Wow! Amazing pics! Glad you like the Nansen's! One thing that I've noticed about using the X-skin system is that the end of the skin can more easily come loose if you put too much tension on the skin, as in stretching/pulling the skin tightly when putting the x skins on. I also tend to make sure the...

The waxless Ingstad: How is floatation compared to the M68 and how is its rotational rigidity? I could add short skins to the scales. Same length questions: 185? 195? I'd also consider the waxless Nansen! I have both the Ingstad BC 195 (waxable) and the Nansen WL 195 and find that the Nansen inspir...

[/quote] If you are young you should move to Norway, they have the best quality of life in the world, if you like outdoor sport that is. A great place to work too. [/quote] What are your thoughts on Sweden, in terms of quality of life vs Norway? My spouse has job offers in both Norway and Sweden and...

No. I understand the definition just fine. In any other case it's fabulous. The fact is America is armed to to the teeth. The government, and the civilian population. Getting the Canadian population all riled up at this point about getting in some kind of conflict with their neighbors is completely...

[/quote] Meant to speak to this in my last post- Another dimension of ski geometry that affects grip is rocker- significantly rockered skis offer less grip than non- There are two reasons why your MT65 outclimbs your Ingstad BC: 1) Greater width/surface area- especially underfoot. 2) no rocker- and ...

Ski geometry- - significantly cambered, stiff XC skis can be very challenging to climb with- especially if they are cambered enough that they must be assertively fuly-weighted to have any grip- especially in truly deep snow (which is grip challenge for highly-cambered skis in general). One MUST ext...

Considering that you've glide waxed the entire base, you should probably opt for the x-skin for kick. I've got a pair of waxable Ingstads and just recently purchased a pair of the 58mm 70/30 mohair/nylon x-skins and they glide fairly well. Actually the glide initially was so so, but I trimmed about ...

That's the thing though; there's no organized opposition to Trump. Democrats are not currently prepared to stage an effective resistance. The Democrats I think are very reasonably taken aback by the sheer amount of longstanding political norms that trump is shredding and the illegal motions that his...

Trump's goal is to hammer Canada economically until they submit and the US can 'absorb' Canada as a state. That's why Trump wants Greenland too; to have control of North America and expand the US influence to include the Arctic area too. And Greenland would be spatially close to Europe should he dec...

If you carry some nylon cordage in your pack, you can jury rig a cable replacement when those old cables break. Make sure the cord will fit thru the cable guides on the sides of the toe plate. Even better, replace those bindings with new ones. Hole pattern is the same as a Voile 3 pin or Rottefella...