One of the big pain-in-the-ass when doing long alpine routes that involve long abseils and you’re going light is the weight and space that take ropes, specially if you need to do double rope long abseils. Until now the other options at carrying a second rope were mostly scary, abseiling from a fifi or a…
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In 2012 I climbed Innominata from Courmayeur and down to Chamonix in a single push. Since I belive that to do an activity we need to carry all the gear needed from the begining to the end and to be light one of the biggest concerns was the shoes. If I want the comfort and…
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By Joe Grant. In the trail running off-season this winter, I’ve been riding my fat-bike a lot on dirt and snow. One of the challenges I’ve found with winter riding is keep my feet warm. Compared to running, my feet get very little stimulation on the bike so it’s hard to generate much heat to…
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Salomon on mountaineering? As you remember, some years ago salomon was doing some ice-climbing shoes, some hight mountaineering boots…until they start focused on trail running. This year they launched the X-Alp products, as an first approach to mountaineering on light products. X-alp shoes: – Running: Is not a good running shoe but you can really…
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Here a revolution! The Tech Crampon 250, a front crampon to use with skimo boots with dynafit system invented by Manfred Quaeck. – Steel spikes (2 front – 2 lateral) – 240 grames More info: https://www.wildsnow.com/14513/tech-crampon-250-techpon-skiing/ buy: http://www.proguiding.com/proski/2015-ski-gear/tech-crampon.html
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@Jordi Tosas Iceclimbing with running shoes Is never a good solution to do some ice part with running shoes. Crampons are or to soft or adapt for alpinism shoes. Soft crampons are adaptable to running shoes but they can not break the hard ice. Automatic crampons are to heavy and painful when we put on running…
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