I'm trying to remember where i first saw a pair of these (possibly in college). There is a description of them in Allen & Mike’s Really Cool Telemark Tips, a book worth checking out even if your the best heal dropper on the planet.
O' back to the point. All tele bindings that i can think of come with some type of climbing bar, a little metal bar on the heal piece that helps when climbing steep slopes. The Hammerhead bindings on my skis were no different. I removed the bars years ago when one deployed while skiing causing a awkward and hilarious pile up somewhere deep in the trees. I still cant figure out how it happened but within five minutes of the crash the bars were gone and not coming back.
Now that i have been using these skis for post season corn i needed climbing bars. Like most home made equipment these are super easy to build and after trying them work better than any climbing bar i have used. The only drawback is that it adds another piece of gear.
The components are simple. Webbing, buckles, and some PVC pipe.
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Using the climbing bars is simple, lean forward and put them under your feet, then snug the strap over your forefoot. To remove loosen the strap and slip them over your heal, re tighten the strap so the bars are held behind your boot. **when you build them be sure to give yourself enough strap to slide the bars over your heal without undoing the buckle.
Well that's it. Yet anther piece of simple DIY gear to help make the up as much fun as the down.
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