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Skinning without touring boots

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uyghur
Posts: 993 - Karma: 2,028
Do people do this? Skinning with boots that don't have a walk mode (e.g. full tilts)?
Sep 12 2014 11:21PM
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.lencon
Posts: 6753 - Karma: 17,186
Me and my friend both do it. We just have normal boots with marker dukes/barons. It works fine for what we do.
Sep 13 2014 12:04AM
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tomPietrowski
Posts: 7160 - Karma: 17,589
You can certainly do it but it won't be much fun on longer tours. Not being able to straighten your leg will make you fatigue faster and you may also end up crushing your toes as your foo will get pushed forward as you try to stand up. So for short little skins yeah you can do it but for longer treks you will be wanting a differnt boot pretty fast.
Sep 13 2014 12:13AM
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uyghur
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I would +k but you're both already at 10
Sep 13 2014 1:01AM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
I only got my first walk mode boots last winter. It's not a big deal for short tours, so save some money and just go for it.
Sep 13 2014 5:10AM
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SamtheEagle
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I have and its fine (as long as you dont have tech bindings cus then it wont work at all)
Sep 15 2014 11:24PM
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