– The Backcountry Ski Touring Blog
  • Avalanches
  • Gear Reviews
    • Ski Reviews
    • Boot Reviews
    • Binding Reviews
    • Snowboard Splitboard
    • Book Reviews
    • Avalanche Beacon Reviews
    • Airbag Backpacks
    • Backcountry Electronics
    • Misc Gear Reviews
  • Podcast
  • Tips & Tricks
    • Ski Touring Basics
    • Boot Fitting
    • Fitness & Health
    • Gear Mods
  • Trip Reports
    • Fourteeners
    • Huts – Cabins – Lodges
    • Denali McKinley
    • 8,000 Meter Skiing
  • Stories
    • History
    • Humor
    • Land Use Issues
    • Evergreen Ski Touring
    • Poetry
  • Resources
    • All Posts Listed
    • 100 Recent Comments
    • Backcountry Skiing & Ski Touring Webcams
    • Ski Weights Comparison
    • Archives of WildSnow.com
    • Authors Page
    • Ski Touring Bindings
      • Trab TR2 Index and FAQ
      • Salomon Guardian & Tracker
      • Naxo Backcountry Skiing Bindings – Info Index
      • Silvretta Pure Backcountry Skiing Bindings – Info Index
      • Marker F10-12 Duke Baron
      • G3 Onyx Ski Binding FAQ
      • G3 ION Ski Touring Binding
      • Fritschi Backcountry Skiing Bindings – Info Index
      • Fritschi Diamir Frame Bindings Mount DIY
      • Fritschi Diamir Bindings FAQ
      • Fritschi Tecton FAQ
      • Atomic Salomon Backland MTN
      • Dynafit Tri-Step Binding 2001-2003
      • Naxo randonnee alpine touring AT ski binding FAQ
      • Dynafit Skiing Bindings – Info Index
      • Dynafit Binding Frequently Asked Questions FAQ
      • Dynafit Beast 16 FAQ Review 1
      • Dynafit Beast 16 FAQ Page Two
    • History
      • Ski Touring Binding Museum
      • Trooper Traverse Intro & Index
      • Randonnee Ski Touring “AT” ski gear — What is Hip?
      • Chronology
    • Backcountry Skiing Core Glossary
    • Gear Review Policy & Disclosures

– The Backcountry Ski Touring Blog

Banner
  • Avalanches
  • Gear Reviews
    • Ski Reviews
    • Boot Reviews
    • Binding Reviews
    • Snowboard Splitboard
    • Book Reviews
    • Avalanche Beacon Reviews
    • Airbag Backpacks
    • Backcountry Electronics
    • Misc Gear Reviews
  • Podcast
  • Tips & Tricks
    • Ski Touring Basics
    • Boot Fitting
    • Fitness & Health
    • Gear Mods
  • Trip Reports
    • Fourteeners
    • Huts – Cabins – Lodges
    • Denali McKinley
    • 8,000 Meter Skiing
  • Stories
    • History
    • Humor
    • Land Use Issues
    • Evergreen Ski Touring
    • Poetry
  • Resources
    • All Posts Listed
    • 100 Recent Comments
    • Backcountry Skiing & Ski Touring Webcams
    • Ski Weights Comparison
    • Archives of WildSnow.com
    • Authors Page
    • Ski Touring Bindings
      • Trab TR2 Index and FAQ
      • Salomon Guardian & Tracker
      • Naxo Backcountry Skiing Bindings – Info Index
      • Silvretta Pure Backcountry Skiing Bindings – Info Index
      • Marker F10-12 Duke Baron
      • G3 Onyx Ski Binding FAQ
      • G3 ION Ski Touring Binding
      • Fritschi Backcountry Skiing Bindings – Info Index
      • Fritschi Diamir Frame Bindings Mount DIY
      • Fritschi Diamir Bindings FAQ
      • Fritschi Tecton FAQ
      • Atomic Salomon Backland MTN
      • Dynafit Tri-Step Binding 2001-2003
      • Naxo randonnee alpine touring AT ski binding FAQ
      • Dynafit Skiing Bindings – Info Index
      • Dynafit Binding Frequently Asked Questions FAQ
      • Dynafit Beast 16 FAQ Review 1
      • Dynafit Beast 16 FAQ Page Two
    • History
      • Ski Touring Binding Museum
      • Trooper Traverse Intro & Index
      • Randonnee Ski Touring “AT” ski gear — What is Hip?
      • Chronology
    • Backcountry Skiing Core Glossary
    • Gear Review Policy & Disclosures
   

Life-Link Advertises on WildSnow.com

by Lou Dawson April 2, 2006
written by Lou Dawson April 2, 2006

Thanks goes to Life-Link for their sponsorship of WildSnow.com. I mentioned a few posts ago that they’d be advertising. Start date was yesterday.

I’m excited to have Life-Link as an advertiser because of their long-term commitment to providing backcountry ski gear (they’ve been in business longer than just about anyone in the industry), as well as the fact we are the only place they’ve chosen to advertise on the web! Our first exclusive!

With the current revival of randonnee skiing in the U.S., and Life-Link’s hometown of Jackson being a rando mecca, it’s appropriate they’d advertise on the web’s only North American blog that focuses on randonnee AT skiing. Thanks Life-Link!

During my recent visit to Jackson I toured the Life-Link facility there. Award for best overall room goes to the workshop. Life-Link works hard keeping most of their manufacturing happening at their facility in Bozeman, Montana. This requires quite a bit of work on custom machinery and no small amount of inventiveness. They were working on two really cool machines in Jackson. Gear heads, check these out. How would this look in your garage workshop? “…Honey, I promise, it WILL make new window cranks for the ones the kids broke off in the living room…”

Backcountry skiing gear machine
This machine (under development) makes eyewear retainers. It molds the plastic ends on the cord. Quickly, one might assume.

Backcountry skiing gear machine
My favorite. This is actually a plastic molding machine that formerly made Legos. After being tweaked by the mechanical geniuses at Life-Link it’ll make parts for backcountry skiing gear. Who would have thought? Your ski pole parts come from a former Lego machine?
Lou Dawson

WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain. For more about Lou, please see his personal website at https://www.loudawson.com/ (Blogger stats: 5 foot 10 inches (178 cm) tall, 160 lbs (72574.8 grams).

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lou.dawson.writer

www.loudawson.com
4 comments
0
FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
previous post
Laura Bush Seen Skiing — Daughters Take up Telemarking
next post
A Fortnight of Planks #1 – Black Diamond Verdict

4 comments

steve romeo April 2, 2006 - 3:27 pm

Lifelink has always been helpful when I needed parts or a quick fix it. Drew, back in the shop, is like a mad sientist with all his little machines. It’s great!!

Rudy the Rabbit April 2, 2006 - 8:47 pm

Ahhh, now I get it! Lifelink comes onboard and plastic shovels will not be criticized. At least now I know why.

Rudy

Lou April 3, 2006 - 6:29 am

Rudy, are you serious? You think I’d throw away 35 years of backcountry skiing experience and risk my reputation to lie about my shovel views because of an advertiser?

Also, do your slander theories apply only to me, or everywhere? If so, is it possible your favorite publication is also biased by their advertisers, or is it only me you think has compromised integrity?

I’ve been working on the Life-Link deal for quite a while. The plastic shovel issue came up during the process. The two things had no direct relationship. My view for years has been that good quality plastic avalanche rescue shovels work fine for backcountry skiing avalanche rescue. Both plastic and alu have their pros and cons, neither are perfect. I own both and carry one or the other based on various factors.

Rudy the Rabbit April 3, 2006 - 9:13 pm

Lou,

Admittedly my comment was designed to provoke a response. The fact it did not disapear via “editing” speaks volumes. I can only maintain now that it was a case of unfortunate timing.

While I choose to carry a metal shovel ( I have 3) I do like most Life-Link gear and have used some of it since 1984. I think it’s a great addition to your sponsorship. I have also realized that Life Link are the Dynafit people in the U.S. so that’s even better. My next binding purchase will be Dynafit thanks in part to you Lou.

I never edquestion your experience and now I believe you have maintained some integrety too. My apologies for “firing before I could see the whites of your eyes”.

Comments are closed.

Recent Comments

  • Jim Milstein on The Sanctity of Space—A Film Review
  • Natalie Stavn on Norrøna Lyngen Gore-Tex Pro Pants Review
  • Hacksaw on The Sanctity of Space—A Film Review
  • Doug on More Ski Days on the TLT X
  • Jason on More Ski Days on the TLT X

Gear Reviews

  • Phantom Slipper and Slipper HD – TESTED

    May 26, 2022
  • Revisiting the Blue Ice Harfang Crampon

    May 24, 2022
  • Patagonia Micro Puff Storm Jacket

    May 19, 2022

Trip Reports

  • Mount Sanford from the Road

    May 9, 2022
  • Techniques and considerations for ski mountaineering on glaciers

    February 16, 2022
  • Making the Most out of the Alaska Range

    February 14, 2022

Totally Deep Podcast

  • Totally Deep Podcast 99: Big Geography with Roman Dial and Alex Lee

    April 20, 2022
  • TOTALLY DEEP PODCAST 98: Live at the EMGT with Cam Smith

    April 12, 2022
  • TOTALLY DEEP PODCAST 97: Talk of Gear for Next Year

    March 23, 2022

Tips & Tricks

  • A Shoulder Season Ski Traverse: Three People, Three Sleep Systems

    May 27, 2022
  • Springtime Primer: Securing Skis/Splitboard to a Bike Frame

    May 16, 2022
  • Fueling For Ski Touring

    May 3, 2022

Ski Touring Stories

  • Stumbling through Sagebrush and into the Danger Zone on Steens Mountain

    May 31, 2022
  • Update: Bighorn Sheep and Backcountry Skiers/Riders in the Tetons

    April 26, 2022
  • Backscratchers in My Brain

    April 6, 2022

Newsletter Sign-Up

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • About Lou Dawson
  • Authors Page
  • About
  • Contact
  • Copyright & Legal
  • Website Security

@2020 - All Rights Reserved. Designed and Developed by WildSnow


Back To Top

Read alsox

The Sanctity of Space—A Film Review

June 29, 2022

More Ski Days on the TLT...

June 27, 2022

Low Tech Safety with the Snow...

June 24, 2022