tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post8064887949062151936..comments2024-03-27T21:31:59.376+00:00Comments on Chris Townsend Outdoors: Pondering ski gear in the rain after learning something new in an outdoor shopChris Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-49578523071803803752023-04-02T09:45:42.910+01:002023-04-02T09:45:42.910+01:00We bought the boots/bindings specifically for Norw...We bought the boots/bindings specifically for Norway tours and ad hoc skiing in Scotland. Having invested in this system, we were pretty scunnered when we realised the boots were not robust (neither of us is heavy though there will have been the odd fall). They were very comfortable though compared to any of the leather 75mm boots I had. Kept to Fischer E99 fishscale skis. When I took my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-43441152481364936912023-04-01T11:02:57.364+01:002023-04-01T11:02:57.364+01:00Mike Parsons here posting as Mountain Marathon and...Mike Parsons here posting as Mountain Marathon and former importer of TRAL skis . <br />I had exactly the same clogging up problems with the transverse bar on the Salomon and started carrying a bike tyre lever ( which is angled ) to reach around tip of boot and clear snow. The boots also were poor. I was nervous about buying these Salomon skis, bindings and boots because of previous negatives mountain marathonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023015307851112546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-77753548779634448892023-04-01T06:15:49.664+01:002023-04-01T06:15:49.664+01:00My track boots have the SNS light binding and it h...My track boots have the SNS light binding and it has a similar bar at the toe. Last week has shown that the folk who designed these live in colder places than Scotland, skiing in Finnish Lapland the temperatures were well down in the low blue wax, everything was lovely powder and the bar never gummed up... In Scotland of course it doesn't work like that (and as my boots have the extra mid barPeter Clinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975910923684361920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-54349296760180049382023-03-31T22:56:35.488+01:002023-03-31T22:56:35.488+01:00I tried the Rottefella NNN system, which are simil...I tried the Rottefella NNN system, which are similar to the Salomon, back in the 1990s and had the same problem with the bar on the boots. Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-78244370632758630522023-03-31T22:49:58.615+01:002023-03-31T22:49:58.615+01:00Thanks. I started out with Trak skis in the 1980s....Thanks. I started out with Trak skis in the 1980s. I remember the fishscale base was excellent. I think I'm going for the Rottefella Xplore bindings, which are light, as long as I can find some compatible boots that fit my wide feet.Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-14425498768921866482023-03-31T21:04:10.449+01:002023-03-31T21:04:10.449+01:00Chris, we have sets of exactly the same 75mm boots...Chris, we have sets of exactly the same 75mm boots – both the leather and plastic (and a few others too). About 8 years ago we switched to a Salomon system, perhaps that mentioned by Mountain Marathon. But I see that is is discontinued: https://www.braemarmountainsports.com/ski-equipment/ski-boots/salomon-x-adv-8-nordic-backcountry-ski-boot__1862<br />Have used it successfully in Norway and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-38143898004362878892023-03-27T11:34:55.439+01:002023-03-27T11:34:55.439+01:00As a long time Nordic skier and one time Trak nord...As a long time Nordic skier and one time Trak nordic ski importer ... I have looked with dismay at the massive N boots and systems emerging over many years. The trend began 20 years and more ago and since then alpine has been getting lighter and Nordic going heavier. A few years ago I bought new when in France. This was a Salomon ski with fish scale base ( like the best TRAK one I used to sell) mountain marathonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023015307851112546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-27369405704579046772023-03-26T17:19:23.245+01:002023-03-26T17:19:23.245+01:00My Nordic guide pals use NTN for piste telemarking...My Nordic guide pals use NTN for piste telemarking, they use BC for hut to hut these days having previously used (relatively) light plastics like Excursions with 3 pin or light cables like Riva 3s.<br />When my T3s give up I'll probably follow suit, in the meantime enjoying proper light skinnies and carpet slippers in Lapland!Peter Clinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975910923684361920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-61762041506211268842023-03-26T14:50:00.277+01:002023-03-26T14:50:00.277+01:00I'm certainly not changing to NTN! The Xplore ...I'm certainly not changing to NTN! The Xplore binding looks good though. Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-14019737731897676912023-03-26T08:32:05.146+01:002023-03-26T08:32:05.146+01:00I had the exact same conversation in CMS a couple ...I had the exact same conversation in CMS a couple of days ahead of you. We even talked about your last blog post. I have a first rate 75mm setup and the idea that I have to switch to NTN is an anathema. I’m going to check with my younger son, who is a Royal Marine, as they use 75mm leather boots in Norway. Perhaps he knows of alternative sourcesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com