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      • 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
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      • Dynafit Beast 16 FAQ Review 1
      • Dynafit Beast 16 FAQ Page Two
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Manasseh Franklin

Manasseh Franklin is a writer, editor and big fan of walking uphill. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction and environment and natural resources from the University of Wyoming and especially enjoys writing about glaciers. Find her other work in Alpinist, Adventure Journal, Rock and Ice, Aspen Sojourner, AFAR, Trail Runner and Western Confluence.

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  • One Stop Shop — Avalanche Education Resources (October 23, 2020)

  • Skiers Demand Pieps DSP Beacon Recall (October 20, 2020)

  • Beyond Tuckerman — ‘Presidential Skiing’ Q&A (October 19, 2020)

  • Staying Alive with Mark Smiley — TDP 78 (October 13, 2020)

  • Ski Touring News Update — POWDER Closes, Bluebird Expands, Avalanche EDU Goes Online (October 4, 2020)

  • Itching for New Ski Films? Here’s Where to Find Them (September 14, 2020)

  • Four WildSnow Writers to Read Now (September 7, 2020)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — September Snow News (September 3, 2020)

  • COVID’s Impact On Avalanche Forecasting & Awareness (August 31, 2020)

  • Light, Fast, Fun — Black Diamond Cirque 78 Review (August 24, 2020)

  • Sneak Peak: Phantom Slipper Splitboard Boot (August 11, 2020)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — Summer of COVID (August 1, 2020)

  • Film review — K2: The Impossible Descent (July 23, 2020)

  • Trip Report — Bike to Ski Redemption on Grizzly Peak (June 19, 2020)

  • Dynafit TLT 8 Expedition CR W Touring Boot Review (June 10, 2020)

  • Softer Than a Bamboo Stalk — Le Bent Base Layer Review (May 29, 2020)

  • Totally Deep Double Hitter — Super Frenchie, Social Distancing (May 8, 2020)

  • Strange New World — Ski Touring News Update April 2020 (April 20, 2020)

  • Walk 500 Miles, and More — Women’s La Sportiva Sytron Review (April 3, 2020)

  • Expedition Inspiration — Quarantine Reading List from the Trip Report Archives (March 30, 2020)

  • Colorado Keeps Ski Touring, For Now — Coronavirus News Update (March 28, 2020)

  • Should You Go Ski Touring During Coronavirus? (March 21, 2020)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — Coronavirus Edition (Updated) (March 14, 2020)

  • Animal Encounters in Colorado’s Never Summers (March 9, 2020)

  • Totally Deep Podcast 74 — Alaska Homeboy Dr. Alex Lee (March 5, 2020)

  • Slogging Through the Power of Four and Two Ski Mountaineering Race (March 3, 2020)

  • Totally Deep Podcast 73 — Randy Young Returns, Brings Ski Banter (February 26, 2020)

  • There’s Something About Black Crows — HQ Visit (February 24, 2020)

  • Touring Boot Recall — Fischer Travers CC (February 16, 2020)

  • Carbon Offsets for Your Ski Trip — Worth it? (February 11, 2020)

  • FELICITE — French Poetry in Ski Mountaineering (February 7, 2020)

  • Totally Deep Podcast 72 — Erik Lambert and Bluebird Backcountry (February 4, 2020)

  • SCOTT Freeguide Carbon Ski Boot — First Look (January 27, 2020)

  • Sweet Protection Ascender Helmet Review (January 20, 2020)

  • Ski Mountaineering Racing — Why Not? (January 17, 2020)

  • Exclusive — Dynafit Blacklight Ski First Look (January 13, 2020)

  • 7 Cheap Last Minute Ski Touring Gifts (December 22, 2019)

  • Resort Uphill Skiing — A Right or Privilege? (December 16, 2019)

  • Beacon Guidebooks in the Age of Information (December 13, 2019)

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