Salomon Launch Ski Boot With New Recyclable Component

Pablo Escobar wrote:YOOOUUUUUU'RE A PUNTER IN DISGUISE!!
:twisted:

:D we're all punters sometime :D even if it's only along a river :D

ise wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:YOOOUUUUUU'RE A PUNTER IN DISGUISE!!
:twisted:

:D we're all punters sometime :D even if it's only along a river :D

I don't fancy your chances if you fall in the Isis :lol:

I respectfully suggest, m'learned friends, that the energy content of the material in a pair of boots might be substantially less than that used in a day on the gondola.

I mentally ran the methodology, but declined to be arsed to look up the calorific values, and conversion ratios.

If you want to have a go, think about 5kgms for the polymer content of a pair of boots. Check the CV, and convert to energy use.

Then your weight, altitude gained in the Gondola, and time. Work out the power consumed, and using the time, convert to energy use. Also evaluate your share of the motor gear and rope efficiency,and add. Ignore the effects of the gondola and rope weight, since there is an equal and opposite effect coming downhill.

Add 10% for the amount of wine consumed during the research & evaluation. Compare with the solution gained for the boots.

And there, your worships, you have it.

This may of course leave you almost guilt free with the energy consumed in the manufacture of ones boots. Alternatively, there could be much angst about one's annual energy consumed going uphill.

Thn, you might be encouraged to take up ski-touring. :shock:

Dave Mac wrote:This may of course leave you almost guilt free with the energy consumed in the manufacture of ones boots. Alternatively, there could be much angst about one's annual energy consumed going uphill.

Dave, with the number of seasons you get out of a pair of boots, you are maybe the most guilt free of any of us :wink:

Trencher

Dave Mac wrote:

Thn, you might be encouraged to take up ski-touring. :shock:

Ise already did that, but his ascents may be slowed by the weight of his cynicism )

Trencher wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:This may of course leave you almost guilt free with the energy consumed in the manufacture of ones boots. Alternatively, there could be much angst about one's annual energy consumed going uphill.

Dave, with the number of seasons you get out of a pair of boots, you are maybe the most guilt free of any of us :wink:

Trencher

My man,
I cannot argue with this, but I will say that saving the world is not the prime driver in extending the life of my gear . Being a war baby, my thrust in life is minima/maxima/Oohh man. :shock:

By this I mean, if you have lived a life of a main meal being a jam sandwich and holes in your shoes being covered by cardboard, ski gear does not figure high in ones life, especially, if wearing the 18 year old boots, and 12 year old skis, sees you flee past most guys, except for Jan Stenmark, and a few other J2 hotshots. 8) 8)

Given that Jan has about 22 years age advantage on me, I am not overly dosed with worry.

I digress. I have serious concerns for the energy use that we consume going uphill.

What if we attached a rope round our waist and pulled the gondola up, as we skied down? That'll slow Jan down.

To 60 miles an hour. 8)

I have a couple of knees that could be re-cycled....... :twisted:

Dave Mac wrote:

I digress. I have serious concerns for the energy use that we consume going uphill.

The resolution to your concerns is manufactured by companies such as Coll-Tex and Black Diamond, though you may need to eat more :D