tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post1958628380876002640..comments2024-03-16T10:11:19.302-07:00Comments on Cold Thistle: Broken Black Diamond Crampons..the soft shoe shuffle?Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-35336403609671523502011-02-16T06:32:34.707-08:002011-02-16T06:32:34.707-08:00Good point Cosmin. Crampon failure does end the p...Good point Cosmin. Crampon failure does end the party rather suddenly. I had forgotten that House had been adding flex bars to his G12s. And remembered it as a weight saving measure and a bolt for reliability instead of the "clip" connecting them. They used the La Sportiva Nuptse on Nanga Parbat despite the video implying other wise.<br /><br />Details here.<br />http://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2010/04/la-sportiva-spantik.htmlDanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-46905071884624922322011-02-16T05:23:42.211-08:002011-02-16T05:23:42.211-08:00It is creepy indeed... Crampons get more bashing t...It is creepy indeed... Crampons get more bashing than ice tools and, while most of us carry spare blades, if crampons give out on you (not even mentioning mid pitch) you're done....<br /><br />On the same note - on Steve House's Patagonia clip on Nanga gear he actually presets a flexible bar replacement to the original Grivel rigid bar and he's using that with Spantik (I believe on Nanga was Baruntse)Cosmin Andronhttp://www.cosmin-andron.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-55881354391437450362011-02-15T16:20:04.666-08:002011-02-15T16:20:04.666-08:00When I posted earlier, I understood the other pair...When I posted earlier, I understood the other pair that had broken recently was also a Clip.<br /><br />The post on gravsports, however, does change things a bit as the crampon-boot interface should've been more snug with a front bail...Rafahttp://www.rafalandronowski.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-68893965261511065592011-02-15T13:08:51.589-08:002011-02-15T13:08:51.589-08:00As usual, good thoughts Dane.
I hadn't consid...As usual, good thoughts Dane.<br /><br />I hadn't considered that an "all-around" crampon with clip fitment for semi-rigid boots would be unusually stressed when walking on glaciers or horizontal river ice - long slogs on glacial ice are after all a big part of the approach for many alpine climbs.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to BD's assessment of the cause for this breakage.Rafalhttp://www.rafalandronowski.comnoreply@blogger.com