TAKE THREE CRAMPONS
Nov 05, 2021
2 minutes
HE FIRST TRACTION DEVICES for our lower limbs were developed by European hunters way back in the 16th Century. Called ‘grappettes’, they had four points under the forefoot. By the late 19th Century, full-foot crampons were in use in the Alps – but most winter mountaineers favoured hobnailed boots, with
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