Hey Pierre, sorry for the long delay. I'm 178 cm tall (or 5' 10" for us crazy Americans). The 98's with flat bindings are SUPER light-weight, and perform wonderfully uphill. You can tour all day on them. Downhill they are great in light powder (up to about 20 cm), pretty good in moderate crud, and just fine in most hard-pack short except icy-steep (not stiff enough for that). They start to chatter on hard or groomed snow much above 20 mph/30 kph, but if you're skiing backcountry, it's usually not a problem (I just notice it on if I'm doing some lift-access side-country at the resort, and skiing back to the car). The only thing I don't like them in is deep & heavy powder (e.g., PNW, Cascades spring snow). But I should have taken my fat skis anyways for that!

Looks like it! I've been busy not posting (obviously) but have a few more vids in the hopper soon. Thanks for the sub!