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Old December 12th 05, 07:27 PM
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Florian Anwander wrote:
Hi Booker

_ I think you're kind of SOL with this. Every crampon on a tele
boot suffers this problem in some degree. Depending on what
kind of telemark binding you have you might look into grinding
the toe piece off 4-5 mm. On most cable style bindings you
don't need the full duckbill.


I think, the real problem is the toe piece of the crampons binding.
Every crampon with cage style or ribbon style toe pieces will suffer
that, but a binding with a wire (comparable to the silvretta 400 ski
binding) will keep the boot in a better position on the crampon.


Only if you figure some way to get it moved further back, however
then you're going to have problems with leverage and flexing on
really steep ice. Maybe with something like the Grivel Rambo,

http://www.mtntools.com/cat/alpineic...bocrampons.htm

Personally, I'd just rent/borrow AT gear or bring MTN Boots. If
the OP's grade 3 is anything like WI3, I wouldn't want flexy
telemark boots regardless of how far the points stuck out.

_ Booker C. Bense



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Old December 13th 05, 12:13 AM
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The ice is WI3. I'm modifying some footfangs so they will be stiff and
move the points forward. The steep ice is pretty short so I'm not
worried about the extra leverage and getting tired from it. Thanks for
the advice. I'll keep posting as thing go on. Kevin



On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:27:11 +0000 (UTC), Booker C. Bense
bbense+rec.skiing.backcountry.Dec.12.05@telemark. slac.stanford.edu
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In article ,
Florian Anwander wrote:
Hi Booker

_ I think you're kind of SOL with this. Every crampon on a tele
boot suffers this problem in some degree. Depending on what
kind of telemark binding you have you might look into grinding
the toe piece off 4-5 mm. On most cable style bindings you
don't need the full duckbill.


I think, the real problem is the toe piece of the crampons binding.
Every crampon with cage style or ribbon style toe pieces will suffer
that, but a binding with a wire (comparable to the silvretta 400 ski
binding) will keep the boot in a better position on the crampon.


Only if you figure some way to get it moved further back, however
then you're going to have problems with leverage and flexing on
really steep ice. Maybe with something like the Grivel Rambo,

http://www.mtntools.com/cat/alpineic...bocrampons.htm

Personally, I'd just rent/borrow AT gear or bring MTN Boots. If
the OP's grade 3 is anything like WI3, I wouldn't want flexy
telemark boots regardless of how far the points stuck out.

_ Booker C. Bense



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