm under foot. Usually more than one and between them a number of great skis that overlap on width. The Denali is 98 under foot. It was replaced by the Dhaulagiri @ 95mm underfoot. And eventually replaced again and again with a few tweaks by the Dynafit to arrive at the Blacklight 95, which is the current, touring oriented, 95mm from Dynafit.</p><p>I bought and skied on two different sized 95 Blacklights. Although the BL 95 is close in weight, IMO it is no Denali when it comes to how they ski. A decent ski sure. But nothing to write home about either.</p><p>So the search continued throughout the winter.</p><p>Skimo Co. in SLC generally has a great selection of back country skis and, more importantly to me, reliable data.</p><p><a href="https://skimo.co/movement-alp-tracks-106">Movement Alp Tracks 106 - 2021/22 (skimo.co)</a></p><p>What they offer IMO are very reliable descriptions of how the skis actually perform. I would prefer more in hand reviews that a J. Peterman catalog of fantasy writing. The best I could hope for on reliable data was what the end users were commenting on in Skimo's Q&A section. Even then I found some of the comments totally at odds to my own from actual use.</p><p>Which in turn got me to write about my experience with a number of Movement skis here.</p><p>The 106 was my first Movement ski. So the conversation really starts here.</p><p>There was some back and for the between SKIMO comments and perspective buyer's comments on the two versions of the 106. Which made me favor the "more traditional style 106 from 2022. Flat tail, a little stiffer maybe and a less "fun" ski by what I would consider "modern" standards. I think the "less fun" comment is spot on when compared to a dbl rockered, twin tip style, modern freestyle ski. The Praxis GPO is a classic modern, and really fun ski. DPS 112RP is different yet but another. Both are also a good bit more under foot @ 112/116mm and weight well over 9# for a pair. The Movement 106 comes in 3# lighter for a pair.</p><p>So not the best comparison. The 2022 version is not the best for shape as a comparison either.</p><p>Don't get me wrong I really like the 2022, Movement 106 version. But it has its place. And it is not the 2023 version. I skied the 2022 version in all sorts of snow. And it would be a great all around ski for me as is in soft snow conditions.</p><p>But playful it is not. You have to work the ski.</p><p>The 2023 version with pronounced twin tips and a slightly softer flex is flat out a better soft snow ski. And at least in the two pair I ski, the 2023 version is a bit lighter.</p><p>Everyone very likely has one run that stands out from the 2022/2023 ski season. I have a couple of them. Both on the 106. And earlier winter run made me think the 2022 version was one of the best skis I have ever skied on for size and weight. Same run, in similar conditions, 2 months later convinced me the 2023 ski was without a doubt the best lwt "mid fat" ski I have been on. I am stuck on that conviction even now. The 2023 version is simply an easier and more forgiving ski in soft snow than the 2022 version.</p><p>That said, I'd still carry the 2022 version to ski off Rainier, early season.</p><p>Which such a quiver of sizes to choose from it is fun to pick and choose what width and length of ski you might want for your own adventures and the time of year.</p><p>There is no doubt that the Movement ski line up really are good skis. Isay that even when not focused on ski weight. Every Movement ski I own skis exceptionally well. But the reason I bought them is their weight. It is the weights specs that first grabbed my attention with Movement. The weight alone has continued to hold my attention on this width of ski.</p><p>I wrote this comment on the 106 first, but I'll try to give some perspective on the other with ski widths as well before I am done.</p><p> </p></div>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-3972575067339251562023-11-10T23:43:00.002-08:002023-11-22T18:47:28.491-08:00Back country skis for sale!<p>Nothing on this list I don't like for their intended purpose. Some I really like! All are lightly used. All have clean bases and <u>generally</u> clean top sheets. Please ask about the condition of the ski if you are interested and I'll be sure to take a closer look. Any ski that was mounted had a version of the Dynafit toe and either Dynafit or Plum <u><b>LWT </b></u>heel. All but the smaller pair of Cho's were mounted for a 317bsl. Almost all of them have been mounted only once. </p><p>Pick them up in the Boise area for free (by appointment) or I can ship on your dime for actual USPS costs.</p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i>Dynafit Cho Oyu for sale</i></b>? I have two pair, a 166x87 and a 174x88. Both drilled once for Dynafit bindings, 166 pair were skied on for only 2 days. The 177s, I have skied on 3 times (I wore my first pair out skiing and touring on in the Alps a few years back). Good enough ski I wanted another pair. They are an excellent all around, very LWT, touring ski. $250 a pair </span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimLsGJyWEhbsCXxCfkXPG1OsN_5-eP4X-dY35fgZsaWf702G7wFVYRbGnKoiC_5pEvz1CkGeVeE4Rg4BuA_odlYcGDcBQSCvLbkWFdZLe_c5xa18cJUBOkerygzBA5TwYhg8X59n6Z6djFnzsJP3SJ_GfG2D4JOcvozCYc4d2rsS89-BJpdgwwu1WwaUk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1774" data-original-width="2048" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimLsGJyWEhbsCXxCfkXPG1OsN_5-eP4X-dY35fgZsaWf702G7wFVYRbGnKoiC_5pEvz1CkGeVeE4Rg4BuA_odlYcGDcBQSCvLbkWFdZLe_c5xa18cJUBOkerygzBA5TwYhg8X59n6Z6djFnzsJP3SJ_GfG2D4JOcvozCYc4d2rsS89-BJpdgwwu1WwaUk=w400-h347" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not this pair..they were destroyed :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicoRCpfwKVWjNMV0GARSWdDZ9toSoJHZMP-zJzVPKJm25yR508nqbc5NOnCpuaMoI1rJdffmTMVhgA342H0bH-OJz5weSYQkXSXTNtUSUDlwcWYv8JIUjwugxR5QmaXYAKmTCVdqmfcnO5-nBNKJdgjcMmWmi_9CzXUx8iBIpyPkUadFaYukKdZJVDRWI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="836" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicoRCpfwKVWjNMV0GARSWdDZ9toSoJHZMP-zJzVPKJm25yR508nqbc5NOnCpuaMoI1rJdffmTMVhgA342H0bH-OJz5weSYQkXSXTNtUSUDlwcWYv8JIUjwugxR5QmaXYAKmTCVdqmfcnO5-nBNKJdgjcMmWmi_9CzXUx8iBIpyPkUadFaYukKdZJVDRWI=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i>Men's skimo race skis? </i></b> Just what you need to really hammer the local Bogus skimo race series. <b><i>Dynafit PDG,</i></b> 161x 65 race skis. One mount # 317mm bsl. Little use. No dings top or bottom. Super light skis. "Each ski weighs just 1 pound 9 ounces. "Testers praised them in a variety of conditions. “On morning hardpack you can rail it like a slalom ski,” says one tester. The lwt weight, makes them ideal for long mountaineering approaches.” It’s made with carbon and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>wood in the core for supreme quickness and maneuverability. Neat ski if you want to drop some weight going uphill and still be able to ski down. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">$200</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgws9bgeAgqfov__Cu53cAGmFzvNaXfvTT_7tQGOjerzK4FRUQ2Dolq5yO4WgjqJcxu-xi78gF8TjMpdtkyUjJyFERVn-cvt_hD_Dz9xv2mMrhv5qkTdONpNi2qremPuEf6b7Ci_Jm32K65NNUyV4HO0xkZozkCRtqbWhYXhumtB_nAgEt6riF6Q4854yM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgws9bgeAgqfov__Cu53cAGmFzvNaXfvTT_7tQGOjerzK4FRUQ2Dolq5yO4WgjqJcxu-xi78gF8TjMpdtkyUjJyFERVn-cvt_hD_Dz9xv2mMrhv5qkTdONpNi2qremPuEf6b7Ci_Jm32K65NNUyV4HO0xkZozkCRtqbWhYXhumtB_nAgEt6riF6Q4854yM" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p><b><i>Dynafit Huasacaran</i></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.backcountryskiingcanada.com/Dynafit-Huascaran-Alpine-Touring-Ski-Review?fbclid=IwAR3yPCGtz8sgVWY7qGZuaFYv214j8XKIA16-g2BDjrJ10dzYpRJ7kzB9N_A" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.backcountryskiingcanada.com/Dynafit-Huascaran...</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> I have two pair for sale. They are fun "fat" skis and light enough to actually tour on. 196 x116 (drilled twice) and a pair of 176x112 (drilled once). 317mm bsl using Dynafit bindings. $200 for either pair. Top skin and bases are clean and no repairs. Pick up in Meridian or Boise area. Or pay actual USPS shipping to you location in addition to the $200.</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">More here: <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2013/03/all-mountain-skis.html?fbclid=IwAR2-ftO0bO6KwSq9UxAh-qXCqalA3AuR6xt52UxOPrIEqByPtE7aCC-mLv0" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/.../all-mountain-skis.html</a></span></div></div><p><br /></p><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><b><i>Dynafit "Speed Tour Series" skis.</i></b> Equally good on the groomed slopes or in the back country. But the priority on these is how well they ski inbounds not how light they are. 3 pair. 96x176 (never mounted), 96x168 (mounted once @317mm bsl) </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">"<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Dynafit Tour 96 </span></span>126-96-110, 3kg/pair 176cm<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span>The Tour 96 picks up where the Manaslu left off. Like the Speed line, rocker is modest and a single turn radius design keeps the ski personality predictable. It favors a modest turn radius, but a light swing weight makes it quick to respond no matter what boot you use. At 96 underfoot, it has enough width to enjoy soft snow days, but its forte is its ability to handle all-conditions from and carving corn to wind buff to powder. The Tour 96 is a quiver-of-one for a range of conditions. In other words, its a ski for reality."</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><br /></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">$200 for any one pair. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtMcjn56whQ_jcodBKhFoIsetQWbwBMH1yOpUb6kVafEfhkbZoxec243VFH8V2g9NTMVfXSURh0X4gINYAJRC0NLE8LNrKc-Q6TgR7uIi1dKLsKdq0L1Kh8VIccEq5RtI8p9ir_l9vlNFyv4S5Ddj2-mDoy5BRTohhu50jcaDBqOqfEy5bPKv7njkSeuQ" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtMcjn56whQ_jcodBKhFoIsetQWbwBMH1yOpUb6kVafEfhkbZoxec243VFH8V2g9NTMVfXSURh0X4gINYAJRC0NLE8LNrKc-Q6TgR7uIi1dKLsKdq0L1Kh8VIccEq5RtI8p9ir_l9vlNFyv4S5Ddj2-mDoy5BRTohhu50jcaDBqOqfEy5bPKv7njkSeuQ" width="180" /></a><br /><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A pair of skis to really rail on. A custom pair Praxis SND Dice (85mm x182cm). Pick up in Meridian or shipped at your cost. Both mounted once with Dynafit bindings and a 317mm bsl. Both bases and tops are very clean, with no base dings. Very fast, solid skis. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":rsf:" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>$200 for the SND</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.praxisskis.com%2Fskis%2Fsnd%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0JSQjgmpz2tAuoxeQjjWI8BJPZ7eYrz7oRfqVkaK7D8D4qJhjhG3W52Uo&h=AT3Z62PyzS_w6ohs0yicPZKRKW0vixb8LxaQeig6GhMgJmDAwQzU3n1r_3ozKqmKKidshqTJzRovyM-KklI9-oQb0JzyZcpp2yKXhe_uVhuDRLG9KsLBlLcFuRtdTpEGfA&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3apCL3CIl4U0_i_ZJ6uzQ3Que-5eSO8bl1EwydisgxI3DUsyyUSqxWeX4xl6Kl3Vnx77B8DIPPIPZ1ikmtLIg7PA5NbIOFV6Wf7-Rg6I-fMwep9Qp6DoaBgxvJb0XudLBxKtZPaWUx-0wa6mDTEKTEgBZsNZhgTNjLJCn3TW-PIFo2sYyEp_qlDsVQmuOU" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.praxisskis.com/skis/snd/</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.praxisskis.com%2Fcustom-skis%2Fsnd-custom-ski%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1x2lbjCJ9tHathKi5we04RQhi7DLNrq6IKvO3k3qL5lOYpA0imPk2dXI0&h=AT1e1BDD-OHWs3wFa4wv8xgG33_P3aZSh_CZ7zuqUJD5hAID7ITFjrGdV3zm2FCVt0Yzetr1P3CD0iK4vLz2pCpeaWe-zSh8zQFxmvHm0k2jxZFspXGLYpCx6ySFxjkT-g&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3apCL3CIl4U0_i_ZJ6uzQ3Que-5eSO8bl1EwydisgxI3DUsyyUSqxWeX4xl6Kl3Vnx77B8DIPPIPZ1ikmtLIg7PA5NbIOFV6Wf7-Rg6I-fMwep9Qp6DoaBgxvJb0XudLBxKtZPaWUx-0wa6mDTEKTEgBZsNZhgTNjLJCn3TW-PIFo2sYyEp_qlDsVQmuOU" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.praxisskis.com/custom-skis/snd-custom-ski/</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And my favorites of the bunch? These three. And much to my surprise, as much as I have skied on the Denali, literally all over the world. I have yet to break a pair. YMMV of course. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9375rem;">Three more pair of very lwt backcountry skis. 2 pair of<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"> Denali,</span> one (176x98) that has been drilled for Dynafit and a 184x98 that are still new, (never drilled). And a pair of <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Blacklight 95</span>s (172x95).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9375rem;">95/98 has been a sweet spot for me on Dynafit touring gear. I have yet to ski any ski more versatile than the Denali or as light for the width. The newer Black light is close. As is the current 2023/24 Movement 98 @ 1275g in a 178cm. The 176cm Denali is 1247g per ski @ 98mm under foot. That is light! And these things ski exceptional well. My go to b/c ski since they were first available in 2015. And @ 200# I have never broken a pair even skiing them short.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2014/11/dynafit-denali.html?fbclid=IwAR3-8ltlyY474BVRR1Pq7TcOu_1Zy5mqDfvM3_OGaoAdQs7fzo0bnNTUDQc" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;" target="_blank">https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2014/11/dynafit-denali.html</a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9375rem;">The Black Light 178 weights in at the same old<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>2#12oz</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>for one ski or<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">1247gr.</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>in my 178cm length. Another go to ski for me recently.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9375rem;">"Enter the new Black Light 95.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9375rem;">The Black Light 178 weights in at the same old<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>2#12oz</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>for one ski or<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">1247gr.</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>in my 178cm length.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9375rem;">All these skis are/were '95 plus under foot I found the Denali and amazing all mountain ski, back country, touring, even lift skiing. Amazing on ice and hard snow. Good for the width in soft. "</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL5doNYWcn4&t=1s&fbclid=IwAR2EBEW4f2l1_YNa-YO5_-sau7xW9W-bVRRYmp0SMksn9DLu_ZLE26r99JU" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL5doNYWcn4&t=1s</a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1v9NinPUqw&fbclid=IwAR02EFG1AWw6KiO65B49g1l-YZ2oa60YVtuH5yplepjMRltk-g2yHCLADUk" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1v9NinPUqw</a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Inter, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9375rem;">$200<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> a pair</span></span></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div><div class="x1n2onr6" id=":rsg:" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="x1n2onr6" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1n2onr6" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="x1n2onr6" style="font-family: inherit; padding-top: 340px; position: relative;"><div class="x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x10l6tqk" style="font-family: inherit; inset: calc(0% + 0px) calc(50% + 1.01px) calc(0% + 0px) calc(0% + 0px); 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min-width: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen x1s688f xi81zsa" color="var(--secondary-text)" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><br /><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="color: #050505; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> </div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="xzueoph" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"></div></div></div></div>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-26402751095570420842023-05-20T10:36:00.006-07:002023-11-11T00:51:46.751-08:00Movement Skis?<p>Toys? <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I still get excited by the best of them. If you do any skinning in the winter hopefully you already know about Movement Ski. I'm in the process of writing an </span></span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">in-depth</span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> review but thought it worth a heads up first. Movement is an innovative Swiss company producing outstanding skis. Their "Alps Tracks" series are along the lines of the original carbon fiber skis by Dave Goode from Ogden Utah some 16+ years ago. By the looks of it no one yet has really upped </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">the game from Goode's skis for weight. (1080g in a 95mm 160cm ski) But others (Movement included) have taken the technology and improved how carbon fiber skis. And the Alp Tracks series of skis really do ski exceptionally well! From my perspective the Alps Tracks Series keeps getting better, after having skied on some of last year's 2021/22 models and then their newest version of the same ski in the 2022/2023 models.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">All, old and new, have been outstanding skis.</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Better yet, most of them can be found on sale this time of year for around 1/2 off retail. Long gone are the days of underperforming lwt ski. Some of the best days I have had on snow, were this winter, on Movement skis. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">One ski's weight (average between a pair), no binding, on my postal scale,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">77mm 161 833g</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">85mm 161 968g</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">95mm 162 1108g</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">98mm 178 1275g</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">106mm 178 1290g</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoHAdraYYAKLH2vKpntZxrk1dBmT6dtDMen5gzCMP8udFA2Fxu_r2Is-RQDRohX3zYoXszQZETHWCPH_kUDFMYZWS5fmuvIBFHlaWZ2JjgWJGo5wmbOA6BAnWAEGU-zRjj_ZsOLfmpGxQy0W4TmBDBAYgVxL8ZFCiF4FfVJ9PBp6lFC3QlQnlO3dt/s4032/IMG_8964.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoHAdraYYAKLH2vKpntZxrk1dBmT6dtDMen5gzCMP8udFA2Fxu_r2Is-RQDRohX3zYoXszQZETHWCPH_kUDFMYZWS5fmuvIBFHlaWZ2JjgWJGo5wmbOA6BAnWAEGU-zRjj_ZsOLfmpGxQy0W4TmBDBAYgVxL8ZFCiF4FfVJ9PBp6lFC3QlQnlO3dt/w640-h480/IMG_8964.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div></div>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-58862287341188659972023-04-12T19:23:00.006-07:002023-05-20T13:08:11.409-07:0045cm ice axes for self-arrest?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnELheDdhbZ1w5KvLS54TFjKCCawkz6Q4cWUjpoPT3ipfPRIoyzPrRryTWrbyIzuKoobBu1OwoujkevQJdFlxV3nI2VrQT4hwmLw6EXNxVO9EF-Do4NgeD3D0dnb8ZvKO5ObG-Jycp4T8tXjgKgvkD6P05VIfaDYQSLMAyhOLNsOjmew1qfxLTEnHc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnELheDdhbZ1w5KvLS54TFjKCCawkz6Q4cWUjpoPT3ipfPRIoyzPrRryTWrbyIzuKoobBu1OwoujkevQJdFlxV3nI2VrQT4hwmLw6EXNxVO9EF-Do4NgeD3D0dnb8ZvKO5ObG-Jycp4T8tXjgKgvkD6P05VIfaDYQSLMAyhOLNsOjmew1qfxLTEnHc=w493-h640" width="493" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everyone starts somewhere. The start of a skimo adventure circa 1970 :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been lucky to ski a good bit this winter. Great fun with a record year for snow fall. Hang out with enough skiers and gear always gets discussed. <b><i>Everyone has an opinion.</i></b> Worth paying attention to see if your goals match up with the suggestions you get. I have a number of comments I'd like to make instigated by recent conversations, but I'll start with the topic of "ice axes". There is more, but I'll start here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10+ years ago Bruno wrote what I still think is a pretty good description of and use for a traditional axe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll try to address that same reasoning to a traditional SkiMo outing today. Some may want to label me a troglodyte. That's OK. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2011/12/case-for-classic-axe-by-bruno-schull.html">Cold Thistle: The case for the classic axe by Bruno Schull</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But let me cut to the chase up front. Up to and including WI 4 ice climbing there nothing a 60cm traditional, steel headed ice axe can't climb easily, if you have the skills to climb ice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are many uses for an axe in mountaineering and ski mountaineering. The first is likely the most obvious. The axe gets used as a cane, holding onto the head and using the shaft for support. It doesn't take much of an axe to get that done. I've used a dead tree branch and I've used a old school, one piece, ski pole for the same effect many times over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9S0iVcCzArQ_sTcP-RswmgD6Cn6nSuCR19S8QspAR3Pt9DQSwJ1VdtRgtLNNf-QnkEMYIgaF4TAsK_ANpAryQC3K-EDr73-OQv5aC_VDQd-Q7JJAD2XxFOXkrPB8U-D8jvUFxqxbXNr054a24ZJuthGfOGy4fX9cYzj4ppVgbfcAbAtDFb_Rs9ySb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="906" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9S0iVcCzArQ_sTcP-RswmgD6Cn6nSuCR19S8QspAR3Pt9DQSwJ1VdtRgtLNNf-QnkEMYIgaF4TAsK_ANpAryQC3K-EDr73-OQv5aC_VDQd-Q7JJAD2XxFOXkrPB8U-D8jvUFxqxbXNr054a24ZJuthGfOGy4fX9cYzj4ppVgbfcAbAtDFb_Rs9ySb=w360-h640" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Man, the tool user.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is a reason a "ice axe" is designed as they are. First choice is the pick and then the adze to chop steps. Seems like it would be the other way around but it isn't. The pick is simply more efficient for cutting steps quickly. Often times the pick is the preferred tool to chop steps in hard snow and maybe the adze to follow up and clean the step up. Two strikes and you're done. These days most will put on crampons rather than cut a step. Too bad. Cutting steps is a very useful skill in the mountains. And often as not may be faster (and safer) than putting on crampons in an awkward position. (More on the awkward position. As in, "you could die here easy enough!", below)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Die, you say?! Did that get your attention? The most obvious use for a mountaineering axe is self-arrest. You know, the skill you practice until it is automatic, that skill that keeps you from stopping your fall before you hit the nearest flat spot, if there is one?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you have done much self-arrest practice, a couple of things you'll note very quickly. Not that easy to get stopped. Stopping gets harder yet as the snow gets harder. When you eventually hit water ice all bets are off. Generally, the bigger the head/pick and the longer the shaft the easier it is to use the axe in self-arrest position and get stopped. The added physical size of the axe gives you physical leverage and that really helps you get stopped in a fall. The harder the snow, the harder (and slower) it is to get stopped no matter the axe designs. But the only thing that really helps is having enough leverage on the axe to get the job done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"For most, any axe under 55cm is simply a more difficult tool to sue as intended, getting stopped on hard snow."</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A 45 cm axe of any sort might not be the best answer for the majority of skimo uses. Sure, a 45 cm axe packs easier. I'd rather have/carry the easiest tool to use as needed than the tool that is the easiest to carry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trying to stop a fall on steep, hard snow or iced, terrain or just as bad, steep soft snow will be rather educational with any 45cm axe if you are over 5'6" tall. Really short axes are simply a very small tool (physically) to work with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are all tools. Be sure to pick the right one for your objective.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The axes range from 65cm to 45cm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9BloJ0N0jh-gMXFQtz0rrCxPfqIda5AIj2QIPV1eADBiAWEKhwkPo43Hs1XLchsx-brqa8ptZBEOLpsDMSERcEh064LE5n9Ykuhbl2TBMxaEueELX4jNyfrPyAbO6kPiNzK8K670jQBKfHQKw5FarWgRHdpuFB_y3aSpGll-dmL20xjCh6I61WgbL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2924" data-original-width="3092" height="605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9BloJ0N0jh-gMXFQtz0rrCxPfqIda5AIj2QIPV1eADBiAWEKhwkPo43Hs1XLchsx-brqa8ptZBEOLpsDMSERcEh064LE5n9Ykuhbl2TBMxaEueELX4jNyfrPyAbO6kPiNzK8K670jQBKfHQKw5FarWgRHdpuFB_y3aSpGll-dmL20xjCh6I61WgbL=w640-h605" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For my own skiing I have used most of what is pictured here. Long Nordic poles for skiing some distance, so I use my arms poling. Non-adjustable poles with long grips to save energy on side hill skin tracks. Grip straps to support your hand and lower the fatigue when using your arms poling. And of course the <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">obligatory. "Whippet<span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;">". A ski pole with a short ice axe like head, used to get stopped or support </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;">yourself</span></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> on a steep hard snow surface.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;">Before I get more into specific "axes" here is an opinion on the self-arrest poles of any manufacture. I own a pair. Have for well over a decade. I am skiing more technical lines now than I ever have. Occasionally skiing places you'll be lucky to survive a fall. I have never used my Whippets. Very likely never will. Why? Because if I ski into terrain when I need to self-arrest I want a proper ice axe to get that done. Let's be honest. If you are reading this bog, you very likely have no need for a Whippet. Common sense and a little caution goes a long way to keeping you safe in the mtns. First rule of skimo is, <i>never-ever</i> fall. If you think there is a chance of that best to be somewhere else. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;">There are other opinions. Colin Haley for one, likes and uses the Whippet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;">Another recommendation from a guy who has skied plenty of steep lines.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z25miqqkKVY&t=4s">Ski Mountaineering Skills with Andrew McLean - Steep Skiing - YouTube</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.alpineinstitute.com/articles/ask-a-guide-letters/ski-mountaineering-whippet-or-ice-axe/">Whippet or Ice Axe? | Questions for a Mountain Guide (alpineinstitute.com)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"> I've carried the green Camp Corsa axe above (weight is 209g) while skiing on the Haute Route a couple of times and on most of the Cascade Volcanos. Great axe for the right conditions. It makes a good walking stick and will self-arrest on soft snow easily enough. The right conditions for a Corsa? "Soft snow". </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc_RR7VDDvjG40DnKuJbvzo4W1jt2jzt5DlpKFiM4yj8Ng-R68sY9B18uJudJvklObK63Uu1Ut9Afu3ZYZghK2QyREkR1IUpusSAArHUITtASxadr9knbjV4WGT9a0fbUCNVXNPnZXGnAP1dvC4aOSvdJy4XEoLPqaWziC7C0sm0mItwAYIZHAVbFG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="717" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc_RR7VDDvjG40DnKuJbvzo4W1jt2jzt5DlpKFiM4yj8Ng-R68sY9B18uJudJvklObK63Uu1Ut9Afu3ZYZghK2QyREkR1IUpusSAArHUITtASxadr9knbjV4WGT9a0fbUCNVXNPnZXGnAP1dvC4aOSvdJy4XEoLPqaWziC7C0sm0mItwAYIZHAVbFG=w382-h400" width="382" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;">I've taken two falls in crampons in my climbing career. One in soft snow that even a tradition 60cm axe with a long pick wasn't slowing me down on. I had enough time to think about that fact, roll over and switch to my adze, which was a much better tool at getting me stopped. I was doing well, until I thought I had slowed down enough. It wasn't slow enough. I caught a crampon point and was immediately ejected into space. The result was a long walk out and a couple of dozen stitches in my shins hours later. Luckily I didn't break anything which is what usually happens with a snagged crampon in a fall.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;">The 2nd time? I popped a crampon off soloing on some easy water ice 3, right at 1000' tall. The only thing that stopped me? Catching my partner's pick with my axe's pick as I went by, as I continued to rapidly gain speed. Thankfully, no harm no foul there. I got off the water ice and found my crampon in the snow. Strapped it back on and finished the climb. If I hadn't, by chance, hooked my partner's pick? Or had his axe placement failed when I "hit" it? I very likely wouldn't have survived the 600 foot slide. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;">Point being? If you need an ice axe to get stopped, buy a proper ice axe that will easily penetrate the kind of snow conditions you expect on your trips and learn to use the axe adroitly. <b><i>The easiest slide to stop is, one that never gets started. </i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"><i>"Penetrate the snow conditions?" A steel headed axe might be what you need. But it isn't just the steel head version, or titanium or aluminum that you need. You need a properly shape head to penetrate hard conditions. No one axe will likely be the right tool for every tour or every climb for that matter. </i></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For things like this?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Falling is not an option.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiObv7lEHXYtwhJujTgbKQuIlHrctz8hH0O4uT-xIJIpURxXeEivn8O2DGmBpNkI1hpl7mkIn7Z-Qg4TGej1tGMmX2sc4WiTDy3Q3NjMn7y04rjQWgo2mKCc0kM34_Yi2Rqzu6pQ-y0fevPro_arDkNFtfsiTt311YIdslhmdLlxxqI55tYx0U-AJIe" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiObv7lEHXYtwhJujTgbKQuIlHrctz8hH0O4uT-xIJIpURxXeEivn8O2DGmBpNkI1hpl7mkIn7Z-Qg4TGej1tGMmX2sc4WiTDy3Q3NjMn7y04rjQWgo2mKCc0kM34_Yi2Rqzu6pQ-y0fevPro_arDkNFtfsiTt311YIdslhmdLlxxqI55tYx0U-AJIe=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't tell you how many times I have heard of guys dropping into lines from the top and finding out in short order that was a bad idea. Snow changes to ice or the surface has slide away or the snow conditions simply aren't skiable. It happens. It happens to everyone eventually. Everyone. <span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Doug Coombs and Trevor Peterson come to mind.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Boot it from the bottom or ski it from the top? I'm lazy but I never take it for granted from either end and <i><b>now, </b>after scaring myself silly, just once, I carry a proper technical ice tool and the additional bits of gear to sort things out if needed for that kind of "fun".</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Remember I mentioned previous? It<b style="font-style: italic;"> </b></span>may be faster (and safer) than pulling skiis and putting on crampons in an awkward position.<b style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">"</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When it is time to bail on a ski line by climbing out, better to have crampons on your feet, than skis. Better to have actual tools in hand than a pair of whippets. And an umbilical tied to your harness may well be in order?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you pull your skis off? How about your snowboard? Can you put crampons on your boots? You've got your harness on already right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I personally know of more than one pair of skis lost in this kind of transition and a single snow board.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bad day all around there. Trust me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Expect and be prepared for the worst. Think ahead and have the proper gear easily at hand. Never be afraid to bail upward on a ski line. The question will be is it safer to ski down or climb out. One advantage to booting in. The answer is usually more obvious up front.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have just about every tool imaginable as a choice fro any climbing or ski mission. And I have done a lot more, hard ice climbing than I ever will on difficult skimo lines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I want an easy to place, <b>steel</b> pick, for hard water ice and a shaft that I can plunge into soft snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what I still use. I like a hammer to set anchors, if required. I see no advantage of an adze here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwJFRe2PoI-ZOSGZIVhCSLWesN2POFXZ9A_HKmmf7HkgYzOl4Has1r17vipDL36XJERmaGkKyOrfNWYgVptjiMwoQNJLSanKcf6oonl405b5L_H4iZ7933dpYTGS0u8x2cuQElAzNtDVYWIa0RKQ6th-kSUpHQVNN1hzFxQd7D0LXSpuJ0Ov5QhPaf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwJFRe2PoI-ZOSGZIVhCSLWesN2POFXZ9A_HKmmf7HkgYzOl4Has1r17vipDL36XJERmaGkKyOrfNWYgVptjiMwoQNJLSanKcf6oonl405b5L_H4iZ7933dpYTGS0u8x2cuQElAzNtDVYWIa0RKQ6th-kSUpHQVNN1hzFxQd7D0LXSpuJ0Ov5QhPaf" width="240" /></a></div><br />This tool is also no longer available from Petzl. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A replacement I have been using more recently, the Petzl, Gully, axe or hammer. Both tools shown have handles wrapped to be used as a dagger. And a hand rest that is movable on the shaft. The idea with the dagger position is to never allow a slide to get started. Pick weights added to my Gully tools to ease penetration on water ice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEithm63ENel4ii_zq_OMInk9gD-yQRGy4rvroq-HhA9Pw8uIDmEIXGQcKf7MziySOXHcerMfRhVU7MgujvyfVs8CVU_ARXUaSmZL9Zzgl-fLiDdVDpFZf8keW5L8U-vhut3c-tY2f0Q-MNMp7COjdTjtJLxd_q1DbbkAl2gZcBGVL3Aw1O9EPDiBl9U" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEithm63ENel4ii_zq_OMInk9gD-yQRGy4rvroq-HhA9Pw8uIDmEIXGQcKf7MziySOXHcerMfRhVU7MgujvyfVs8CVU_ARXUaSmZL9Zzgl-fLiDdVDpFZf8keW5L8U-vhut3c-tY2f0Q-MNMp7COjdTjtJLxd_q1DbbkAl2gZcBGVL3Aw1O9EPDiBl9U" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><i>But make no mistake, I don't want to use either to self-arrest with!</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>They are both 45s and both way, way to difficult to self arrest with IMO.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Pick the right tool for the job!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ignore the fashion trends or get determined to get really good self-arresting with short axe. Most anyone will have a hard time self-arresting with a 45 anything. Always better to have the right tool and the skills to use them than the other options. The mountains have no sympathy.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yvon Chouinard is 5'8" tall. The photo is from him teaching an ice climbing class in the '70s. The axe is a 60cm piolet. There is a hint there. Even if the axe won't fit inside your pack.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of handier ways to carry an ice axe than inside your pack.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiit32LQl6iDOE1yPL4yeZR0rt7yYpWBZc_48p8hX1LxnmM6IVGZGYH-hzyW1ik7BjbP7l-BeMBNU_ecbel6HPiTm-SEeRixg3pzH36dugAeir2cGlEkM55peF0E-Cn9Sd36pgGrlX6KhIx0aXGy8AXTT0W_qJHmV0Y42UIldkmUxJA6WhHU9wS0DlR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="262" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiit32LQl6iDOE1yPL4yeZR0rt7yYpWBZc_48p8hX1LxnmM6IVGZGYH-hzyW1ik7BjbP7l-BeMBNU_ecbel6HPiTm-SEeRixg3pzH36dugAeir2cGlEkM55peF0E-Cn9Sd36pgGrlX6KhIx0aXGy8AXTT0W_qJHmV0Y42UIldkmUxJA6WhHU9wS0DlR=w261-h640" width="261" /></a></div><br />Another look from my friend Dave Searle who lives and works, year around, guiding in Chamonix.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK0dRCAuqkQ">How to Choose an ICE AXE for Ski Mountaineering // DAVE SEARLE - YouTube</a></div><p></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-32337911693796321212023-04-12T09:15:00.004-07:002023-04-17T22:04:21.982-07:00DPS Phantom Glide....no more waxing! <p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk-_ANPM5T8">PHANTOM Glide At Home Application Instructions - YouTube</a></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisYnv1YHN9R8OGTcdK_NF0tqXsAJ22R7hSHfnLz_fp_7l2z3Xh7qEm9ENi7xRwPiBPyfbUlY0K6VvVVkKOZmH1g4bWRoyX4dti-9w42A3ZFxnsJAf5Y_neQNOygkWq3Dodgjuym3ofvh8Isd3HFmmIXD0is12FTSrR-T5FezESp2-CXA_dQIP2XNC8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisYnv1YHN9R8OGTcdK_NF0tqXsAJ22R7hSHfnLz_fp_7l2z3Xh7qEm9ENi7xRwPiBPyfbUlY0K6VvVVkKOZmH1g4bWRoyX4dti-9w42A3ZFxnsJAf5Y_neQNOygkWq3Dodgjuym3ofvh8Isd3HFmmIXD0is12FTSrR-T5FezESp2-CXA_dQIP2XNC8=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>The back story for me? Some time ago (years) I purchased and didn't use the original 2-part application of Phantom. I was skiing a lot more this winter and some new skis to mount, so I finally added the older 2-part Phantom (one package) which allowed me to cover three pair of new skis.</p><p>The results were pretty impressive. No more hot waxing my ski once a week.</p><p>This Spring there were more new skis in my shop. And enough skiing that waxing was getting tiresome. So, I bought the newest version of Phantom for the newest skis. It is a much easier one-part application than the older stuff. One of my big concerns was just how well my skins would stick to the surface for touring. If you have ever had a glue failure on your skins, mid trip, you know the concern and how you can so easily have a really bad day. But that was bad skin glue. Not a bad base job.</p><p>Keeping the bases clean is a huge help to keep skins on as well as keeping the glue in good shape.</p><p>It took a couple of longer days skinning and in different conditions to make me comfortable with Phantom while using skins. Once that was done the worry was gone.</p><p>But at $50 to $100 a packet, Phantom is not cheap. The older 2-part application can be found on Ebay right now for $50. I was able to easily coat 3 pair of 100+mm width x 180cm skis with that version. The newer 2.0 version I get one pair of 100+ mm skis per package. That is $95 per package and one pair of skis currently. So, Phantom isn't cheap.</p><p>DPS says the Phantom coating will last the lifetime of the ski. No reason to not believe that with the product now almost 10 years old. But I can't verify that life cycle from my own use.</p><p>What I can tell you is I'll no longer be waxing my own skis. I'm already planning on the skis I'll ditch at next Fall's swap. Those would be the ski without Phantom that I am not willing to clean the wax from the old bases. If I was still making a living on skis for half the year, Phantom would be a Godsend. And worth every penny in my book.</p><p>I could "wax on" about how great the Phantom is on snow. But I won't. You wouldn't believe me if I did. I wouldn't believe the experiences I have had with Phanton if I hadn't actually been on the skis with Phantom applied. Midwinter blower to early Spring slush? Phantom simply works. It works better than any wax job I have ever used. The one caveat so far is 45F+ air temps and lots of sun. Phantom gets a little sucky there. Wax might be better at the extreme of where you'll be in slush. DPS says additional, traditional waxing won't hurt the Phantom. And they claim the Phantom will make your hot wax adhere better and last longer. Seems adding a warm weather wax (via a hot wax) as needed is a common technique to get the most out of the skis in really warm weather. More when I get some better feedback off my own skis to offer up over the next couple of months.</p><p>And no more hot waxing messes to clean up in the shop. If you can get a little sunshine, the new one-part application for the current Phantom is easy and quick.</p><p>This is simply a PSA. This stuff was worth the initial buy in for me despite my original skepticism. It just took a while to really appreciate the advantages Phantom offered to my own skiing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck!</p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-79956956511184413652022-07-29T12:19:00.003-07:002022-07-29T12:52:31.285-07:001996 Blanchard Interview<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xqM_84AzXP8" width="320" youtube-src-id="xqM_84AzXP8"></iframe></div><br /> <span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bolder;">The story about this film series:</span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 18px;"> In 1996 and 1997 Chic Scott recorded 84 interviews with leading mountaineers all across Canada, as research for his book, Pushing the Limits, The Story of Canadian Mountaineering. These interviews have been safely stored in the archives of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies for 25 years and have now been digitized.</span><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 18px;">Barry's </span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 18px;"> routes on the north face of North Twin, the east face of Mount Fay, and the Emperor Face of Mount Robson are amongst the hardest in Canada. In the Himalayas, his ascent of the North Face of Rakaposhi in 1984 with Kevin Doyle and Dave Cheesmond was one of the best climbs of the era. In 1988, with three companions, he almost succeeded in an alpine-style ascent of the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat. These climbs were on the very leading edge of Himalayan climbing.</span></p><p><br /></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-86725597487458871482021-12-29T17:13:00.000-08:002021-12-29T17:13:01.468-08:00Showa 282-02 winter glove..late to the party?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSA5d4F-K-Y7AIh74ZXQyv1ywWzMkzc5scSMbVcaF5tcMwqcTKSNDIaarY3Oh11I5DXtcI67jH841pthYOrGSpDqxq-AXgbmRLs82wRyHn5HPTVYG5DCir-XZe_o_T4kyVR7e3uEgAso/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3388" data-original-width="2983" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSA5d4F-K-Y7AIh74ZXQyv1ywWzMkzc5scSMbVcaF5tcMwqcTKSNDIaarY3Oh11I5DXtcI67jH841pthYOrGSpDqxq-AXgbmRLs82wRyHn5HPTVYG5DCir-XZe_o_T4kyVR7e3uEgAso/w563-h640/IMG_5399+%25282%2529.JPG" width="563" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oHrG1N02QqK7N6rh0fSopf9aWiftWyFEBlJ2rm9FTMidBhUsnFhqOBSDBcwsRz_sB5D1zZ4TdeNRIWnueUfW8pvVo2OvDQ2x1-fjiGRrqQyqHwVUBB8NQ3EqbLcx7ws3bbcXHMWADqg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oHrG1N02QqK7N6rh0fSopf9aWiftWyFEBlJ2rm9FTMidBhUsnFhqOBSDBcwsRz_sB5D1zZ4TdeNRIWnueUfW8pvVo2OvDQ2x1-fjiGRrqQyqHwVUBB8NQ3EqbLcx7ws3bbcXHMWADqg/w640-h480/IMG_5395+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Takes about 2 minutes to do a Google search for this glove. One of the first web reviews you'll find is Colin Haley (yes that Colin Haley) endorsing them for climbing. I should/could just leave it at that.</p><p><a href="https://www.patagonia.com/stories/colin-haleys-clothing-system-for-alpine-climbing-in-the-chalten-massif/story-95145.html">Colin Haley’s Clothing System for Alpine Climbing in the Chaltén Massif - Patagonia</a></p><p>Of course, I won't. Hard to cut this glove with a sharp, really sharp kitchen knife. I tried. Just the ticket for busting 8" of ice out of 100-gallon stock tanks while the wind is blowing, and the temps are in the teens F. Even better when you need to pull all that ice out of those same tanks now with 50 gallows of water in them and 200# of block ice. You get wet no matter what you do. But no reason to have wet or cold hands now. I have used expensive neoprene gloves in years past, and they work as well. Just not the the dexterity, warmth or comfort of the Showa. And the long cuff with an elastic draw cord fits over my Arcteryx jacket sleeves like they were made for each other.</p><p>I have yet to climb in them, but I know just from working around here this winter they'll be one of the best gloves I own for ice climbing. Only thing I miss is a leather palm. These things are way stickier than leather. I own a LOT of high dollar gloves climbing gloves with similar warmth and durability. None of them cost anywhere close to $20! </p><p>These things are easily found, currently for under $25.00 a pair. Usually under $20.! </p><p>I have been buying them here: I am typically a XL in any glove and the XL fits we well enough, but a XXL might be appropriate as well. Worth a try on sizes as they are very stretchy.</p><p><a href="https://www.go2marine.com/showa-282-temres-gloves?quantity=1&size=852">Showa 282 Temres, Gloves (go2marine.com)</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3A29LAs3WWdVFfmgvmZ00M9u92bq1dj0gTwVKgGnjXczDnribIQBMaIfwGycMWFp7OHYl37UyVuaJR6qTdHsMf-ocXMHq2NSTWDab_Tg14JKEVeQovb9_l42mQjHptL1I6UyMUkPuItI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2281" data-original-width="2189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3A29LAs3WWdVFfmgvmZ00M9u92bq1dj0gTwVKgGnjXczDnribIQBMaIfwGycMWFp7OHYl37UyVuaJR6qTdHsMf-ocXMHq2NSTWDab_Tg14JKEVeQovb9_l42mQjHptL1I6UyMUkPuItI/w614-h640/IMG_5401+%25282%2529.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-36332307866977812822021-12-10T20:50:00.000-08:002021-12-10T20:50:05.436-08:00Have a little faith.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JMvt0bpWj2U" width="320" youtube-src-id="JMvt0bpWj2U"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-65648367431486196582021-12-08T08:35:00.002-08:002021-12-08T08:48:22.807-08:00Mt. Fury.....and some serious "respect!"<p> <a href="https://vimeo.com/636725488?1&ref=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR26I_GKWR2Ubv-pCz_8slw3fM1FC_n1DvAG0afFV9zOFFC7W6vx7yYsRn8">Finding Fury on Vimeo</a></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-9577988222334865922021-12-02T20:33:00.000-08:002021-12-02T20:33:09.979-08:00 Nirmal Purja? Project Possible?<p>Missing this one I have obviously been asleep at the wheel. This is the most impressive bit of mountaineering I have ever imagined, let alone seen accomplished.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KipLX-KBmzc" width="320" youtube-src-id="KipLX-KBmzc"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-32047137084677524932021-11-30T11:21:00.007-08:002021-11-30T11:21:49.963-08:00Looking back at Covid?I had made this post on a FB page April of 2020 with little care and no clue where we would be today. I found the post gain this morning and like the reminder. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRp5yhdEnS4UoMWGejplTFq6jAe94FfqRPRdHwJEzU3OkR08Y07_oy2HKjB1tQTEhsBvvPfSo9AHSM-yOPR635AP0N0K88xDfMN7PxXzi-2-I6rRbPaPlqusm2cJ08jyDhNDmAHKo9pvk/s2016/co3.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbueRza6BN-maLLu3HSuBJGG14eWgK53ULpcXgVcsJSeIRhY4lMQXmGKnhg-qRe3636AudPDS6F_B7sDFNul-61Ov3-IeC4zanb7vLZYJRGz8mjnm0t4PIOCpPwl_driIicDNGOYwBes/s2016/co1.jpg" style="display: inline !important; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbueRza6BN-maLLu3HSuBJGG14eWgK53ULpcXgVcsJSeIRhY4lMQXmGKnhg-qRe3636AudPDS6F_B7sDFNul-61Ov3-IeC4zanb7vLZYJRGz8mjnm0t4PIOCpPwl_driIicDNGOYwBes/s400/co1.jpg" /></a></div>
We aren't totally locked down in Idaho but practicing social distancing is lowering the curve and making a big difference in new numbers. First time out in a month and was able to get in a tortured 18 mile one way ridge line tour. Bad snow so it went a little longer than planned. Skiing is skiing even if you are just walking in knee deep isothermal chit snow that wouldn't support a ski.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3_yWEgnK3H5gIj7dDlkLI2pBDghs_oKlnSsdUB4EnOEpVpLxuqbWFpw7Si0by-ZIhqCQLQmnhYwzkkntO2lzYoHfsd25M3XvWDBkzZptE6uUWRBt8kieAQ6yVQX3klm0mcvuSy0rgjo/s2016/co3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIWOpeo3_wBq5f6SX_lh2Gb39woe195_tR-QSVEDf7reSGPSJ8slyIvheOsZRqUImJib3yJYwkXMx9nnrvCsYOb4_iNv41BVRAKLKTHdigV-4MM45TKl9TmemV1Wbdo6x4afe5TF-mI8/s2016/co2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIWOpeo3_wBq5f6SX_lh2Gb39woe195_tR-QSVEDf7reSGPSJ8slyIvheOsZRqUImJib3yJYwkXMx9nnrvCsYOb4_iNv41BVRAKLKTHdigV-4MM45TKl9TmemV1Wbdo6x4afe5TF-mI8/s320/co2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I should add this considering the current situation via the virus and 1st Responders. By the time I realized I was going to be really late for my pickup and with no or little phone reception to call this one off I was feeling pretty stupid. It would be an easy run up the ridge line via the road I was following on a snow machine to pick me up if something had gone wrong. Not like post holing has ever caused a sprained knee or an easy slow motion fall hasn't caused a nasty spiral fracture. I am use to getting in over my head and getting out again...knock on wood....but I was feeling pretty chagrin at the thought of having to ask for help to get off an easy ski tour. I was having a hard time imagining what all would have been involved had my ride home decided to call 911 when I was 6 hours late. Some lessons learned and relearned again. Ya'll be careful out there!</div><div><br /></div><div>Late? Yes...hours late.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ba3rMIvNNMeRpx45DRieHgJPntB629YdTsTo9JuovpYl3Nrsc8DbAAxHXXqkTUPjVU0L1CFqs2kI6RpaxxHNYFzXi50Weo0WJkWzu5e9XXAXWef2gRkuVy00Di0hYS5HWniSG-60Pa8/s2016/co3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ba3rMIvNNMeRpx45DRieHgJPntB629YdTsTo9JuovpYl3Nrsc8DbAAxHXXqkTUPjVU0L1CFqs2kI6RpaxxHNYFzXi50Weo0WJkWzu5e9XXAXWef2gRkuVy00Di0hYS5HWniSG-60Pa8/w640-h480/co3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-92120903608353200242021-11-28T09:22:00.003-08:002021-11-28T09:43:32.493-08:00Tifosi Sledge sunglass with CLARION RED FOTOTEC lens?<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-w_Hk5rHjpDwWnGUnQGitLX6btZyja38yUe99L9WfkpN17_LUS-2bdCoznDbLLSd17cv3DIT5ULMsmEOrzlgCwdQ9Zcb49BxLpz0-CVdw6JxBhZDe92IPVB-tGagkirxizoN4cHjfLw4/s2048/IMG_5077+%25283%2529.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-w_Hk5rHjpDwWnGUnQGitLX6btZyja38yUe99L9WfkpN17_LUS-2bdCoznDbLLSd17cv3DIT5ULMsmEOrzlgCwdQ9Zcb49BxLpz0-CVdw6JxBhZDe92IPVB-tGagkirxizoN4cHjfLw4/s400/IMG_5077+%25283%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
Common for me to go back and look at a product I really like. Less common of me to go back and buy something again that I really like and to my surprise have been using a lot.<div><br /></div><div> https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2020/05/sledge-sunglesses-by-tifosi.html </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> We are having an outstanding Fall here. The riding has been exceptional. </div><div><br /></div><div> My general review format is, "did I notice the gear". If I did notice the gear it is likely not such good gear for me. If I didn't notice the gear past, "was actually helping me enjoy the sport", then I am likely impressed.
For a few decades Oakley has been my go to sunglass on the bike. </div><div><br /></div><div> I don't like change much so I keep one good pair around to keep me and my eyes happy. The Tifosi Sledge was inexpensive by comparison to any Oakley and silly me, made a lot of judgements on the lens quality and technology just from the price.</div><div><br /></div><div> Until wearing the Sledge I just thought of Tifosi and a "cheap" sun glass brand by comparison to a other more well-known glasses.
Admittedly really dumb on my part. </div><div><br /></div><div> I really like the huge field of view in the Tifosi Sledge. Reminds of some of the old school Oakleys from the 80s that the Sledge profile (and others now) resemble. I liked it enough on the bike that I went looking for others just so I didn't have to look through the frame of the glass if I didn't want to or was incapable of lifting my head to look ahead on the bike. So much that I bought a couple of cheap pairs with similar frames off Amazon. </div><div><br /></div><div> Silly move there. Lens were OK for the price...but nothing to write here about. My experience is lens are really, really good or they are crap. But the frames...they were no question, crap. Nose piece was killing me on just a 30 minute ride. Ditched them asap. </div><div><br /></div><div> The Tifosi Sledge on the other hand was really comfortable. Even more comfortable than my favorite Oakleys I hold in reserve for the adventure rides. So comfortable I simply don't notice the fit, the frame, the lens, in any condition even after hours on the bike. My better half with a much smaller face seems to agree with me. Impressive to me that one glass can be used by both of us and we are happy with the results. Next up for me? This glass and skimo soon enough. </div><div><br /></div><div> SLEDGE-MATTE BLACK-CLARION RED FOTOTEC
$79.95 </div><div><br /></div><div> May be something a little special if you have the need. We bought ours (wife and I) on sale. I really like them a lot. Enough so, to write about them a second time! The lens changes from a cat 1 to a cat 3 lens in a very short amount of time. The Tifosi Fototech is as least as good/fast on lens change as my favorite ski glasses by Julbo. That is saying something! Julbos like Oakley also easily cost dbl the retail of the Tifosis.
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</div>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-66168796053837935822021-11-24T23:58:00.003-08:002021-11-25T00:11:34.167-08:00The list?<p> I have seen this before but seems like a better list now that I live 600 miles closer. But a wonderful story of life in the mountains as well. Worth a look if you haven't seen it.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EWsCuPB2nD0" width="320" youtube-src-id="EWsCuPB2nD0"></iframe></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-2908533010328090202021-11-23T09:09:00.001-08:002021-11-23T09:09:11.618-08:00Inspiration?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIqLLkVG908y6MsrpDuZPS-oUXtV2td2iPkE_bJCzt8StutHZrFoD1S3olyJzhU_90stpDJCW6PB8-jcHtJpqvBd8jqTpbB5wFbqqpY6zxHMmw4zJzqMBlVZRud5aG_MDSICviuhzriI/s2048/ueli-islandpeak_1030507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjIqLLkVG908y6MsrpDuZPS-oUXtV2td2iPkE_bJCzt8StutHZrFoD1S3olyJzhU_90stpDJCW6PB8-jcHtJpqvBd8jqTpbB5wFbqqpY6zxHMmw4zJzqMBlVZRud5aG_MDSICviuhzriI/w640-h360/ueli-islandpeak_1030507.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I have no clue if I am anything like other people when it comes to inspiration and imagination. I do know that as long as I can remember I have admired other athletes for their known skills and likely even more for what they could imagine. <p></p><p>Early on in my climbing I had read somewhere that one of the great alpine climbers of the 1920 or '30s said, "where there is snow, I can go". That to me was imagination, as silly as it sounds now. That quote opened my eyes to what might be possible. Then as now I do a lot more reading than actual climbing.</p><p>But it wasn't long after reading that I went looking for snow to climb. The quote might well have been from Wilo Wasenbach.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5v2YtNZtn-7S5I2YlIf1Au7401eFPf5q3GTyO6BIl3lC5-HzPAE0WwsCIlcRyiOtuSj4RDHJiUxNJnuS9lx7XlZAiaopKtDmXpZYegkNgccc44B50XURTVr4qegbIlVCNdwNOJWvzBw/s800/delta3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5v2YtNZtn-7S5I2YlIf1Au7401eFPf5q3GTyO6BIl3lC5-HzPAE0WwsCIlcRyiOtuSj4RDHJiUxNJnuS9lx7XlZAiaopKtDmXpZYegkNgccc44B50XURTVr4qegbIlVCNdwNOJWvzBw/w480-h640/delta3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p> </p><p>If you have been around the climbing community long enough if becomes pretty obvious it can be a dangerous sport no matter the level you climb at. The higher the level of your achievements puts you at a higher level of risk. It doesn't take much research or experience to see that many of the "best" in every generation of alpine climbers don't generally live full lives. </p><p>What I am really thankful for, isn't the technology advances that a good many climbers have brought to the sport but the level of imagination they bring to do things differently. Making adventures and efforts once thought impossible, eventually common place. Even if those sorts of efforts were only being done by a very capable few. </p><p>The inspiration you get for free. And often as not that will still spark my own imagination and give me a goal to aspire too. It doesn't have to be a cutting-edge goal. Just a goal. For that I am grateful. </p><p><br /></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-7708923180308389962021-11-22T22:46:00.003-08:002021-11-23T08:33:13.937-08:00Gear geeking and why it can pay off.<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLGV8APvOnPdDd0N-sAiVPqj35bRr_YTq9FK60bLf9mCpQASI2r-aXxtp9Wb-Fs-EZjq9hbxySXCyYbXqR2CEUBG_lyKBdcHZ31KTiCqAWcTQ-rtd_y7_JbOqf5cw3kGfFXcGy2x9FZY/s900/GRA.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLGV8APvOnPdDd0N-sAiVPqj35bRr_YTq9FK60bLf9mCpQASI2r-aXxtp9Wb-Fs-EZjq9hbxySXCyYbXqR2CEUBG_lyKBdcHZ31KTiCqAWcTQ-rtd_y7_JbOqf5cw3kGfFXcGy2x9FZY/s320/GRA.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Bear with me ;)</p><p>10 years ago I came home from the Alps tired and not recovering well. One of the toys I had to play with trying to stay on top of my efforts and recovery was a polar heart rate watch. I'd used in in Triathlons and running in general prior. And I'd used a Mio HR monitor prior to that.</p><p>I was lucky enough to be sponsored by Polar for a few seasons and had great faith in the Polar products because of their support.</p><p>I am genetically blessed with a resting heart rate of 44 to 46. So when I couldn't get my heart rate below 60 after any of my efforts in the Apls (and none of them I'd consider BIG efforts) I figured I was just burn out, and needed some time off and a rest. That as in April. By June my resting heart rate was still in the low 60s or high 50s. Still not good enough. I just kept blowing the discrepancy off to no working hard enough and by mid-summer intentionally being a lot less active.</p><p>My annual physical is in Sept. every year Even my GP thought I was healthy but thought I should see the ENT guy for some swelling on th exterior of my neck. I was getting concerned as my throat and side of my face's symmetry seemed slightly off. Enough that I could see it shaving. Thankfully a Physician Assistant (who had previously been a MD in Russian) knew what he was looking at. it was bad enough that 48 hrs. later I was in surgery for stage 4 throat cancer. </p><p>I knew there was something wrong. My resting pulse was sky for me. I was lucky my cancer was caught before it could go any further or get any bigger. </p><p>Neat thing about the older Mio HR monitors was it didn't need chest strap. The Polar HR monitors did. They are a pain to use. But not enough of a pain to ignore one. I'm glad I didn't. </p><p>Today? I bought my wife a Fitbit watch not long ago to help her on her own fitness program. Turns out she really likes it. The little watch tracks her steps, her HR and he sleep patterns. Handy tools all if you wonder why you aren't feeling as healthy as you might.</p><p>I found myself a little jealous of a little watch that does so much. I have my own testing and endurance data going back to the '80s. And I like making comparisons to a 40 year younger version of me. Even more so with some of the health issues I've worked through.</p><p>Which got me thinking a watch HRM might well be a handy thing. Might just tell me when i ma stoking out on the side of a hill or the ditch where I fell off my bike :)</p><p>So the bike? (follow along I'll get there eventually) Power meters 10 years ago were very expensive. I always wanted one to up my training but never had the coin I was willing to drop on one. Turns out the price has been chopped in half these days and better yet the data is even better. </p><p>Recently I was wanting to rebuild one of my 10 speed Cervelos and though the addition of a power meter would be a fun toy at 1/2 price while doing that. And it was. I learned more from 5 ride on a power meter than i had on years training with just a HRM. Basics is by the time a HRM shows you have blown up you have pretty much toasted the effort for the day.</p><p>A power meter can tell you how to ride a fine line and never intentionally blow up if you are paying attention. I ended up buying a Wahoo Element and a Quarq Power meter. If nothing else I wanted to see just how different the power of each leg was after breaking my pelvis. No additional straps and the Element takes care of the rest through a phone app that you can study and apply at home.</p><p><a href="https://www.competitivecyclist.com/quarq-dzero-dub-power-meter-spider?skidn=QRQ802I-BLA-S110BCD&ti=UExQIENhdDpDeWNsaW5nIFBvd2VybWV0ZXJzOjE6MTQ6Y2NDYXQxMDAwMzc=">Quarq DZero DUB Power Meter Spider | Competitive Cyclist</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wahoofitness.com/devices/bike-computers/elemnt-bolt-bundle-buy-us">ELEMNT BOLT GPS Bike Computer Bundle | Wahoo Fitness</a></p><p>I was liking the power meter a lot and learning from it. It didn't take me long to start thinking GPS tracking of my actual ride would be pretty cool. But I wasn't interested in another computer upgrade. I also started thinking a no strap HRM and the addition of a I phone might be really handy climbing, running, and swimming. Might be a few other things I could use it for as well. I'd seen them from Garmin and Yahoo and thought what a waste of money originally.</p><p>I had ended up with a good size credit at my LBS selling my tri bike. On a lark really, I bought the Yahoo Element Rival watch.</p><p>On the best purchases ever for me. If I had known I'd likely not have bought the power meter. I am still learning how to run the watch but so far it gives me way more info than I can use at the moment for training and a GPS route of every workout with a lot more useful additional data. </p><p>I like tech tools that surprise me and help me do more with less. I like knowing exactly how my main machine is working. The Rival makes that happen. YMMV.</p><p><a href="https://www.wahoofitness.com/devices/sport-watches/elemnt-rival">Wahoo Triathlon Watch | ELEMNT RIVAL GPS Smartwatch | Wahoo Fitness</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-24926616426222918962021-11-22T01:11:00.006-08:002021-11-24T20:16:27.119-08:00Not a place I really like to be.....<p>I've never been on terrain skiing in North America or the little bit in South America where I really thought I need a technical tool in my hand let along on a harness or in a pack.</p><p>France? I can't say that. Stuff gets skied most every were that would likely scare me bad, put me in a pity party and <b>really</b> wanting a rope. Just seems to be easier to access and more common in Chamonix for me. But one thing for sure it is <u>not common need for me</u>.</p><p>I used this axe from Camp on a trip of the Classic Haute route from Cham to Zermatt. It never came out of my pack on the couple of small bits of boot packing we did.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Z4-Nq0YCjc5PNwUNCpSynNq6vnoZsTNsQNwppjPY9P0nn5pRlR4HK-Hr5d5E40Voi5AgL_b8cFLXmVBOST7YLUdMwH6heHkZmfQnwJkgKsZuPDdrBp5t8S-X18j2fifjdPoPtsZQSvg/s978/axe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="978" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Z4-Nq0YCjc5PNwUNCpSynNq6vnoZsTNsQNwppjPY9P0nn5pRlR4HK-Hr5d5E40Voi5AgL_b8cFLXmVBOST7YLUdMwH6heHkZmfQnwJkgKsZuPDdrBp5t8S-X18j2fifjdPoPtsZQSvg/w400-h225/axe.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A week later when we skied the Cosmic in hard conditions and I actually did want to rap one more rope length, and needed an extra anchor the aluminum head wasn't my 1st choice for a tool. But it was what I had. And it sucked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NaHYdMLAIe77liDzMVi1WYCJwedkGUJqWCMfop5B4aTdd7Nzj2Fg0l2lPL36PxGJW2JkmfVY4_1VsdM1WyTCCsKhPtJ4_qd5j9XJ-WM1KLirf5iYOq3D-IeNVyiUKVRp_6MzQQYFfWY/s2048/coz12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NaHYdMLAIe77liDzMVi1WYCJwedkGUJqWCMfop5B4aTdd7Nzj2Fg0l2lPL36PxGJW2JkmfVY4_1VsdM1WyTCCsKhPtJ4_qd5j9XJ-WM1KLirf5iYOq3D-IeNVyiUKVRp_6MzQQYFfWY/w640-h426/coz12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>A trip the next day to Snells I picked up this one. This one or better yet a pair of them you can climb ice with. Pretty much any ice :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The old hammer version, and shortest, Petzl Sum'tec. After a couple of uses I bought two and used them a couple of times instead on Nomics on easy alpine ice that I skied in and out of. Only down side in the pack is they are heavy. The weight is a good thing for me when I am scared and trying to set dubious anchors or want a self-belay while I am trying to set dubious anchors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ml-RXtPmDeyPNimjNYxUW1ot0Gu1CC1chnKploKAMyio89a_yX9HfN09_7QJWjOlVmynAhNjYPTR98IJ9zNNIXVJfX50d2JRkSVAnD9JqjkPUVmaNtHXJ5cTQFleCwCoksS9vN7yQYQ/s474/sum.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ml-RXtPmDeyPNimjNYxUW1ot0Gu1CC1chnKploKAMyio89a_yX9HfN09_7QJWjOlVmynAhNjYPTR98IJ9zNNIXVJfX50d2JRkSVAnD9JqjkPUVmaNtHXJ5cTQFleCwCoksS9vN7yQYQ/w400-h400/sum.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wrote this in Jan of 2017.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2017/01/petzls-new-tools.html">Cold Thistle: Petzl's new tools?!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Been a while but now we know what was then "new". I had hoped for Ueli's "mini Nomic" but that is not what we got. Recently I bought a pair of the Gully tools. Ace and hammer combo. Chances are I'll be using them some in March. FWIW...I bought mine on sale in the off season at $99 per tool. Having seen now where and how they have been used the last 5 years I hope to be pleased with the purchase. I have a short trip planned mid-winter specifically just to play with them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Any one care to comment on their own set of Gully tools?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8os39lY-szb9L_PsVbuiviAokhdoCB5AsoJk9rXpBBv26Y7YpKbnCVdAkNdVAapKZgneukEp_cqvJWJhMJxSIkPQdeLMSs0VX92iOJXG82x8kAGZ7RlrQfM8i5bz-Klwy8Ert_LQq4FI/s1200/pgully.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8os39lY-szb9L_PsVbuiviAokhdoCB5AsoJk9rXpBBv26Y7YpKbnCVdAkNdVAapKZgneukEp_cqvJWJhMJxSIkPQdeLMSs0VX92iOJXG82x8kAGZ7RlrQfM8i5bz-Klwy8Ert_LQq4FI/w400-h400/pgully.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div>Currently $127.50 at backcountry.com<p></p><p><a href="https://www.backcountry.com/petzl-gully-ice-axe?CMP_SKU=PTZ006V&MER=0406&skid=PTZ006V-HAM-ONESIZ&mr:trackingCode=90FBDFAC-2681-E711-8100-005056944E17&mr:referralID=NA&mr:device=c&mr:adType=pa&mr:ad=76828434319933&mr:filter=4580428005744996&CMP_ID=PLA_BNmyDeviceIndicator=c001&utm_source=Bing&utm_medium=PLA&k_clickid=_k_2da759bd23381211833c38267fb73cd7_k_&utm_id=bi_cmp-350324551_adg-1229254118495316_ad-76828434319933_pla-4580428005744996_dev-c_ext-_prd-PTZ006V-HAM-ONESIZ&msclkid=2da759bd23381211833c38267fb73cd7&utm_campaign=Petzl%20-%20PLA&utm_term=4580428005744996&utm_content=Petzl">Petzl Gully Ice Axe - Climb (backcountry.com)</a><br /> </p><p>Thanks Anthony! Among others Colin, Ueli and Kilian have been standouts for adding new techniques and specialized gear for us all in the last decade and more. Fun trying to keep up! (with just the gear)</p><p>Nomic weights are a perfect fit on the Gully tools. And an obvious advantage in anything but neve conditions. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhtJ9m-p6rcObNiOYx0ig1rSai8SUXQH_GfaK4q0QCYmuFftmmW8TSZM1ZOe98Q21_cPXVUWDk-SrLRipBCVN61hdeJcJc_3SMaTRxUXlVYLQnQc7mXP2mj_1xClUWYDG2uTrApagqH0/s2048/IMG_5027+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="2048" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhtJ9m-p6rcObNiOYx0ig1rSai8SUXQH_GfaK4q0QCYmuFftmmW8TSZM1ZOe98Q21_cPXVUWDk-SrLRipBCVN61hdeJcJc_3SMaTRxUXlVYLQnQc7mXP2mj_1xClUWYDG2uTrApagqH0/w400-h396/IMG_5027+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUTBNJuR3disoPvXF80Rk7T4P2L6CH6jB5e7qznBm5TbhdC1cScIpyD6oOLV5IN5_Z8L55kPz0yX4PVgmNVpeY8j4a7ycrdr1RIgFCF78cdfN_l1sVNVcQv2VyLXm4v5yOgNWN4e1Wk0/s2048/IMG_5028+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="2048" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUTBNJuR3disoPvXF80Rk7T4P2L6CH6jB5e7qznBm5TbhdC1cScIpyD6oOLV5IN5_Z8L55kPz0yX4PVgmNVpeY8j4a7ycrdr1RIgFCF78cdfN_l1sVNVcQv2VyLXm4v5yOgNWN4e1Wk0/w400-h365/IMG_5028+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXqaSBPR-M-l6o9dcHBpl60AU3cuzvANg3Hf-zWjINcuMSbACNu7EsnUxa-EUkBFMPWDa1n4P5cblePIm-OAwLHZEu9bkCB3j-RdO5XoVvjNop6PGHXz_ThX5UCdAcqLpBLY-I3QmCCE/s2048/IMG_5029+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXqaSBPR-M-l6o9dcHBpl60AU3cuzvANg3Hf-zWjINcuMSbACNu7EsnUxa-EUkBFMPWDa1n4P5cblePIm-OAwLHZEu9bkCB3j-RdO5XoVvjNop6PGHXz_ThX5UCdAcqLpBLY-I3QmCCE/w400-h375/IMG_5029+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Gully hammer 362g with high rubber wrap and pick weights</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Gully axe 352g with high rubber wrap and pick weights</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sum'tec hammer 496g with full rubber wrap</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nomic hammer 588g that is bone stock</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>100g = 3.5oz<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvXiUBSOXSTL_C123QIqjiaRy9tQzbe_w6vp7uDnwuShyphenhyphenGrvV6sM5Ge3sp5OEqLvD68k213BQZ1dV7XCdUxPNUdLgJpR3Bipzq5p2h44IMJcSHG9eXP3P_OiBKDkUqcye1DWfKJ_ntts/s2048/IMG_5034+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1787" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvXiUBSOXSTL_C123QIqjiaRy9tQzbe_w6vp7uDnwuShyphenhyphenGrvV6sM5Ge3sp5OEqLvD68k213BQZ1dV7XCdUxPNUdLgJpR3Bipzq5p2h44IMJcSHG9eXP3P_OiBKDkUqcye1DWfKJ_ntts/w349-h400/IMG_5034+%25282%2529.JPG" width="349" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kinda funny when you look closely at all three. The fly weight. The other arguably most versatile ice tool to date. And an old school knuckle dragger tool that will likely get you up and down anything reasonably moderate in the mountains. Sum'tec reminds me of the Chacal and the Terro before it. Both were very capable tools on ice and alpine mixed. No flies on any of the old style three.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I remember a time when I thought a Nomic was going to be too light.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Winters coming!</div><div><br /></div>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-35821810756250776842021-11-21T12:05:00.005-08:002021-11-21T12:05:55.708-08:00Alien boots for sale?<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">I still have a pair of size 29 Alien 1.0s I'd like to sell. Still pretty much new. I used them one long day in Cham. My feet paid the price. No booting in them. Just too narrow for my feet but I sure wish they weren't. $470 for the boots with a new and spiffy pair of the Lycra gaiters included. I'll pay the postage in the US. This could be a real score for some wanting an extremely lwt boot that skis really well. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQHD1ifRuW0JwORjK3Me1dPAT7OIyLjkZpyChwsWme-OetOneX68nj1KDGJVuwK0iP8RrKpoCadbhkj61eZUnq7crMzDPQd4MXgGiK5IOac23X5ds6ur7ga3Cb37xOBVDM1nhAFNz0-s/s1600/alien.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQHD1ifRuW0JwORjK3Me1dPAT7OIyLjkZpyChwsWme-OetOneX68nj1KDGJVuwK0iP8RrKpoCadbhkj61eZUnq7crMzDPQd4MXgGiK5IOac23X5ds6ur7ga3Cb37xOBVDM1nhAFNz0-s/s320/alien.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoUiLbqMYi6vRUzJ5PA9URPAcI0XEeb_-CsAHCpnUetaykCY54unodLT8hBgGwa1ERgK6mKajyYh91rAf_GKtOeXM9HaLcz0BeiltZS8N1rZpSxskyucvpaoPYEpxGXNS-V5MbU-6YoY/s1600/alien-gaiter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="500" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoUiLbqMYi6vRUzJ5PA9URPAcI0XEeb_-CsAHCpnUetaykCY54unodLT8hBgGwa1ERgK6mKajyYh91rAf_GKtOeXM9HaLcz0BeiltZS8N1rZpSxskyucvpaoPYEpxGXNS-V5MbU-6YoY/s320/alien-gaiter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-30250172234935312802021-11-21T01:53:00.011-08:002021-11-21T12:12:11.936-08:00What's up?<p>The last time I wrote seriously here was in 2015/2016. </p><p>I had left Chamonix in the Spring of 16 burnt out and sick. I had bailed on a 6 week pre paid trip less than 3 weeks in. Heart breaking for me. But my heart, soul just weren't into it. I needed a change in life style.</p><p>Buy the Fall of 2016 we had sold our home of 25 years and moved 500 miles south west to the Idaho desert. No real snow close to speak of ( really Rainier and Alpental were close) and what therefor snow is goes fast in the Spring. I am close to the Sawtooths, and the Tetons. Sun Valley is just up the road. Haven't been. And we are close to where I grew up as a kid, or at least closer than the Cascades. </p><p>Moving was wonderful change of place and pace for our family. The family grew by 5 more horses on the way. For a total of 6. The new 5 all under 4 years old then. Now we ride them all. We adding acres of hay to nurture, cut and bail twice a year, water to run during the irrigation season, May to November. and horses to feed every day, twice a day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_YthQ3yBwWE7mcdDDMdpH64-Q7hOq869khG1N5kr1AvfUIajjz2E9dOzNK70qllU-dXJCkaf1xqEgCvjaNEH6slHQPEExVBAPd65yTF20nr5WJ8YyehsdBNzhzg5zBZMtnJAenqKO4w/s2048/herda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="2048" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_YthQ3yBwWE7mcdDDMdpH64-Q7hOq869khG1N5kr1AvfUIajjz2E9dOzNK70qllU-dXJCkaf1xqEgCvjaNEH6slHQPEExVBAPd65yTF20nr5WJ8YyehsdBNzhzg5zBZMtnJAenqKO4w/w640-h324/herda.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I got busier than I ever thought possible. But no skiing, no climbing and not riding any bikes to speak of. When I was riding it was a horse. Something I had really missed from being a kid but just never realized how much.</span></div><p>Less than a year later (Spring of 2017) my wife got in a horse wreck riding in a remote section of the Snake River canyon. A badly broken the pelvis the result. A harrowing day followed with a life flight at the end of it. Two surgeries and a month in the hospital and then months of rehab followed.</p><p>Almost a year to date (Spring of 2018) I broke my pelvis but thankfully not as bad. And I was "lucky" enough to do it in our arena, a few feet from the back door on our house. No surgery but again months of rehab. Tracy likes to refer to it as pay back for not taking better care of her the first time around :) Truthfully? Knowing what a broke pelvis is like now....I should have been a lot nicer and way more helpful! </p><p>And you thought climbing was dangerous?</p><p>Today were are both back on our bikes and running again. Life is good. And I feel like writing again with new adventures just around the corner coming up. </p><p>I get an occasional question here on the blog. They always surprise me. I really thought Cold Thistle would just cease to exist. I have only ever written about what interested me. If anyone else found it helpful or entertaining that too generally just surprised me. Eventually a few folks saw what I was doing and spun their own web and most of them were doing it better with some rational behind it besides "just for fun". Good for them!</p><p>I had a question on skimo race suits today. Which I actually know very little about. But I have two of them and I like to use them on occasion. You can search that topic here but what I have is a Dynafit suit and a Camp suit. The Camp is 8 years old now and the Dynafit almost 6 I think. Likely made in the same factory but also slightly different. Both are good from my limited use.</p><p>If I were looking for a new one today I'll head to: <a href="https://skimo.co/race-suits">Men's Race Suits (skimo.co)</a> </p><p>They'll answer most any question you can ask and should be able to sort you out quickly.</p><p>Race suits are an acquired taste. But once you try one, you'll likely know pretty quickly if it is for you or not. The cost seemed a lot of money at the time. But I've also got a good deal of use out of them and will continue to for some time yet. Money well spent for me. If you wear Lycra on a bike you are probably doomed to own one. And they look cool on any boot pack :)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihvxrrfXtalIdb5AgAHrJ9rFLX-3zgOvMiRwZEjNxMuz-b6SiiDjlAdw9LVF9pvbvsDPQdAbM6N9nl0uYLUOWjhIYif6BD4f4K7oaFV8N2BwGxEjGABDjgosRUfQBcrI2IW-VCREkseQ/s1200/skimo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1200" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihvxrrfXtalIdb5AgAHrJ9rFLX-3zgOvMiRwZEjNxMuz-b6SiiDjlAdw9LVF9pvbvsDPQdAbM6N9nl0uYLUOWjhIYif6BD4f4K7oaFV8N2BwGxEjGABDjgosRUfQBcrI2IW-VCREkseQ/w640-h429/skimo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So Skis? Yep I am excited about a new ski that I can find little to no info on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been a big fan of Dynafit since the TLT5. Most of the skis I do use are still Dynafit. There are 2 dozen pairs of skis in my shop, many still unmounted. I just slowed down mounting and testing once I found a couple of skis I really liked and was writing less. But may be I am just a hoarder?! I had a chance to go to Las Lenas late summer of 2015. And lucky enough to snag a pair of early Dynafit Denalis to take along. I simply loved the ski. There on a mostly Spring corn or glare ice conditions. I looked for the ski on sale the next summer and was able to buy a couple of spare pair, cheap. But still skiing on my original pair that have been drilled twice. The early word came down that the Denali was breaking and was going to be discontinued and then replaced. I thought bummer! At least we'll get another ski like it. The replacement was called the Dhaulagiri and bright pumpkin orange in color. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The 176 Denali weighted in at <b>2# 12oz</b> for one ski.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The 177 Dhaulagiri was @ 3# even for one ski.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Your probably asking, "why do I care?" by now. You may not but here is why it interests me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enter the new Black Light 95.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Black Light 178 weights in at the same old<b> 2#12oz</b> for one ski or <b>1247gr.</b> in my 178cm length.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">All these skis are/were '95 plus under foot I found the Denali and amazing all mountain ski. Back country, touring, even lift skiing. Amazing on ice and hard snow. Good for the width in soft. I really like it. And have yet to break a pair. The Dhaulagiri is virtually the same ski as the Denali for side cut and rocker, "I think", but I have yet to ski them. The plan was I would mount them after I broke my current Denali. Not happened yet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bL5doNYWcn4" width="320" youtube-src-id="bL5doNYWcn4"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The '95 Black light I have to assume was a replacement for the Denali/Dhaulagiri size touring ski. It is a slightly different shape and rocker. And will obviously ski a little longer. But a 177 aint gonna ski very "long" at any time. Either way I wanted a pair. Just wasn't willing to fork out $750 for the experience. As I said I have plenty of skis. BackCountry.com was running them on sale this week. $599 for a pair. 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Time to start dreaming!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i2ZllErtdLE" width="320" youtube-src-id="i2ZllErtdLE"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i2ZllErtdLE" width="320" youtube-src-id="i2ZllErtdLE"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-35020888131632704312021-11-20T21:51:00.002-08:002021-11-20T21:51:48.389-08:00Hello World!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fbqHK8i-HdA" width="320" youtube-src-id="fbqHK8i-HdA"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-58078330075229537312020-05-12T13:41:00.004-07:002020-11-17T14:31:00.530-08:00Sledge sunglesses by Tifosi?<span style="color: #003000;"></span><span style="color: #003000;"></span><br />
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My environment has changed a good bit in the last couple of years. I live in an area now that gets 210+ days a year of sun and 82 days of precipitation. It is a desert. Beautiful as it is here the barren land and glare here are both rough on the eyes. <br />
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We moved here from a environment of 205 sunny days and some kind of precipitation, on average, 173+ days per year. Needless to say there was a lot of green :) <br />
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With a enough green in the environment light colored glasses are usable even with blue eyes that are more prone to bright light damage.<br />
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If you have read through CT it is likely obvious I own and use lot of different sun glasses. Skiing, climbing, on a horse or bike, or just in the field, I literally don't leave the house without a pair of high quality sun glasses on or stashed on my person. <br />
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I rate my own glasses two ways. Sun protection and eye protection. On a tight single track or a fast road bike decent I want eye protection. On a horse here in the desert I want eye protection from the blowing sand and dirt. Shooting? Eye protection is mandatory as a safety concern.<br />
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Enter Tifoi's newest sunglass, the "Sledge". Or maybe better described as a "google"? In the last few years any number of sunglass companies have enlarged their lens to almost the size of a small pair of ski goggles. The Sledge is one of them and it was designed ground up specifically for cycling. And they work extremely well there. Great protection and most importantly great vision with the super large lens. There are no blind spots with the Sledge on a bike. If you have ever been hunched over for hours on aero bars looking through the frames (not the lens) of a poorly designed sun glass frame you know the pain. That is not a Sledge problem. Ever done that quick lane change and snapped your head left for a second to check oncoming and not have a clear view of what's coming because of a bad frame/lens design?! <br />
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I wanted the Sledge in the darkest lens they had available. Which is a mirrored gray. And it is dark (3). Good enough for the bright summer days here. But it was the clear and intermediate lens that got my attention for every day use in less harsh conditions. <br />
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I have a couple pair of clear lens glasses that I use as safety glass for shooting or crashing through the brush. If I am weed wacking or mowing the lawn I use a sun glass of some sort as a "safety glass". But typically none of them offer the eye coverage and protection of the Sledge. <br />
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The lens come as filter rated clear is a 0, the intermediate lens is a 2 and the gray mirrored version a 3. All tucked into a handy carrying case.<br />
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The last time I had an eye injury was from a shard of ice while climbing. It actually cut my cornea from a pick placement mid lead . From then on I have generally climb with a visor attached to my helmet. A eye injury in the middle of a week long climbing trip was not something I want to ever repeat. Ice climbing is a place the typical sun glass might be too dark or too light or simply not offer enough protection all the while guaranteed to fog up on you. I like having multiple len shades to choose from and good venting. <br />
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The Sledge has great venting. I've had no fogging even when just working while stationary wearing them during 80F temps and 70% humidity and sweating badly. On a bike...I don't think you'd ever have a problem. Ice climbing? I still need to check out. <br />
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Grilamid TR 90 frames. My Dynafit ski boots are made of some sort of Grilamid. I have yet to break any of them. Not without trying! :)<br />
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Polycarbonate lens...tough stuff. Ballistics tough. <br />
100% UVA and UV protection<br />
Hydrophilic rubber on the frames that gets stickier as you sweat<br />
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May be the best thing about the Tifosi Sledge from my point of view is the price....$80. MSRP I am way over what most are asking as the going rate for a decent pair of sunglasses these days @ $200+. The Sledge is my first pair of <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Tifosi. I am impressed. They </span>won't be my last pair of the brand.</div>
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The most difficult lines I have skied have all been in lwt "race level" Tech bindings. The story linked below isn't the first time I have heard of a major failure on a tech binding toe while in use. <br />
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I was looking for the warmest jacket I could find with literally some of the best cold weather climbing jackets hanging in my gear room now. That included both the Arcteryx Kappa and a Fission SL. The list got one more this winter with the Fission SV. I ordered up new versions of each from BC. Tried them all on and kept the SV. The others went back...nothing new there from what I already had. </div>
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A life style new to me, but for the last 6 months I've been getting up just prior to dawn, rain, shine or snow to feed livestock for the last 6 months. One of the coldest winters on record here. Going on 60 days at or below freezing now. The Kappa, a trusted friend for winter climbing in the Alps and Canada wasn't warm enough most days early and late. The Fission SL, the "go to" hard core winter climbing coat, wasn't up to the task when the wind started blowing @ -25F any time of day. Mind you both of those Arcteryx jackets are <b><i>really</i></b> good cold weather pieces! But this is an honest comparison made by wearing all three day after day of multiple sub zero weeks this winter. The SV is slightly longer, sheds wind much better than the other two and because of both the length and wind resistance, it is noticeably warmer. The double chest pockets are handier if required. I now know why you see this jacket on a lot of full time ski instructors in the Rocky Mtn States. Not seen a warmer jacket that can take a real beating (day in and day out on the ski hill or in the barn) and still do the job just as well at the end of the Season as the beginning. If you really need a cold weather jacket the SV is worth the extra price compared to the Kappa for warmth IMO. Kappa is a taped Goretex product but not warrantied to be water "proof". Although feature to feature IMO the Kappa is a better buy if it is warm enough for you. And <b><i>if</i></b> you don't need fully taped and water proof Goretex. Never needed Goretex frankly other than rain gear but have found the water proof layer really nice when it has been needed here. Goretex was not something I bought the SV for however. And would now just for the extra protection. The Fission SL (fully water proof Goretex as well) is a great climbing jacket for warmth and weight. But I find it hard to justify the price when compared to the other two. For a climbing parka and really cold dry occasions (think of missing the Tram mid winter on the Midi) my impression is you can do better for warmth and weight (short of snow cave living) by going to one of the better down jackets intended for the same use. Still not a big fan of the SV's fashion styling ( still undecided if I like the collar/hood design or not). OK I'd will admit I wish the collar was higher". Glad all the SV jacket has a dbl zipper because when it is not really cold, the jacket is too long and too warm. When it is really cold and windy the length is perfect :) The SV is now the only COLD WEATHER jacket I have hanging in our mud room getting daily use. And it is THE jacket I grab when I want to be warm and protected from the weather/elements on foot, on a horse or on a exposed 4 wheeler. Given the choices in cold weather jackets I have available that is saying a lot. It is still not the jacket I would take climbing. It is too heavy and frankly not cut for climbing. Kappa and SL are both lighter and cut to easily climb technical ground in. But the Fission SV is the one jacket I wish I had when I really need a warm jacket. Simply because it is the warmest most weather resistant synthetic insulation I own.</div>
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I like the snap on the hem and zipper of all three jackets. Not a fan of the big toothed zipper used although it does work well but hard to get started sometimes. I have to take my time and be careful. Never a good situation when it required for a piece of my climbing kit. Cuffs are dialed! But also could be done better with just elastic like the Atom Series. Hoods as expected, are exceptional with or without a helmet. External pockets? Not so much thought there was my opinion. They work..enough said. Dbls always better than one for me. Internal pockets on all of them are awesome! All three are solid cold weather jackets. Kappa is the lightest least bulky, easiest to wear. The Fission SL is warmer, slightly bulkier, more wind proof "perhaps" and costs amore than dbl what you can buy a Kappa for. But it is water proof :) The Fission SV is longer, more weather proof and WARMER than either. It has a funky hood and collar design. Both are good, neither is perfect. SV does have double breast pockets....which I really like. Cost is more than a Kappa, and less than the SL. Best to find any of them on sale in late Spring or early Summer!<br />
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