Pole . North and South

isawlogs · November 15, 2006, 08:24:46 PM

Its that time of the year again , preparing the trip to the Poles . Small tangent this year, one is going to the south , the other to the north , no meeting on the ice this winter :D.
I also had to come up with a devise , needed to fit snow shoe bindings to cross country skis .

For those of you that have no clue ... here is a pic of a snow shoe binding

Had to come up with a way of getting this to work on a pair of skis :

:P :P :P

Kevin · November 15, 2006, 08:27:44 PM

Just change your boots. :D

Ed_K · November 15, 2006, 08:30:29 PM

If the ski's aren't expensive, put a screw up thru the ski and bolt the binding to it

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isawlogs · November 15, 2006, 08:36:45 PM

Changing of boots is not an option available ...

Cant screw them to the ski ... need to be able to pivot ... ( skis are not cheap skis ... )

Tom · November 15, 2006, 08:38:40 PM

What I would do is go find an old barn door and...........

isawlogs · November 15, 2006, 08:44:16 PM

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:D :D

pigman · November 15, 2006, 11:05:04 PM

I think some -80 degree F duct tape would do fine. I am sure Red Green has some to spare.

Bob

logwalker · November 16, 2006, 12:08:40 AM

Give me a little info on how and why you need this. I owned a ski shop for 15 years on Mt.Hood Or. and did both downhill and cross country in addition to snowshoes and snow boards. Maybe I can help. LW

SwampDonkey · November 16, 2006, 05:51:26 AM

I'm with pigman on the duct tape. Bring lots of spare tape. ;D

Norm · November 16, 2006, 07:24:06 AM

Shouldn't you be packing stuff instead of goofing off. ;D

Patty · November 16, 2006, 07:31:36 AM

See Marcel, all you have to do is ask.....we folks here on the forum are just full of it. Full of helpful hints I mean! :D

SwampDonkey · November 16, 2006, 02:05:23 PM

I tried to convince Marcel a couple years ago that ya gotta go east to hit the north pole. :

;D

Quote from: SwampDonkey on April 01, 2004, 04:19:11 AM
isawlogs:

Tell your friend to come down here where its warmer. We have our own North Pole in Central New Brunswick. North Pole Mountain and a mountain named for each of the Reindeer and St. Nic. himself. Be nice for someone to hike up North Pole mountain and erect a flag staff. :D

A photo in October of the North Pole Stream. Hardwood Ridge is in the background, yep that's its name. Most of the leaves have fallen by now, so not much color up there. ;)

Murf · November 16, 2006, 03:36:30 PM

Marcel, make up a plate, the same size and shape as the sole of the ski boot, then just fasten the snowshoe mount to that!

The adaptor plate below uses the standard ski boot mount, and your big warm boot goes into the snowshoe mount on top!!

8)

Kevin · November 16, 2006, 08:27:03 PM

This is my idea of cross country skis ...

Tom · November 16, 2006, 08:29:25 PM

Is that what that guy went across Lake Ontario on? Man! He must be nuts!! :D

Kevin · November 16, 2006, 08:31:59 PM

Are you sure that wasn't a sea-doo? :D

limbrat · November 16, 2006, 09:19:04 PM

You boys are nutty. That cross country skiing will get you road rash quick. You gotta ski behind the boat not the pickup.

Don_Papenburg · November 16, 2006, 11:34:26 PM

You see up north of the Mason Dixon the water gets so hard after turkey day or there abouts that a boat propeller will not move the boat . SO.... you want to ski you just gotta use the pickup.

isawlogs · November 17, 2006, 11:08:34 PM

What would a guy do with out friends , :

this is what I came up with , its only a prototype that will be tested out at Silverstar in the next few weeks , it will be screwed on to the cross country skis . If it does work out we will look into getting some made up for real outa something better then a barn door hinge . :D

Tom · November 17, 2006, 11:17:23 PM

I can't imagine anyhing that would be better than a barndoor hinge. 8)

isawlogs · November 17, 2006, 11:28:17 PM

We aint to concerned about the South Pole trip .. thats fairly short in distance ,, only a week or so of skiing or snowshoeing .. its the North Pole trip that can be of concern .. thats more like a 750 Kilometer trip .. there could be an issue with the pivot point . But I aint no ski expert ... My knowledge of skiing is down to one day of down hill that got me into a hospital for a couple of weeks with a leg tied up to some weights having broken my ankle and lower leg in three places ... >:( Aint been on a pair of skies since .. My belief now is that any board under my feet , better have screws or nails into them attaching them to a joist or subfloor .

DanG · November 17, 2006, 11:32:08 PM

Not bad thinkin', for a guy who is considering driving a bulldozer across the ocean. 8) 8) 8) :

;D

Furby · November 17, 2006, 11:38:57 PM

My thought is what piece of equipment do they hope/plan to use the most?
I would make that boot fit the other piece of equipment for the most comfort.
It would seem to me to be easier to make the ski boot fit the snow shoe, as the skis require a very specific movement.

isawlogs · November 17, 2006, 11:39:48 PM

Ocean

.. its only going over a small bit of the ~~water~~ ice ;D Only 50 miles or so .

isawlogs · November 17, 2006, 11:44:49 PM

Well a ski boot is about as uncomfortable as you can get ... try walking in a pair of those for a week ...

Where as the boot you would where in a snowshoe can be warm and comfortable , reason why we are fitting the boot to the ski . ;) And the temperature in this case is about as cold as it will ever get anywhere , so warm is very nice to have .

Both peices of equipment have very specific movement .. both have a pivot point ...