Vernon M

Alpinism is the cure for everything

Good grief. The world is ever more flat and interconnected. "Stemming some of the avalanche of beta" to "control and slow the inevitable rise in traffic" is a pipe dream w/r/t any subject matter that is of interest. That's what the internet is actually used for. And let's not leave out "the sometimes unforeseen events that come with the onslaught!!" It's surely "fraught with peril!!" You are transfixed by a concern for "unforeseen events" and "being indirectly responsible for any unintentional misfort...

Thanks Jeremy. OK... So now this sucker has been measured 3X. I'll trust that your measurement is the dispositive one!! "wiggle room".... LOL. Isn't that what we don't want? Hyuck Hyuk

Teddy - could I use the Plum universal crampon mounts behind the AFD on a Shift binding and the Plum 110mm crampons on a Backland 109mm underfoot? Or would there be no pressure on the top of the crampon?

Hi Teddy. See above... (I had to register to reply). Anyway, my 180cm Backland 100s are exactly 100mm edge to edge immediately behind the notch that the 6mm crampon pivot would drop into. The ski gets slightly narrower towards the heel obviously... but only around 0.50mm. So... is the 100mm Plum crampon actually 100.5mm at its narrowest or is there a little more room? Based on these measurements what is your advice?