Dry-tooling
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Dry-tooling is a form of mixed climbing that is performed on bare, ice-free, and snow-free, climbing routes. As with mixed-climbing, the dry-tooling climber uses a pair of ice tools and wears crampons
Climber dry-tooling on The Finish (grade D10), White Goods crag, Wales
Climber dry-tooling in the Alps
Climber doing a dry-tooling figure-four move and undercling pull at the 2016 UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup
Using a stein pull
Crampon
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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 for secure travel on snow and ice, such as cro
Dry-tooling
…that is performed on bare, ice-free, and snow-free, climbing routes. As with mixed-climbing, the dry-tooling climber uses a pair of ice tools and wears crampons to ascend the route. They will use normal rock climbing equipment for their protection on the route; many modern dry-tooling routes are now fully bolted…
Rigid step-in (fully automatic) "front-point" crampons used for vertical ice climbing
Yellow/grey plastic "anti-balling" plates prevent snow from building up
Alpine touring ski boot with a Petzl Irvis 10-point hybrid crampon
A mountaineering boot equipped with a traditional 12-point glacier/trekking crampon