Ice Climbing Boot Features
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The Under Armour post (which has got to be a troll, right?) got me thinking about ice climbing boot design. |
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I like the BOA idea. Better than the big buckles. Then you can easily keep it loose for the approach and then dial down for the climb. |
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If we're dreaming I want a locking crampon interface. Kinda like detachable pons that lock onto the bottom of the soles. |
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Bill Kirby wrote:If we're dreaming I want a locking crampon interface. Kinda like detachable pons that lock onto the bottom of the soles.Montrail tried that several years ago and it wasn't a secure connection and folks were having potentially serious accidents. More recently, Grivel and Scarpa came up with a proprietary interface called the GSB (Grivel-Scarpa Binding) that was, as near as I can tell, a total commercial flop (could only use the crampon with select Scarpa boots and no others). |
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Tech binding compatability would be awesome. Although it seems unlikely because companies are probably scared to have people skiing in their mountaineering boots. |
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Microprocessors. |
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Imagine if the boot-crampon interface was via tech fittings. No more welts to wear out in summer... |
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I've thought about the tech crampon idea. If you got some sort of wire that went from the heel lever all the way to the tech fittings. It would be loos as your boot stepped in, and when you flip the heel lever, the pins close in on each other and interface with the tech fittings. You could make the cables pass through a stiff tube around the instep to provide the rigidity. |
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Jon Rhoderick wrote:I've thought about the tech crampon idea. If you got some sort of wire that went from the heel lever all the way to the tech fittings. It would be loos as your boot stepped in, and when you flip the heel lever, the pins close in on each other and interface with the tech fittings. You could make the cables pass through a stiff tube around the instep to provide the rigidity.I was thinking more of a snowboard binding style toe strap. But yours could be a better solution. |
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Bill Kirby wrote:If we're dreaming I want a locking crampon interface. Kinda like detachable pons that lock onto the bottom of the soles.tried and flopped rockandice.com/lates-news/g… |
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Beean wrote:Imagine if the boot-crampon interface was via tech fittings. No more welts to wear out in summer...http://www.proguiding.com/tech-crampon.html I reckon it's a start. |
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Brian Abram wrote: proguiding.com/tech-crampon… I reckon it's a start.Hot damn! Thanks for that link. If those had two more points at the back they'd be a dream product. |