light weight crampons

[letsroll]

I have been looking at the Grivel Air Tech crampons and looking to buy, till I realized that these idiots did not make them up to size 13-14. I know most climbers are smaller but my foot size is not all that uncommon!!!! So I guess I am going to have to lower my standards to aluminum crampons, unless anybody has ideas on how to retrofit these suckers for larger feet? Seems aluminum does not work very good on steeper snow, and you have to be really carefull you don't hit any rocks by accident.

[pete_a]

Supposedly at some point in the near future, Grivel will be selling a longer Air Tech crampon bar so folks with big feet can use them.

 

Depending on what you want to use the crampons for, the following solution might work for you.

 

Grivel does make a longer bar, though it is made from their standard steel...they aren't flexy like the Air Tech's but they fit...and the weight difference is maybe an ounce.

 

As long as you plan to use the Air Tech's on a rigid boot (I got mine for AT boots) then you can use the longer steel bar, but if you are wanting the Grivel's to wear on shoes with flexible soles, the steel bar could be too rigid and cause the crampon to fail.

[fenderfour]

Stubai makes a super long bar for their aluminum crampons. It might work. Jim Nelson has them in stock at PMS in th eU dist. He also has the Grivels, so you can probably call him and ask if the Stubai bars will fit.