The Right Tools for the Objective: A Crampon Primer

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1. Slim

   March 28, 2024

   For me too, I chose the half steel, half aluminum crampons, with 10 points and flexible connector, as the one pair I bought.
   I figure, the weight and space savings of the flexible 10 point models is worthwhile, since they spend so much time inside your pack. At the same time, choosing steel front parts doesn’t add any space, just some weight.
   Of course owning both steel and aluminum front parts (for models that are sold separately) is ideal, but for people like me, choosing just 1, I chose steel front.
   I figure that if there is firm snow and ice, that means there was wind or melting, both of which also tend to expose rocks on ridges and summits, so the chance of needing to walk on rock for a bit, is fairly high.

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