tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post6227837422047082477..comments2024-03-16T10:11:19.302-07:00Comments on Cold Thistle: Ski-Mo and the Reality of ChamonixDanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-58149039344899318082013-03-01T21:05:02.184-08:002013-03-01T21:05:02.184-08:00Hey Olin, sorry about the wait. BD horizontals? ...Hey Olin, sorry about the wait. BD horizontals? I keep getting reports of them cracking and or breaking on occasion. Same break, in the same place.Danehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-66695549830430488112013-02-25T21:56:48.938-08:002013-02-25T21:56:48.938-08:00friends don't let friends... was it your blog ...friends don't let friends... was it your blog where I read about the BD stainless horizontals just snapping at the secondaries? Do you have any idea what ever became of that issue? Sportivas new tech boot...that makes me pause and daydream - if only they didn't cost more than my first car.Olinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660865835649582372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-39515056529072427402013-02-22T00:08:27.004-08:002013-02-22T00:08:27.004-08:00Hey Brian, thanks for dropping by. Let me know if...Hey Brian, thanks for dropping by. Let me know if you can get a crampon on the La Sportivas. Bummer...here as I just tried on the Strato and Spitfire and couldn't find a combo I;d use on technical ice. Great tip on the seam grip BTW :) Are you going to be in Golden next month?Danehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-22546569885057684632013-02-21T23:15:25.702-08:002013-02-21T23:15:25.702-08:00Wow, something really nice about going to a blog a...Wow, something really nice about going to a blog and having another reader link to my website in the comments section. Nice to know at least a handful of folks are listening. Cool.<br /><br />I'm with you, Dane. The TLT 5P is the shiznit for most ice and technical stuff short of really hard mixed. I'm too old for that shit anyway. I roll no tongues and no strap. They ended up in the garbage two seasons ago. Took off the training wheels then. My other partners all do the same in Aliens now. <br /><br />I have a pair of Sportiva Spitfires coming. I'll report back on that soon. brian p. harderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223537483494451530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-13139114513357480252013-02-21T01:29:28.782-08:002013-02-21T01:29:28.782-08:00About the buckle and pants, check this out:
http:...About the buckle and pants, check this out:<br /><br />http://www.getstrongergolonger.com/journal/2013/2/18/making-it-better-dynafit-movement-pants.htmlPernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-76860112114802707152013-02-20T22:15:28.703-08:002013-02-20T22:15:28.703-08:00Never thought to write it all down previous but wi...Never thought to write it all down previous but will in detail on a seperate post. I'm in the TLT P and don't use the tongue or power strap for skiing the vast majority of time.<br /><br />I also spent some time skiing and climbing in the TLT Mountain and did the same. But found I prefered the tongue in that boot for skiing on anything but my smallest skis. And liked the TLP P's Palau liner better in either shell. It is warmer and lighter.<br /><br />Ditching the power strap and tongue makes for a lighter boot and one easier to convert from skinning to skiing or skinning to climbing.Danehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-8441150438476996472013-02-20T21:17:59.544-08:002013-02-20T21:17:59.544-08:00Kind of the same question as Eric, but do you clim...Kind of the same question as Eric, but do you climb with the tongues in?Ralph S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17411950699204488079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-45826570409987449922013-02-20T21:15:50.627-08:002013-02-20T21:15:50.627-08:00No clue what everyone else is doing but I just unl...No clue what everyone else is doing but I just unlatch the upper buckle. The boots fit me well enough I can climb pretty hard for me with all the buckles undone. But it is better that the lower buckle is latched just not super tight. Dynafit Movement pants work great for this. But I also use some Paradox or bike tights to good effect as well while climbing. Anything that stretches and holds the buckle and cuff out of the way...way easier than it sounds or you might think. Better yet for climbing any decent soft shell pant (mine are Patagonia or Arcteryx) seems to work perfectly with the TLT and the upper buckle open works as well too.Danehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-35486589250166238162013-02-20T20:06:23.583-08:002013-02-20T20:06:23.583-08:00First, very excited to have this series continue. ...First, very excited to have this series continue. Second, can you outline what you've learned about climbing in the TLT5's? (For example, locked, unlocked or unlocked-but-closed) <br /><br />Eric Dacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14835979583329955534noreply@blogger.com