Movement Skills Training with Ice Axe & Crampons
Good crampon technique is perhaps the single most important skill for the mountaineer to have and worth spending a lot of time training on
Basic Glacier Travel Skills Are Essential for Alpine Mountaineers
More important than technical crevasse rescue skills are the basics of roping up appropriately for glacier travel and knowing what to do in the event of falling in to a crevasse, or your partner falling in one!
Chamonix's 'Mer de Glace' is an Excellent Mountaineering Training Venue
Here the fundamentals of good crampon front-pointing technique are being practiced. Contact with 4 crampon points is maintained with steady and low heels; small positive steps are taken keeping the centre of gravity above the crampon points. Boots are kept discreetly independent and a dynamic, flexible and balanced posture gives a rhythmic pleasure to steady cramponing.
