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Borrowing what I could remember of my early ski-mountaineering days, I appointed myself coach. In accepting me in that role, Ken and Bob tacitly accepted (for the moment, at least) my pronouncements drawn from early editions of the Manual of Ski Mountaineering. For example, those of us who compiled the book like a ski boot with a sole that will bend—not easily, but that will at least bend. We want bindings that will allow the heel free play in level gliding and in uphill travel; otherwise blisters are guaranteed. We'll settle for ordinary downhill skis. If there's likely to be much soft snow, our poles must have a big enough snow ring to give some thrust when we push back. A ski mountaineer must really use his poles, not just wave them. |
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