manaslus!

Sep 13, 2008 20:55


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acadiabaird September 14 2008, 05:39:45 UTC
my boyfriend Jeff made the 3rd American ascent of Manaslu!

nice! those are by dynafit? or what?

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vhold September 14 2008, 14:10:16 UTC
yep they're Dynafit skis. What's interesting about them is they have the lowest weight of any ski in the 95mm waist width range (except for some uber-expensive skis that use all carbon fiber or even more exotic construction)

plus a 230mm semi-rockered tip, slight twin-tip tail (designed more for falling-leaf sideslipping down sketchy couloirs than for landing switch) and a straighter sidecut in the tip to make it less hooky.. very interesting ski. AT bindings only! mountain plate is not beefy enough for tele.

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vhold September 14 2008, 14:12:16 UTC
these were indeed used by dynafit athletes sebastian haag and benedikt bohm for an expedition on manaslu. they didn't summit due to tremendous amounts of new snow and class V avalanches, but they did a first descent on a satellite peak right next door...

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vhold September 14 2008, 14:15:21 UTC
my boyfriend Jeff made the 3rd American ascent of Manaslu!

awesome! you've been quiet about the new guy ;-)

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