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No AT bindings for climbing

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Can you climb with skins and fixed bindings?
Mar 6 2011 10:44PM
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Sklar
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no
Mar 6 2011 10:47PM
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Sklar
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if you are asking that you shouldn't even be thinking about going into the backcountry
get learned first
Mar 6 2011 10:55PM
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NWPA
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Mar 6 2011 10:59PM
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slackcountry.  asking cuz i don't want to get them if i dont need them.  Just want to get some turns without having to hike for hours at a time.
Mar 6 2011 11:12PM
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NWPA
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skins are pretty worthless if you don't have at bindings. Get some snowshoes.
Mar 6 2011 11:13PM
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Snowshoes with ski boots?  Makes sense, but it seems awkward.

Mar 6 2011 11:16PM
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set for backcountry knowledge, just don't know much about at bindings
Mar 7 2011 12:12AM
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cobra_commander
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Of course you can, it just sucks balls. Those saying otherwise just lack imagination and/or dedication. I would say that skins without AT bindings is more useful then AT bindings without skins.
Mar 7 2011 12:40AM
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minibus4
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Get a shit ton of foward lean on your boots
Mar 7 2011 1:33AM
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84west
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http://www.backcountry.com/backcountry-access-alpine-trekker-adaptors?CMP_SKU=BCA0001&MER=0406&CMP_ID=SH_FRO001&mv_pc=r126&mr:trackingCode=D6533CF2-076F-DF11-9DA0-002219319097&mr:referralID=NA
Mar 7 2011 2:39AM
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Evilchris
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You should seriously look into trekkers. They are perfect for short slack country tours.
Mar 7 2011 8:08AM
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Ghini
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Trekkers do the job for me.. Got them for cheap + some skins from last years collection = ready to go for little money..

Mar 7 2011 9:27AM
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cobra_commander
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Trackers are terrible.
Mar 7 2011 12:24PM
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ReetsAdeets
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Look into the MFD Alltimes...theyre like a better trekker. Its like a plate that your normal bindings attatch to so that you can tour if you want. Sage has been using them all season, and they come out next year.
Mar 7 2011 4:12PM
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Sklar
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bullshit

no one, not even the most experienced mountain guide is set on backcountry knowledge. The director of the wolf creek (in southern colorado) ski patrol died in an avalanche, INBOUNDS this winter, RIP. He was super knowledgeable and knew the terrain and snowpack very well.


As K_M said, its your life, do what you want with it, but i HIGHLY recommend you get educated before you go out of bounds.
Mar 7 2011 6:02PM
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minibus4
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You and all your super dumbass and asshole friends should do us a favor and go tour right after a major dump and 34 degree temps on a 37 degree slope
Mar 8 2011 12:10AM
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you should do ns a favor and die in a tar pit
Mar 19 2011 7:44PM
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Pool.
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you should do ns a favor and go into the backcountry thinking ur set and die in an avalanche, because with your knowledge of skiing equipment i doubt you know how to work a transceiver or how to use a probe, oh wait you probably dont need one because ur a backcountry pro arnt you?
Mar 20 2011 3:24AM
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Aasert
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Ive done it a couple of times, its OK at best for really short trips, slackcountry. Ive done a 3 hour hike with that type setup... it works in easy terrain, but when it gets steep its a nightmare.

However I would just advice you to get Dukes and you are set for everything.
Mar 20 2011 7:37AM
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you're retarded, and my lack of ski eqipment knowledge is because i'm a snowboard transplant.
Mar 21 2011 12:23AM
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.Duncan.
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lol guys he can do what he wants no need to tell him to go kill himself, i mean we are fellow NS'ers after all.
Mar 21 2011 12:36AM
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Bonzalo
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Boom right there, you guys judge way too fast. Get trekkers of you are planning to go on small tours and you want spend less, or get dukes if you are planning on big tours and you ski agressively. Anyway you should go and ask on the tgr forums for better answers.
Mar 21 2011 12:54AM
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