Joined the ACL class in January 2022 while patrolling. I hoped to avoid surgery, so committed to PT. I was back to 95% of my activities by April, and worked towards hoping to ski without an ACL and...

That shoe string rappel tho! Jim have to convince you to take the shoe string?

Can confirm that these are quite warm and use them on very cold patrol days (-25), or always sitting in the bottom of my ice climbing or skiing pack as emergency gloves.

Took a risk and pulled the trigger on the Natural 111 earlier this month, and only have two days touring on them. Add a grain of salt accordingly, but figured with the lack of info some people might...

Yup, similar issue on my Helio 150. I accepted that they weren't going to come off and resigned to the possibility of the cross-threading them. I overtorqued one of the intial screws and broke the...

Yeah I saw that, wish he was a little more clear on the use case. I've been hesitant to pull the trigger on a mid 80s waisted ski and Julien made it sound like a bit of a noodle.

Thanks for that - a little surprising to know the Ova is stiffer than the Orb. Unfortunately, STP won't ship to Canada, eh.

Anyone been on both the Ova and Orb Freebird for comparison? Looking to pull the trigger on one of these for a spring ski mountaineering set-up, and maybe skiing some steeps.

Best source for spare U-springs in North America? Looking to stiffen up a pair of Trofeo/Helio 145.

Sounds like the Mindbender 130 should be on your list. Basically the Recon with the spine replaced with a walk-mode

170 ish, but short, so went with 179. Sounds like the line is the way to go from all the replies.

Picking up a pair of the 108s, anyone get a chance to explore the mount point? I usually mount on the line, but considering mounting forward on the 108s for a little additional pivotability.

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Yup, but you need a W-Link, which I blanked in my initial reply. W-Link is pretty pricey but it's available (or was) to public through ExpertVoice.

Mammut Maintenance Software has a rescue function that should be able to fix this issue.