. Ski-running . Fig. 6.—Lapp Binding, Huitfeldts pattern (left foot). The heel is secured by means of a single thong- about 7ft. long, with a loop atthe end. The loop end is doubled close to the loop, and the bight passedthrough the hole in the ski below the ball of the foot. The long end is thenpassed round the back of the heel, through the bight, back round the heel, andthrough the hoop thus :—. fjlnl^l- The whole is then pulled tight, and the long end passed over the instep,under the thongs on the inside of the foot, back over the instep, and under andround the thongs on the outside, where
. Ski-running . Fig. 6.—Lapp Binding, Huitfeldts pattern (left foot). The heel is secured by means of a single thong- about 7ft. long, with a loop atthe end. The loop end is doubled close to the loop, and the bight passedthrough the hole in the ski below the ball of the foot. The long end is thenpassed round the back of the heel, through the bight, back round the heel, andthrough the hoop thus :—. fjlnl^l- The whole is then pulled tight, and the long end passed over the instep,under the thongs on the inside of the foot, back over the instep, and under andround the thongs on the outside, where it is scoured by a couple of half-liitches. The loose end is then tucked away, as shown in Fig. 6. The Lapp Binding shown above is Huitfeldts pattern. Thenovelty about it was the iron toe piece; the thong arrange-ment had long been used by the Lapps. As previously .^ Ski- liit/niui//. mentioned, many people still employ this binding, and when skil-fully adjusted it. can be very firm, and it possesses the mea-its ofextreme simplicity and ease of repair. We ha\e, however, several objections to it. In the first place,it. takes some little practice and some little strength to fix thethong properly, an operation rendered doubly difficult when theleather is frozen and the fingers cold. Again, the thong,especially if changes of temperature occur, is continually ex-panding and contracting; the kno
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