Victor was a few feet below, moving like an exhausted old man as he front-pointed up slowly on his crampons. |
Jones said hikers should wear crampons, and carry ski poles and an ice axe when heading into the backcountry. |
We put crampons over our boots, roped up and ascended the ice cliff in single file, using our ice picks to stabilize us at each step. |
The crampons went clack-clack, sharply, the metal points ringing in his ears with each step. |
We need crampons and ice axes for the climb, but only use our rope to exit the top notch of the couloir. |
The snow underfoot is hard and crystalline, and grates beneath my crampons with a sound of metal on metal. |