One and half times longer than Microspikes and no front points...not me.
Over the years, I have found there is nothing like 12 points of steel attached to mountaineering boots for safety. This for things like going up the bowl or the north chutes of San G...nothing more technical. I know I would not have wanted those toys coupled with a pair of Vasquez Breeze's on my feet on the ice slabs at the top of Big Draw last Saturday.
A half pound of weight savings ain't a big deal when you have 3 or 4 hats, 3 pairs of gloves, 3 jackets and vest. If I want to cut a half pound I'd leave my steel thermos home.
Gaiters are meant to be torn and repaired...me and Aqua Seal are very good friends.
Yeppers, my friends and I were up Big Draw and the top of that sucker was serious. Not pucker material but close to it. All of us with 12 point steel from Grivel, Charlet Moser and Black Diamond, all of us with stiff platform mountaineer boots...which really helped at the top.
