Home > Ice Axes & Crampons   Grivel G14 Post a Review Reviews Views Date of last review 5 16464 Tue Jan 11, 2005 Recommended By Average Price Average Rating 100% of reviewers $147.42 9.2 Description: Buy it at the Mountaineer. An evolution in the species. Our G14 crampons combine the technical performance of forged, vertical frontpoints with the low profile, collapsible frame of the G-12 to make an altogether fresh, modular, and customizable crampon suited to many climbing disciplines. Our success and experience with the Rambo crampons reinforces the validity of forged points: they penetrate hard ice better, with less vibration, and offer the opportunity to combine vertical and horizontal axis. Front points are simple to configure on the G14, allowing the user to build mono or dual point crampons and replace worn points easily. The low profile of the crampon frame places the climber's foot closer to rock or ice, and is less prone to balling up. At last, alpine climbing crampons with the technical performance of their ice and modern mixed counterparts. Technical Specifications Vertical Dual or Mono points Semi-rigid Weight: 2 lbs 7 oz

Author Post a Reply  perswig journeyman Registered: Thu Nov 4, 2004 Posts: 108 Review Date: Sun Nov 7, 2004 Recommend? yes | Price paid: Not Indicated | Rating: 8    Pros: Cons: Have used these for two two and a half seasons, with Montrail Couloirs and Asolo Annapurnas (both pretty flexible leather boots). They give excellent "feel" and clearance with these low-profile boots, and are rock-solid even when I'm not. I suspect they'd be even better with a double/plastic boot, and the toe bail probably fits that type of welt better; had to whack mine a bit to fit the narrower front end of my boots. Seem kind of heavy when doing low-angle stuff and the vert. front points get in the way - much prefer BD sabertooths for this. ------------------------------ ...you've got to learn to dig and be dug in return.... Stickyfingerz green horn Registered: Mon Nov 8, 2004 Posts: 44 Review Date: Mon Nov 29, 2004 Recommend? yes | Price paid: Not Indicated | Rating: 9    Pros: lightweight, secure Cons: I got these suckers last year and have been really happy with 'em. I've only climbed with the monopoint configuration, but they had great penetration and always felt stable. Not as many frontpoint options as the M-10, but I'm not sure why you'd need to adjust offset, center, angle, etc. and they're significantly lighter. Used 'em with the anti-bots and never had a problem with snowballing. They went right onto my Asolo AFS Evoluzione boots just fine (with no hammer required) and stayed on. I've heard that they walk better than some crampons with less rocker, but I don't have enough experience to comment on this. Only reason I didn't give them a 10, is I think you can never reach true perfection and I don't feel like I've tried enough other crampons to really know that they're the best. eastcoastclimber member Registered: Tue Nov 9, 2004 Posts: 9 Review Date: Fri Dec 24, 2004 Recommend? yes | Price paid: $157.25 | Rating: 10    Pros: easy to set mono points, easy fit on boots Cons: Got the ones with the antibots. Sweet crampons, used em a few times before I bought em. Love them. I had no problem setting them to my Nepal Extreme Leather Boots. crowleytec member Registered: Mon Nov 1, 2004 Posts: 9 Review Date: Thu Jan 6, 2005 Recommend? yes | Price paid: $145.00 | Rating: 10    Pros: versatile, vertical ice, dual or mono Cons: I just got these things this year, and love them. Having recently upgraded from the G-12 I noticed a huge step up in climbing performance, as for the first time i feel like i can just sink the hige front point right into the ice and stand on it, as opposed to simply flailing and scratching at the surface with my old general mountaineering crampons. The versatility of these are just incredible, and of course the grivel quality and fit for my nepals are tops. mcfrank green horn Registered: Sun Dec 5, 2004 Posts: 10 Review Date: Tue Jan 11, 2005 Recommend? yes | Price paid: $140.00 | Rating: 9    Pros: versatile, adjustable Cons: Very nice spikes. I've used them in consolidated snow and not been too disappointed. The antibott plates are absolutely necessary, though--like any spike they'll be really difficult to use in sticky snow without them. Another plus is that the large toe bail fits over the tongue on tele boots (something that's not true of a lot of general mountaineering spikes) so that actually makes them good for longish moderate routes if you want to use tele skis for the approach.

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