Ice Climber Questions

Thought it'd be a fun end of season thing to post some Q&A for ice climbers... Im curious to see the variations...

Favourite climb:

Favourite climbing area:

Favourite tool:

Favourite crampons:

Favourite boots:

Favourite screws:

Favourite picks:

Best looking crampon:

Best looking boot:

Best looking tool:

I'll bite...

Favourite climb: Little Black Dike, WI4, Catskills

Favourite climbing area: The Narrows (only been once, loved it).

Favourite tool: Nomics. End of discussion.

Favourite crampons: Petzl Lynx.

Favourite boots: Only wore one pair...Scarpa Inverno. They do the job, but I'm looking to upgrade.

Favourite screws: Express Screws.

Favourite picks: Nomics.

Best looking crampon: Uh?

Best looking boot: Thigh High Stripper Boots (slowly losing interest in these questions)

Best looking tool: Toss up between Ashton Kutcher and Shia Leboof (sp)

Favourite climb: Standard Route Frankenstein

Favourite climbing area: Smugglers Notch

Favourite tool: BD Cobra or Grivel Quantum Tech

Favourite crampons: Petzl Sarken

Favourite boots: Nepal Evo's

Favourite screws: BD Express

Favourite picks: N/a

Best looking crampon: BD Stingers

Best looking boot: Mammut Nordwand?

Best looking tool: Quantums

Fun!

Favourite climb: Curtain Call, Jasper Nat'l Park, Alberta.

Favourite climbing area: home - the Canadian Rockies

Favourite tool: Cassin X-Dream (ice), BD Fusion 2 (mixed), BD Cobra (alpine)

Favourite crampons: Petzl Lynx (ice), BD Stinger (mixed), Grivel Air Tech (alpine)

Favourite boots: Scarpa Phantom Guide

Favourite screws: Petzl Laser Speed (new ones)

Favourite picks: Cassin Mixte

Best looking crampon: BD Stinger

Best looking boot: LS Batura 2.0

Best looking tool: E-Climb Cryo2

Favourite climb: The Ribbon, Camp Bird Road, Ouray , CO

Favourite climbing area: RMNP!!!

Favourite tool: Nomics

Favourite crampons: Petzl Darts

Favourite boots: Anything Mammut

Favourite screws: BD express

Favourite picks: whatever fits

Best looking crampon: Hmmm Darts are pretty slick

Best looking boot: Mammut Eiswands

Best looking tool: new BD tools are looking nice

Favorite climb: The Green gully WI4
Favorite climbing area: Hyalite Canyon
Favorite tool: Cassine x-dream for ice green fusions for mixed
Favorite crampons: Grivel g14- ice and G20- mixed
Favorite boots: La sprotive Napal EVO
Favorite screws: BD express
Favorite picks: Cassine x dream mixed
Best looking crampon: Chouinard Rigid Crampons
Best looking boot: Boreal Fruit boots
Best looking tool: Grivel carbon force

Favorite Climb: the Penguin (WI 4, Frankenstein Cliff)

Favorite Area: Cathedral Ledge, NH

Favorite tool: Nomics for steeps, quarks for alpine

Favorite crampons: BD cyborgs (Lynx's just don't fit my boots well enough)

Favorite Boots: Nepal EVOS

Favorite Screws: BD express

Favorite Picks: Petzl Cascade (older style)

Best Looking Crampon: Petzl dart or dartwin

Best Looking Boot: Mammut Mamook

Best Looking Tool: BD Cobras

Favourite climb: Beowulf in the Ghost

Favourite climbing area: Hard to say, hard to say

Favourite tool: Nomic is best for me

Favourite crampons: Started using the Petzl Darts on my fruit boots, they're pretty rad.

Favourite boots: Vasque M-Possible

Favourite screws: Grivel 360 (haven't used the newest ones though)

Favourite picks: For drytooling: Krukonogi, For ice: no huge preferance

Best looking crampon: BD Stingers

Best looking boot: I liked the old yellow Sportiva Trango Primes

Best looking tool: Depends on the tape job.

Michael C wrote:Best looking tool: Toss up between Ashton Kutcher and Shia Leboof (sp)

Favorite climb: positive thinking poke o
Favorite climbing area: Catskills
Favorite tool: quantum techs
Favorite crampons: petzl darts
Favorite boots: scarpa phantom guide but just upgraded to salewa pro
Favorite screws: petzl laser sonic speed. Got it from a friend and only have one but it's the best
Favorite picks: sharp ones