Support group required.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. You must be a repressed telemarker, Scotsman. Do you have bouts of anger/hostility toward others (particularly telemarkers)? If so, the repression would explain it...

It's OK. There are many here who will accept you even if you come out of the closet.

Somewhat similar to lovin on one's sister: Fells good at the time, but it's just WRONG. LMAO

He can be my foster son.  You know, Chris, the tele guys win all the raffles...he might share some of his winnings with you 

I'm gonna friend him on facebook.

OMG, Did you miss the part in the parent book about cross country skiing?
So that he would think teleing is only for picnicks?

Well here's an update: His first backcountry runs with tele gear where less problematic than I feared and he managed the less than ideal ski conditons OK but the ratio of actual teleturns to alpine was only about 15%.

The thing I did not like was him having non-releasible bindings in avy terrain. This bothered me all day and I think if he insists upon continuing this "experiment" then I am going to insist he purchases a releasable binding if he wants to ski BC with me.

I don't know how you tele guys ski steep avy prone terrain with non releasable bindings. You must have good nerves or maybe are "in denial". That scares me more than any of the the recent flame wars regarding solo skiing and pit digging protocol. Them puppies gonna drag you down or inflict much trauma due to torque.

Not all of us do.

Have him look at an NTN setup (if he wants to be on the cutting edge of gear). If he's got good duckbill boots already, he should check out the 7TM bindings -- that's what I use.

If he's going BC, he should get the 7TM Tour version. It's super heavy (all tele gear is heavy now, compared to Dynafit), which sucks, but it's a reliable binding with a DIN release. Highly recommended, for that alone. I won't ski avy terrain without release, for the reasons you describe.