When it’s your very first time scaling or your 100th, even once the incline is steep or there are ice and hard bunch under-foot, there is 1 thing you want more than anything else: crampons. Crampons are a collection of sharp steel teeth that affix to a boot and then sting ice or snow for extra grip. You want them when ice scaling and to get rocky skiing since you might possibly well not have the ability to ascend with them. Quite literally, even crampons can save your own life. (more…)