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    A crampon is a traction device attached to footwear to improve mobility on snow and ice during ice climbing. Besides ice climbing, crampons are also used...
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    Buffet Crampon SAS is a French manufacturer of wind instruments based in Mantes-la-Ville, Yvelines department. The company is the world market leader...
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  • Wolfsangel (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfsˌʔaŋəl], translation "wolf's hook") or Crampon (French pronunciation: [kʁɑ̃pɔ̃]) is a heraldic charge from mainly Germany...
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    the heel and toe or a single strip over the foot. Not to be mistaken for crampons used for ice climbing, ice cleats are much smaller and are commonly used...
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    to work with a certain type of boot. The final type of crampon is an automatic or step-in crampon. These use both the back and front welt on a person's...
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    crooked cross (Krummkreuz) cross cramponned, cramponnée, or cramponny in heraldry, as each arm resembles a crampon or angle-iron (‹See Tfd›German: Winkelmaßkreuz)...
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    slope 'arrests' their fall by themselves by using their ice axe and their crampons. There are many ways to self-arrest depending on the climber's body position...
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  • on the Grivel AirTech GSB crampon. This crampon did away with the plastic toe covering commonly found on C1 and C2 crampons, and the strap connecting...
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  • Camalot Shoes Tricam Ice and snow Alpenstock Abalakov thread Bottled oxygen Crampons Ice axe Ice tool Ice screw Mountaineering boot Rescue Avalanche cord RECCO...
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    designed for mountain and hill walking, backpacking and mountaineering. Crampons can be attached to them for a better grip on glaciers or hard-packed snow...
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    is lost. There are people going up there who have no idea how to put on crampons. They are climbing because they have paid someone $65,000. It is very selfish...
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  • his crampons, but George Frey disregarded this advice and continued climbing without them. As a tribute to George Frey, his ice axe and crampons are still...
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    large fisher. Though its legs are short, its large, five-toed paws with crampon-like claws and plantigrade posture enable it to climb up and over steep...
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    Clarinet makers Amati-Denak Backun Musical Services E. K. Blessing Buffet Crampon Johann Christoph Denner Benedikt Eppelsheim Stephen Fox Heinrich Grenser...
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    on the moderate north-west slope. Depending on snow and ice conditions, crampons may be required. The south wall of Narodnaya is steeper and less commonly...
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    mountaineers to progress on foot. Frequently crampons are required to travel efficiently and safely over snow and ice. Crampons attach to the bottom of a mountaineer's...
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  • side of the island, but decides the mountains are too steep: at least crampons would be necessary. They discover the ruins of an old cabin and some sort...
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    saxophone was written for the range of low B to F. In 1887 the Buffet-Crampon company obtained a patent for extending the bell and adding an extra key...
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    to perform a self-arrest if the glissade starts to get out of control. Crampons are explicitly not used while glissading as they can cause serious injury...
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    of the crampons to ascend iced routes. fruit boot Type of lightweight shoe used in mixed climbing and ice climbing that have in-built crampons. gaiters...
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    or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons, and hands may be used to aid progress. The governing body is the International...
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    and fall, this route is safe, entirely non-technical (requires no ropes, crampons, or protection devices, unlike the actual Haute Route) and while challenging...
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    particularly double ice axes (or the more modern ice tools) and rigid crampons. To protect the route, the ice climber uses steel ice screws that require...
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    performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. He started playing the saxophone, a Buffet Crampon alto, in 1966 when he was 10 years old. Kenny G attended Whitworth Elementary...
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  • the peaks or the sheer determination of the people who, with only tiny crampon points and small ice axes, tackle climbing them in spite of blizzards,...
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    crevasses, falling rocks, and often inclement weather. Ropes, ice axes, crampons and other technical mountaineering gear are necessary. Peak climbing season...
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