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Immediataly after returning from trip Slovinsko – Julské Alpy v zimě organized by CK Alpina I have spent only several hour in Czech Republic. I have left at ISPO 2010 to Munchen on Monday morning at 4a.m., Feb 8. I could stay only for several hours there, so I have managed to visit partially only companies oriented on skialpinism and freeride. First tips from ISPO are described here.
There is not enough snow in our home mountains Beskydy, so we have started to look for the higher mountains, and especially with more snow. The choice fell on Italy, mainly due to the affordability of housing, snow hight and cheap wine. Foppolo skiing resort, which is above Bergamo, none of us know, but Google Earth promised good lines.
There is nice article Prevent Damage to Boot — Improper Use of Tech Bindings with photo of significantly damaged shoe around holes for pins of Dynafit Tech binding at website www.wildsnow.com. Shoes with proper shoe sole is almost impossible to damage in such a way, but if you shoe sole is damaged, it can be very easy.
Good news for owners of Dynafit binding. Quite an important component of this perfect binding tend sometimes crack and then break. In my experience, the fracture occurs prior to the creation of visible cracks, which in normal use is not available (I was probably skiing down Krcmar couloir in High Tatras on such broken binding).
There occured discussion about Avalanche Ball at Czech forum Outdoorforum. Avalanche Ball is suitable for faster obtaining first contact with the area of person buried by snow avalanche. Some people in this discussion suppose that Avalanche Ball is equipment of the same value and practical usage as ABS Avalanche Airbag System or Snow Pulse, it is convenient to look more in detaile, what Avalanche Ball is, what's its advantages, disadvantages and way of usage.
