Thread: Crampons

And if all else fails I can tell you that a rifle barrel (in this case my 1923 Mauser Kurz 250-3000) makes a damm fine self arrest tool, I fell (twice) on hard ice. Luckily it wasn't steep Without prior training I wouldn't be here to relate this (and ofcourse you could also so add lack of sense to try my luck on a ice bridge, it fair scared the shit out of the two Swedes with me, they very sensibly declined to try and we turned back after a two day walk in - oh well)

Rifle still shoots fine too!