Putting On Crampons
Loading ...Posted on: December 24, 2009
Posted in: Backpacker Magazine, How To's Videos, Video
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Want to go Ice Climbing? Well you better have a good pair of Crampons. Backpacker Magazine shows us how. Alaska’s Castner Glacier, Rocky Mountain editor Steve Howe shows you the basics for putting on crampons.
Crampons are a necessity when you are traveling on snow and ice and don’t want to slip. With them, you can cross glaciers, ascend snow slopes, climb frozen waterfalls and scale vertical-to-overhanging ice-smeared rock.
From REI:
Recent years have seen a significant shift in crampon design. Because most alpinists and ice climbers today wear leather or synthetic-leather boots (instead of plastic mountaineering boots), semi-rigid construction with horizontal frames are the rule. And, thanks to modern design and manufacturing technique, crampons have become lighter and better fitting….read the rest of the story
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