Ken Roberts wrote:

It's easier to tour flat on Scarpa F1s than on lots of telemark boots. The
Scarpa F1 basically _is_ a light telemark boot -- without the stupid
duckbill on the toe.

Light for a plastic telemark boot, certainly, but there are no genuinely
light plastic telemark boots, only less heavy ones.

"telemark skis"?
If there's some point being made about the suitability of the _ski_ to
gentle terrain, I will point out that there's no reason why grip wax or
klister cannot be applied to the base of a light Alpine Touring ski.

Indeed no reason not to, but the fact is you'll be putting more on again
sooner because there isn't a wax pocket to push the wax clear of the
snow as you glide.

What you're suggesting is viable and can certainly be done, but I still
don't see it as anything like optimum for what the OP was after.

Pete.
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