Month: March 2025

THAT MANY BOOTS ARE STILL WED TO THE OLD IDEA OF A RIGID CRAMPON ON A RIGID BOOT WHERE EVERYTHING IS LOCKED INTO IMMOVABLE PLACE, HERE – BY MAKING THE RIGID ELEMENT PRECISE – WE HAVE FREELY ARTICULATING ANKLES ON CRAMPONS THAT HAVE NO RIGID BAR AND THAT CLIMB STEEP STUFF AT EXPEDITION LEVELS. WE THINK THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

“The punk ideal is self-knowledge and the alpinist uniquely positioned to test the validity of his or her knowledge and capability. Be honest or get dead.” – MARK TWIGHT

IF YOU REMEMBER THE 1990s YOU WEREN’T THERE, AND THOUGH MUCH OF THE GEAR OF THE ERA IS BEST LEFT TO THE PAST, THE NORTH FACE WENT AHEAD AND REVAMPED SOME OF THEIR ‘CLASSIC ERA’ DESIGNS TO APPEAL TO TODAYS HIPSTER MARKET AND ACCIDENTLY NAILED IT FOR EXPEDITION CLIMBERS AS WELL