| We put crampons over our boots, roped up and ascended the ice cliff in single file, using our ice picks to stabilize us at each step. |
| Don't touch metallic objects like ice axes, crampons, tent poles, or jewelry. |
| We need crampons and ice axes for the climb, but only use our rope to exit the top notch of the couloir. |
| The snow underfoot is hard and crystalline, and grates beneath my crampons with a sound of metal on metal. |
| The crampons went clack-clack, sharply, the metal points ringing in his ears with each step. |
| There are, of course, more conventional walks that don't involve the donning of crampons. |
