Getting there took me through two days of snow, ice and below-freezing camping conditions, using crampons, an ice axe, and more layers than I thought I owned.
Strapped to one's feet, in a manner not unlike roller-skates (but much more secure) are crampons.
She cried out to Yasushi not to pull the rope, secured herself to the slope with her AXE and crampons and untied.
Climbing kit includes climbing boots, crampons, snow goggles, alpenstocks, ice axes, ice pitons, piton hammers, and rope ladders.
