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In that case, I'm happy to take back my giggling fit:)

Dynafits are "good enough" for me, but they are inferior to most of the other touring bindings out there, and definitely inferior to Alpines[/QUOTE]

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Please tell me you're joking...

If you really know what you're about, then you can go with a friend who is also experienced. But you don't sound like you know what you're about.

I bought some Atomic Aspects with TLTs for a bargain price in Cham late season. There wasn't much opportuniy to test them in powder in yurp this Spring, but they were light on the up, and stiff on...

Unwaith eto, gymru annwyl! Loved your TR of Pen y Fan last year, hoping to make it when the snow falls this winter. If you're still there, I'll race you down (and up)

This might appear sacrilege for CO, but have patience, I'm writing from Yurp.

I have Sweet Daddies (119-80-105) for touring, and Nordica Enforcers (135-98-125) for everything else. When I've tried...

On the Galcier du Tour, learning after eight hours' skinning that it's better to go at your own pace rather than race everyone else in the group. Chill... enjoy...

For Europe, I'd go for something a little thinner. Nordica Enforcer with 98mm underfoot gives a good balance between crud and pow, and the funny little twin tip at the back makes riding switch easy,...

That's consciousness?:)

I feel so much happier knowing that you're a lawyer...:smile:

Nordica Enforcers for (Euro) powder days.
Atomic Sweet Daddies with Naxo NX02 for touring, pistes, and general purpose.
I'd like some more, but my wife won't let me...

I use this way to make sure the holes are in the right place:

1. Stick a wide piece of masking tape down the midle of the ski where the binding is to be placed, leaving a gap where the boot centre...

Great thread, helpful comments about big skis, but what about the boots? This year I skied Nordica Enforcers (135/98/125 - big by European standards) with my X-Waves, and they were great in all...

For a week's family skiing Val d'Isere every time.
http://www.natives.co.uk/resorts/vdi/valdisere.htm
Cutesy village with smart shops (stay in the village centre, and not one of the satellites),...

Yeah, but despite all that, this is still Chamonix, and a bad day in Cham is better than a good day anywhere else...

Thanks for the TR, can't wait till I get there in March.

For me, the HR is at least as much about the experience, as it is about the skiing, so I'm an aggressive ski tourer rather than an aggressive skier! I agree, I don't like trabs - I found them to...

Some of the Lines look like they might be good, either Prophets or Chronics. Would they be too narrow?

I've also found some cheap Liberty Lightwaves, but I don't know anything about them. Any info...

Thanks for those comments, they confirm what I was thinking.

Sweet Daddies look like my preferred option at the moment. Any comments?

I'm plannning on skiing the Haute Route this year, and I need some new skis. Previously, I've toured with Trabs (lightweight) and more recently Bandit B2s (heavier). I use Naxo NX 21 bindings and...

Are the local emergency numbers programmed into your phone's memory?

Does your phone signal interfere with your transceiver?

Is everyone carrying the Holy Trinity (probe, spade, transceiver)?

Stick it in the freezer for 36 hrs. It doesn't take the smell out of ski boots, but it usuallly restores irritable ipods

jwolter - welcome to Europe! It's just as you describe, which is why we like it so much!

This is one for tech talk, and there are three threads on the same subject running there at the moment

Not in the thermos, but in the hut later, try Grolla. Mulled wine on steroids!

Have a look at this thread - should answer your question:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137368

What happens when they get covered in snow/rain/sweat? Isn't that the same as water?

I was wondering how long it would take a French maggot to pick up on the St Mercillon. The afficionado's choice...

Does Tupperware come in Mondo point 26?:smile:

You wouldn't want to smell the socks. Have you ever stayed in an Alpine refuge in high season (pardon the pun)?

Thanks for your input. Like Eldo, I've put most things in the washing machine - if it won't wash, I don't buy - but I wanted to know if someone had tried it before wrecking my liners. Sounds like...

That's true from Cham to La Grave, but you could get to Megeve, Flaine, Portes du Soleil, Courmayeur (via the Mont Blanc Tunnel), and probably Verbier, at a push, reasonably easily. If you find three...

Questions for all you Frankenboot fitters.

I want to put the liners from my downhill boots (Salomon X-wave) into my Garmont Adrenalines to see if they improve the stiffness, but they smell awful. ...

Have a look at this link - it tells you how to do it:

http://www.telemark-pyrenees.com/shop/article_info.php?articles_id=3

There are loads of places you could ski in Europe, and Switzerland is probably the most expensive. Italy is the cheapest of the major ski countries. France has some of thte most exciting terrain -...

Any alternative suggestions?

I've come across a cheap pair of Garmont Adrenalines, 2007-8 model. I've tried them on and they fit fine (a full size less than my normal shoes), but they don't feel stiff enough. I'm planning a long...

Where are you going in the Alps this year? I've been looking into the best place to buy freerando boots this year and I might be able to recommend a shop that's likely to have them in stock.

Thanks for your comments. It seems like the general advice is to put this thread into Tech Talk, and Dingbat's particularly helpful recommendation confirmed that advice! I'm ending this thread, and...

I started this thread in the ski section yesterday, but several contributors suggested it should have been in Tech Talk, so here we go.
I'm looking for a new pair of do everything boots. I spend 1/3...

OK, here's my first attempt at a TGR thread.
I'm looking for a new pair of do everything boots. I spend 1/3 of my time on piste, 1/3 off piste in and around the resort (mainly Chamonix), and 1/3 of...