I need a set of crampons that are more for traction, but I intend to climb at least some ice and some mixed. The CAMP blade runners have an alpinist front tip set, so I can use horizontal front tips for general glacier travel, and switch to monopoints for truly nasty ice.
However, a friend of mine offered me her Black Diamond Cyborg Pro crampons for 100 bucks, and I'm curious how you think they'd work for general glacier travel. The blade runners are expensive - the most expensive on the market. But they do fit my needs. They're also quite heavy. I'm assuming that both sets have about the same fit for my boots.
Has anyone here tried general glacier travel with a technical ice climbing crampon? Do you find they slide on steep terrain? I may just try to find a set of true horizontal points but what if I want to climb some ice after some glacier travel?
Thanks rdrama
!mountaineers !alpinists !climbers !8000m !glaciertravel
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Your local pharmacy should have a variety of crampons that will probably meet your needs. If it's an emergency you could also ask next time you use the restroom, you may not get the crampon you were looking for but if you play the numbers game someone will have one to spare.
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Should I carry an extra set of crampons for the girls on the glacier?
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Nobody will expect you too, but if someone on the glacier needs crampons then you'll be a hero.
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Dude don't frick around with climbing glaciers and mountains it's dangerous and stupid, I don't want tens of thousands of my tax dollars wasted to send a chopper and a rescue team out to rescue your r-slurred butt when your cheap shitty "crampons" fail and you roll down the side of the glacier only to be saved with a wedgy if you're lucky enough that your underwear snags on a rock or something.
Stay home, bully people on the internet instead.
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most adventurous dramanaut
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Gay butt comment. Winter
climbing 
is best climbing.
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Rdrama is incredibly unhelpful. What the frick? Touch glacier you fricking dweebs.
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I wish I could go ice hiking
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For only several thousands of dollars, you too can drag your balls up a frozen waterfall!
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Idk about rigid crampons, I just keep a pair of microspikes in my bag and they're super
useful for climbing 
non-vertical ice sheets like frozen 
rivers. They also improve traction on wet rocks and dirt.
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I usually carry those but I definitely need a full set of crampons for glacier travel. I'll be on terrain where self arrest is going to be a maybe instead knowing for sure that it's possible.
What kind of micro spikes do you like?
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R.I.P to that girl you called a slut in class today, she was a virgin🔐 . the pregnant girl walking down the street, she got r*ped . the boy you called lame he has to work to support his family . the girl you pushed down the other day, she's already being abused at home. the girl you called fat, she's starving herself . the boy you made fun of for crying, his mother is dying👼 . think you know them? You have no idea... Guess what? 99% of y'all don't know what people going through
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