Talk:Crampons

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It's not true that steps had to be cut when using 10-point crampons. These crampons replaced the need for cutting steps. 10-point crampons were used solely with French technique, in which the feet are planted flat on the slope to engage all the points. The addition off front points (12-point crampons) allowed ... well, frontpointing. Paul R

there are also 10 point crampons with front points. grivel g10s for instance--Mongreilf (talk) 15:46, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Hinged Vs Riged

Very few new crampons are new hinged. The spar connecting the front and rear points tends to be made out of a flexable metal. Wtfman123 (talk) 18:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)