Waiting for my new pair...

By Fernando Abdalla Ranked #462 - Crampons April 13, 2009

I trully loved these crampons! Climbed from long snow plods to extremely tecnical mixed ice and rock routes to steep 60-75 degrees nevé and ice, from Patagonia to the Alps. Always felt extremely safe. With the automatic system I could put them on and off with only one hand and gloves on. And once they were in they would not budge. These are a lot lighter and with a lot less fuss than the more technical ones which don't really perform on snow. One of the most versalite crampons I had ever come upon. When these babies got recalled I just could not believe, I ended up waiting almost 2 years for the new version to be released before trading mine in. Still waiting for the new pair to arrive (I live in Brazil, not the #1 ice climbing country...), which should take another month, but very excited to see some brand new Sarkens on my boots.

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