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03-02-2018, 07:11 PM #2176
There's a TGR group order going for the Salomon Shift binding, offered up by our very own Tahoe Mountain Sports (you know, in truckee right of the safeway). the details are 15% off and if there's 30+ preorders, everyone gets 20% off.
If you're interested check it out. Here's the thread: https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...92#post5274092
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03-02-2018, 07:20 PM #2177Registered User
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03-02-2018, 07:22 PM #2178
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03-02-2018, 07:33 PM #2179"if you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind..."
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03-02-2018, 07:39 PM #2180Registered User
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Actually, they all stopped going to him long before that
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03-02-2018, 08:02 PM #2181The commander of time
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03-02-2018, 08:24 PM #2182
Ya'll complaining about the crowds--just remember you're just as much a part of the problem as anyone else. It's not the resort's fault for being crowded, and don't give me any crap about bringing back expensive passes, as if skiing isn't already a sport for the rich. There's a lot of people in the Bay Area, Reno, and Sacramento, or hadn't you noticed. I had a great time skiing at Alpine today, despite the numb feet.
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03-02-2018, 08:28 PM #2183
My feet do the exact same thing. Up until now my philosophy has been "if they're numb they can't hurt". Problem with that is when you jump off something and land wayyyyy in the backseat with your boots too loose you don't feel your toenails getting rammed into the front of your boots.
This is 7 days and about 20 Advils after the fact and I didn't feel a thing til 6 hours later when my foot warmed up.
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03-02-2018, 08:32 PM #2184
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03-02-2018, 08:52 PM #2185
There's your problem. You need a boot that fits your foot, not a boot that doesn't fit sized down too small. With very few exceptions, cold feet happen because your circulation is cut off, not because the boot is too cold.
Pay no attention to "shell fit." That's a red herring for people who don't understand how feet and skiing work, which is, unfortunately, almost every bootfitter. The important place to fit properly is your instep, where foot and lower leg meet. If that's held down and tight, you could cut off the toebox and still ski with no problems. If that doesn't hold your heel and ankle down and back, you'll ski poorly no matter how much the rest of the boot crushes your foot. It has to do with the shape of the tongue of the boot and liner vs. the shape of your leg, and buckling the boot down won't change it much. A 3-piece boot with an instep buckle helps some, but if it's a high boot to begin with and your foot is low, that won't be enough.
If you like the MTN Lab you probably have a very low instep and a skinny lower leg, just like me. That boot is the lowest instep and smallest lower leg I've found on a current production boot, alpine or AT. Wear it in a 28.5 shell (not sized way down), use a footbed and shims and perhaps heel lifts to get your instep locked down, and enjoy life.
PM me if you want to talk about that. I've helped fix boot issues that the "best bootfitter in XXXXX" couldn't fix.
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03-02-2018, 08:57 PM #2186
Nice skiing with you! I felt pretty safe in assuming that the guy with GPOs and FTP gloves was a mag.
Sorry I lost you; I hit what I thought was a nice little rollover but was actually an opportunity to dry dock between two boulders.
Heavenly was a lot of fun despite having as many people as a crowded Saturday. The first run of the day down Gunny was glorious, ditto upper Milky Way and Maggie’s Canyon when Sky opened. After that just made laps in powder bowl since the skiing was great and you could ski onto the chair.
There are still a hilarious amount of hazards under thin cover. I just ski over them now since my Billy Goats seem to do more damage to trees and rocks than vice versa.
Pretty fun day and it’s hard to complain about crowds and low angle terrain at heavenly when I come here and see it’s yet another pow day with angry Squaw skiers.
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03-02-2018, 09:12 PM #2187If things seem in control, Your just not going fast enough.
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03-02-2018, 09:21 PM #2188Banned
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Yikes! I did one run on KT after a few absolutely stellar runs on R.D./Far East. The line I dropped on Red Dog first run I was actually scared would slide so I gave it a little ski cut which I don't do inbounds too often. Was lucky to get 3rd chair. I guess Andy Wirth was a few chairs back which is why the line formed. People figured if he's in line to ski it's opening...like duh. Musical lines today before anything opened. 45 minutes in funi line then people got bored and waited in KT line for 45 minutes, then they got bored again and started milling around Red Dog. Aaaand then another 30 minute wait for KT. Thankfully every run was my best of the season.
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03-02-2018, 09:25 PM #2189
This is the highest consequence weekend we've had in quite a while. Stay safe out there and I'll hope to do the same
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03-02-2018, 09:32 PM #2190
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03-02-2018, 09:37 PM #2191Banned
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03-02-2018, 10:33 PM #2192Registered Jerry
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This is one of my favorite comments I've read here in a while.
Recco has many applications, and it's use in such an operation does not by any means indicate it was avalanche-related. The signal bounces off all sorts of shit - cell phones, ski poles, bits of metal - not just reflectors. Why wouldn't you use it if you were looking for someone that went missing in the woods at a ski resort the evening before it snowed two feet?
Skiing is inherently dangerous. If you choose to ski steep treed terrain alone during a storm then you need to accept the risk. Resorts can't put a cushy bubble around every single treewell. Same goes for skiing something like KT on a big storm day with a funky snowpack.
1. Wear a beacon, including when skiing inbounds
2. Ski with a buddy, including when skiing inbounds
3. Turn your damn beacon of if you ever happen to roll up to an ongoing avalanche incident, including when skiing inbounds
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03-02-2018, 10:45 PM #2193
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03-02-2018, 10:47 PM #2194Registered User
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03-02-2018, 11:00 PM #2195Registered User
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03-02-2018, 11:01 PM #2196
TAHOE: LAND OF THE SNOWFLAKES -- 17/18 STOKE
Maybe. But if he wasn’t buried then I would imagine he would be able to survive from 4 to 10 a.m. unless he sustained serious injuries. Plus a visual id I much easier than Recco. I would imagine that if he wasn’t buried people would find him with a visual search instead of Recco. Remember if he hit a tree or was injured there would be no need for a Recco search.
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03-02-2018, 11:26 PM #2197
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03-02-2018, 11:33 PM #2198
A lot of meaningless speculation here in the absence of facts. Like the reports that it was a patroller that was missing.
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03-03-2018, 05:46 AM #2199
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03-03-2018, 07:50 AM #2200Rod9301
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Yep, that was me, that's what I was told. Sorry for the missing oration.
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