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Topic	Date	User
recommendations for mountaineering hammer/crampons	2-Aug-2006 At 11:49:44 AM	drdeviousii
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>The sarkens try to address this by using a T shaped front point where >the idea is that if the snow/ice is soft enough for the front points to >go in to the hilt, then shearing is minimised by the T shaped profile of >the point at the boot end (did that make sense?). It seems to reduce but >not completely eliminate shearing. The Grivel G-14's have a similar system on the front points. I don't find a noticeable difference between different front points - if the snow is that soft your boot will be in the snow & taking most of the weight.

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