do you need spikes?

[will.morris]

I love them! Find they give you added security as you can just stamp them in if its slippery or your in a strange work position

[DrewB]

im with matt, spikes off til absolutely needed ie on the stem

[Neil Frost]

I love them! Find they give you added security as you can just stamp them in if its slippery or your in a strange work position

 

I'm always in a strange work position!

[Edmond Dantes]

While we're talking spikes, does anyone have any suggestions to stop the footplate slipping back to your heel?

 

I have to wear what I'm given (Haix Blue Ridge and Twisted Shank Buckinghams), and I can't come up with a quick way to solve this. I can't be dicking around with anything long-winded.

 

Any ideas?

[Gareth jones]

duct tape is pretty quick..

[Jesse]

I wear my spikes to bed.

[onelab]

While we're talking spikes, does anyone have any suggestions to stop the footplate slipping back to your heel?

 

I have to wear what I'm given (Haix Blue Ridge and Twisted Shank Buckinghams), and I can't come up with a quick way to solve this. I can't be dicking around with anything long-winded.

 

Any ideas?

 

Get a pair of Minedl Air Streams. I've just swapped from blue ridge & they're the mutts nutts. No twisting or slipping for my spikes anymore

[Taupotreeman]

MOG - comon bro- spikes are an essential item of climbing kit. Definitely safer and quicker for tree removals - particularly if rigging or dismantling over obstacles. You can put your feet in any position in the tree for excellent body positioning. I see too many climbers struggle because they dont like spikes, they just take time to get used to - like soft porn...Invest in the carbon fibres and its all good.

Now- I recall a recent comment you made about Best Practice on a forum and Steel toe boots comes into that category...Ha hA

 

Take it easy out there..

 

Got talked in to a pair of carbon fibres by Drew. Boy, what a difference. used them for the first time this week on a Doug Fir dismantle. Like wearing slippers and you hardly know you have them on. Also decreases the weight of the gear you have on substantially. Those coupled with a tree motion and my climbing bag weighs half what it did.

[atree]

Got talked in to a pair of carbon fibres by Drew. Boy, what a difference. used them for the first time this week on a Doug Fir dismantle. Like wearing slippers and you hardly know you have them on. Also decreases the weight of the gear you have on substantially. Those coupled with a tree motion and my climbing bag weighs half what it did.

 

I tried the gecko carbon fibers yesterday-Didnt like them TBH,Couldnt get the velcro pads tight enough or the footstrap(i loop it around the shank).I'll stick to bashlins

[MOG]

MOG - comon bro- spikes are an essential item of climbing kit. Definitely safer and quicker for tree removals - particularly if rigging or dismantling over obstacles. You can put your feet in any position in the tree for excellent body positioning. I see too many climbers struggle because they dont like spikes, they just take time to get used to - like soft porn...Invest in the carbon fibres and its all good.

Now- I recall a recent comment you made about Best Practice on a forum and Steel toe boots comes into that category...Ha hA

 

Take it easy out there..

 

haha niceone andy, yeah true. my point wasnt take spikes outta ur climbing kit or not use them for all takedowns. i was saying, that sometimes i prefer to take down without em and climb free. like before right tools for right situtation, just wanted to know if other people did this.

 

Now i recall;p theres a massive difference in working on your own and wearing steel toes. one you can die! haha nice one point tho bro.

 

@ adam i have the ones with the buckle for the foot strap, so you can tighten em up properly.