How Old Is Your Ski Stuff

My Leki poles must be over 15 years old by now. At least they're (a) easy to spot and (b) unattractive to thieves. Or perhaps they were always unattractive .... I have wondered whether the metal fatigues with age and if I should replace them, but I'm rather attached ...

Without a basket the pole does tend to sink into soft/deep snow making poling difficult.

When we were in Hinterglemm last month we took an off the piste route to get back to the hotel and I'd have struggled poling (UPHILL! ) without an effective pole.

Tony. One word.... Duct tape!

Two words. Duct. Tape

I wondered how long it would take.
And the prize for pedant of the week.........

Haha. It was a bit pedantic wasn't it!

Tony_H wrote:I'll have one of those Brucie. Too trendy for Mac though.

LOTA - I was always told ski trousers should be called Salopettes - ones with braces are called Bib Pants. Are you telling me my friend was wrong all along?

Yes, your friend was incorrect and Volf's explanation is spot on. Bib pants was the US description of what were called sallopetted (dungaree bib, hence bib pants).

A little history lesson. Way back in the early 1970s when I started ski running, there was one main type of ski trousers: tight fitting ones that had a loop that went around your foot and inside your low leather boot. These evolved into racing pants, obligatory red stripe down the legs, with a hook and hole-for-your-top-boot buckle, that went outside the boot. Later, there were ski pants with flares added to straight trousers that still retained the foot loop. These were followed by quasi racing pants with padded knees and waterproof gaiters. The came the dungaree-style sallopette, beloved by 'hot dog' specialists in the US!

Happy memories! :D

And then came the 'midgets trousers'. Trendy huh!!