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La Sportiva Makalu Mountaineering Boot - Men's
will these do ok for ice climbing
By GERALD GUERRA
Ranked #608 - Men's Mountaineering Boots
November 12, 2008
will these do ok for ice climbing
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Helpful Votes: 0 Yes
By Adam Buchanan
April 2, 2009
ive ice climbed a couple times and jacon is right. they do ok. their more of a glacier 14er boot. if your looking for an all around, do the nepal. the nepal will do really well as an all around boot.
Helpful Votes: 0 Yes
By Jacon Mayer
Ranked #169 - Men's Mountaineering Boots
December 23, 2008
They'll do okay. The feedback on these I have had is that the soles aren't as grippy in cold/wet conditions as they are on Trango's and Nepal Evo's. Crampons do fit very well on these though so with those you'll be fine.Hope that helps.- I used to ice climb in them and they work great. Only thing is that with Grivel G14s, the front-points become a little set back - not as aggresively shooting out from the front due to the way the crampon fits the boot. Still, I've climbed plent of WI4 and 5 in these and they were wonderful, though not very insulated.
Helpful Votes: 0 Yes
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