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AllyG wrote:Why does age affect DIN settings?

Cos some of us are not as bendy, bouncy and stretchy as we used to be... :oops:

tonypants wrote:I have my new ski's now and when the ski shop fitted the bindings they set the DIN to 4.5, after reading the thread I am concerened it may be a bit low??

Weight 15 st kitted out with rucksack etc, ski's 172 long, height 6ft ski style: aggressive.

Should the DIN be higher???

That does seem too low. You and I appear to be quite similar from your description and a DIN of 6-7 works for me (skis off when needed, but never pre-released).

Here is the chart from Marker - http://www.dinsetting.com/dinchart.htm - and a handy DIN Setting Calculator.

On the "method" referenced in the OP - the "self test" appears to be fine for checking that your bindings do actually release and haven't rusted solid (!); but it's a very un-scientific approach and doesn't come close to simulating the forces exerted on your boot / binding in a fall at speed.

Stick with the manufacturer's charts / advice every time IMO.

As an aside; if you're hiring then you really should work out your DIN setting before you go and if the techs think differently on the day then ask them why. There might be good reasons for them adjusting your DIN; maybe the pistes are badly rutted or you just look chronically unfit to them... :mrgreen: :lol:

And in the meantime probably a good plan to try and build up the strength in your left leg too. One legged squats is an easy place to start. As Jonah said, will quite likely be something simple to sort out though - good luck.

Many of the world's leading ski resorts have opened for the 2009-10 ski season this weekend following heavy snowfall in the Alps, Dolomites, Pyrenees and lower temperatures in Eastern North America allowing for snowmaking.

In the French Alps, Courchevel and Meribel joined Val Thorens opening in the Three Valleys and in Austria the Arlberg opened a week later than planned after a spell of warm weather ended with falls of several feet of snow.

In the Pyrenees most of the leading resorts in Andorra, France and Spain all opened on Friday or Saturday after several feet on new snow fell. Baqueira Beret and Formigal, Spain's two largest resorts were among those opening.

In New England resorts opening thanks to improved conditions include Sugarloaf in Maine, and further north in Quebec, Mont Ste Anne has opened after several postponed dates.

Over on the West, Fernie and Revelstoke in British Columbia have also opened.
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Ian Wickham wrote:Is it La Grave

It is indeed.

Difficult to appreciate the perspective from the picture but the mountain and the glacier really seem to tower above you; very atmospheric.

Over to you then...

AllyG and Caron-a are very, very close...

Intrepid explorers, adventurers and rail enthusiasts are currently en-route to the UN Climate conference in Copenhagen using a variety of low carbon ways to reach their final destination.

World Champion extreme free-skier and founder of The Save Our Snow Foundation (www.sosfound.org), American Alison Gannett is walking 200 miles from Big Ben in London to Brusssels railway station with snow skis on her back, in the first stage of her trip to the conference.

In an email to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) staff she wrote, "'I am doing this to help raise awareness on the importance of saving our snow, both for the fun sports we love such as skiing, but more importantly that half the world depends on snow and ice melt for drinking and irrigation water."

She is walking with Roz Savage, a British ocean rower and environmental campaigner. From Brussels, both walkers will join the Climate Express train which is taking more than 400 climate change negotiators, campaigners and high-profile personalities to Copenhagen.

Meanwhile, last week, a small team of environmental experts, NGOs and journalists left Kyoto, Japan on an epic 9,000 kilometre-long journey from Kyoto to Copenhagen, most of it by train.

The group boarded the Trans-Siberian Express in Vladivostok, Russia on Saturday and will document the impacts of climate change, raise awareness of low-carbon transport solutions, and gather signatures for the UN led Seal the Deal! Climate Petition.

Led by the International Union of Railways in partnership with UNEP, WWF and Russian Railways, the journey through Russia will cover Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Novgorod, ending up in Moscow. A member of UNEP's Moscow office, Ludmila Khorosheva, will join the train in Novosibirsk on Thursday.
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Dave Mac wrote:

Tony_H wrote:I think its the Stubai glacier

I think that's a good shout.

...and it's not in Austria... 8) France is the country.