Binding repair kit question

I am sort of curious as to how other people think they would bail themselves out in the event of a total binding failure in the middle of nowhere. I once pulled a Dyna-Fit toe piece about halfway out of my ski but made it back to the car. I was thinking it would be worthwhile to just carry an extra Dyna-Fit toe piece, a Posi-Drive screwdriver, and some way to drill holes into my ski. I figure just having use of a toe piece would get me home. Does anyone know of a really small light drill? I could go looking but thought it might be easier to tap (no pun intended) the collective experience of TAY enthusiasts. Or perhaps you have completely better idea for such a situation. And in general what do you carry in your binding repair kit?????

Maybe just carry steel wool and 5-minute epoxy? If you rip the binding out, stuff the hole with epoxy and steel wool, and screw the binding back on. Wait for a quarter-hour, and ski home. <br><br>I carry...um...a screwdriver. Sometimes.

bailing wire works wonders, url=http://www.leang.com/kam/mountains/tr/MtRainier/SilverSkisRace/bindingissues.jpg]see[/url. i never go into the backcountry without it!<br><br>oh, and i also carry spare binding parts, like an extra cable and a few screws. additionally, my bag of tricks contains chewing gum, 6 toothpicks, a paperclip, one small laser, a pair of rubber dishwashing gloves, and a candy eyeball.

I carry a small ratcheting screwdriver w/ changeable heads, a small drill bit that fits into the screwdriver, and a few screws. As Toe, I likewise carry some bailing wire and an ample supply of duct tape. <br><br>If I lose my toepiece (and with my luck I will) I go to my untested Plan B: screwing my boot to my skis, then reinforcing it with bailing wire and duct tape. Hopes are not high for Plan B.

on trips longer than a week...and if there are multiple folks on the trip with dyanfits, I'll usually throw in a spare toe piece.  <br>I swapped out my old dynafit 'tri-step' toes for new 'comfort' toes last season and kept the tri-step toes around for a repair kit.  But I imagine they are otherwise a rather expensive and impractical item to find for a repair kit....plus, dynafits never break <br><br>if any TAY folks are ever in need of a spare dynafit toe to take in a repair kit for an expedition type trip...drop me a PM and I could loan ya one.<br><br>...many years ago i was skiing the garibaldi neve traverse and one of the guys on the trip broke a Riva 2 cable...no one had a spare, and for the next two days he skied with his boot tied to the Riva 2 plate with a wad of parachute cord, he even skied this jerry-rigged setup off the top of Garibaldi...did i mention he was in leathers too?  

A noteworthy subject, Garth -- one that I have wrestled with some over the years.<br>I carry the little 1/4" hex drive drill thingy that Skip mentioned in case I need to drill new holes, plus some spare screws, and a various assortment of makeshift repair items like tape, wire, ties a short section of hacksaw blade, among other things.<br>I used to carry small packets of quick drying epoxy and steel wool like Paul mentioned. Then I talked to someone that said they had trouble getting the epoxy to set up in the cold temps. Seemed possible to me, plus the little epoxy packets would sometimes get nicked in my kit and make a mess.<br><br>So then I went to Mr Grip for field screw hole repairs. Did some test repairs at home and they worked great. <br><br>Piggybacking on Pete's comments regarding a spare Dynafit toe piece, I bought one years ago from Eric up at Marmot. He strongly urged me against it (unless I was going on an extended expedition like Pete mentioned) stating that he carried one himself for years. During that time he said he never saw a one break and never saw one pull out if the screws were checked and retightened periodically. I disregarded his advice, however and bought and carried the spare toepiece in my kit for years. It now collects dust in my gear room.<br>Maybe some time I'll swap it out for the oldest and most worn toepiece on skis I'm still using.<br><br>I suppose if I experienced Skip's worst fear and ripped one completely off, and then lost it in deep snow, I'd wish then the spare wasn't at home, eh? Maybe a good home for a spare might be at a ski cabin, eh Skipper? <br>