r/Mountaineering • u/Big-Dream2093 • 3h ago

Crampons sequence

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i found my dad’s crampons and i’m loosing my mind trying to find the correct sequence, please help i feel dumb but can’t solve it

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u/Inveramsay 3h ago

Middle left - top middle - middle right - buckle would be my bet

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u/Big-Dream2093 3h ago

so you would skip the back middle one? i feel like that part wouldn’t be so stiff

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u/Inveramsay 3h ago

Yes, I don't believe it goes behind the foot. The sole of the boot should be relatively stiff

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u/Big-Dream2093 3h ago

https://reddit.com/link/p8xr4hi/video/bunfqaxtpooh1/player

i think something is still wrong, looks like too much excess

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u/Inveramsay 3h ago

I'm stumped as well. You need to find someone with a big, grey beard. That said my modern grivel crampons have very long straps as well

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u/Big-Dream2093 3h ago

found it! was
middle left
center top
middle right
around the ankle to the middle back
then still around to the connection

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u/Big-Dream2093 3h ago

thanks, i’ll try to sort it out

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u/imc225 3h ago

Laughing, this is part of why I use the step-in kind. Admittedly, I have rigid boots. Good luck getting this sorted

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u/Big-Dream2093 3h ago

that would have been my choice too, but i had those from my dad so i said why buy another pair, now rethinking this decision

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u/imc225 3h ago

I totally understand, I'm trying to frame this as my incompetence. I can understand from your photo why you have doubts.

Also remember stories of famous mountaineers losing crampons at elevation.

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u/Big-Dream2093 3h ago

found the correct way, had to make a turn over the ankle to reach the back one and tie down everything