Ascent plates vs Auftriib Cramplifier

[riff]

Ordered five sets for the crew, thanks for outfitting central washington!


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[riff]

Got them in my hands! They look very sharp, graphic is sick. Very cool!


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[cydwhit]

Got them in my hands! They look very sharp, graphic is sick. Very cool!


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Awesome! Thanks for the order!

Did a big-ish day in the Crampon version on Saturday, they worked great, and was pretty awesome having all four people in our group on plates. Meant that trading leads was easy, and we cruised up the line absurdly fast, in what would have been belly button deep snow.

[altacoup]

Do these work with Petzl Irvis Hybrid crampons or other dyneema cord style crampons?


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[cydwhit]

Do these work with Petzl Irvis Hybrid crampons or other dyneema cord style crampons?


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Yep. Green helmet in that photo was on Irvis Hybrids.

[ASmileyFace]

Mine showed up yesterday! Wish I could step out into the kind of terrain and snow that these would help with but excited to try them down the line!

[riff]

Got an introductory three day session with them- bonus feature, they make outstanding kitchen counters in camp as well.
We both used them with cord style crampons, no problem. We climbed a fairly steep and very deep coulior; I definitely wouldn’t have made it without them! First use was the line directly above the stove/pot in the first pic.
Unfortunately, we both bent the freakin tomatoes out of them. I’m 185 pounds with no gear and a 287 bsl; probably over 210 geared up with skis on my pack, so perhaps an outlier. My buddy is 20 pounds lighter though, and his cracked lengthwise at the heel. Our plan is to get some small angle aluminum bar and rivet it crosswise right where the tails begin, and I’ll probably trim the tails a little too.

I’m still pretty stoked and interested to try reinforcing with aluminum. Definitely the lightest thing out there at the price!


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[cydwhit]

Got an introductory three day session with them- bonus feature, they make outstanding kitchen counters in camp as well.
We both used them with cord style crampons, no problem. We climbed a fairly steep and very deep coulior; I definitely wouldn’t have made it without them! First use was the line directly above the stove/pot in the first pic.
Unfortunately, we both bent the freakin tomatoes out of them. I’m 185 pounds with no gear and a 287 bsl; probably over 210 geared up with skis on my pack, so perhaps an outlier. My buddy is 20 pounds lighter though, and his cracked lengthwise at the heel. Our plan is to get some small angle aluminum bar and rivet it crosswise right where the tails begin, and I’ll probably trim the tails a little too.

I’m still pretty stoked and interested to try reinforcing with aluminum. Definitely the lightest thing out there at the price!


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Great to get some feedback. Any chance you could shoot me a photo of the broken one? Haven't seen that failure yet, and would love to figure it out. Also happy to shoot you a replacement plate.

The bending thing is normal, I'm 240ish all geared up, and I end up with an inch or so of bowing after climbing a line with them, but after that point they sorta stay put, for me at least. I wonder if the cracking could be because the cord crampons don't support them quite as much? My only cord crampon tester so far is very light, so they haven't seen as much action on that front.

Thanks a bunch for the feedback!

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Innovations like these. Great work cydwhit

[altacoup]

Put in an order for a pair yesterday. Stoked to get them

[cydwhit]

Thanks ya'll! Looked at the photo of the crack, I think the stresses on the plate might be amplified by cord type crampons, but I'm not 100% sure. Big thanks to Riff for getting out on them immediately and bringing this to my attention.

Regardless, I say this a bunch on the website, but these aren't the most durable option on the market. I haven't broken my personal pair yet, but I'm sure that eventually they'll get too beat up to function well. That's why they're $35. You can buy and break three pairs of these for the cost of the other options out there. If you're climbing 100k of vert with plates every year, buy one of the other options! If you break a plate, I'll send ya a new one, free of charge.

Also, for the tinkerers, I added a blank plate option on the website. That way you can cut out just enough for your crampons, and have a more durable product. Right now they're set up so the minimum size fits the person in my friend group with the smallest boots, with a 265 mm BSL. So that notch at the rear is a lot bigger than it needs to be for folks with bigger boots.

Again, my original intention was just to make something for me and my friends to use. Demand has greatly outstripped that, but at the end of the day, I'm just trying to make bootpacking suck a little less!

[JRainey]

Got an introductory three day session with them- bonus feature, they make outstanding kitchen counters in camp as well.
We both used them with cord style crampons, no problem. We climbed a fairly steep and very deep coulior; I definitely wouldn’t have made it without them! First use was the line directly above the stove/pot in the first pic.
Unfortunately, we both bent the freakin tomatoes out of them. I’m 185 pounds with no gear and a 287 bsl; probably over 210 geared up with skis on my pack, so perhaps an outlier. My buddy is 20 pounds lighter though, and his cracked lengthwise at the heel. Our plan is to get some small angle aluminum bar and rivet it crosswise right where the tails begin, and I’ll probably trim the tails a little too.

I’m still pretty stoked and interested to try reinforcing with aluminum. Definitely the lightest thing out there at the price!


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What are those skis in the middle pic?

[Norseman]

What are those skis in the middle pic?

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/....php?p=6777424

[riff]

I want to go on the record again to say that I think these are sweet for $35 and totally worth it for the weight! I’m stoked on em and will continue to have them in the rotation. Thanks for making them cydwhit.
As for the skis JRainey,
I think Norseman put up a link- unfortunately they can’t be had anymore but they are Lithic Townes 117; currently my daily driver pow touring ski. Love em.


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[JRainey]

Ok, thanks. They look nice!

[kevino]

Just purchased two pairs for my wife and I. We both use the petzl crampons so can provide two more data points on bar less set ups. Also looking forward to seeing how they handle pow on top of breakable crust

[cydwhit]

Just purchased two pairs for my wife and I. We both use the petzl crampons so can provide two more data points on bar less set ups. Also looking forward to seeing how they handle pow on top of breakable crust

Sweet! Those just went in the mail! Thank you!

I have a pair of Dynafit Cramp-Ins, with the cables in the mail, so I'll be experimenting with the barless setup as well, and might also make a custom shape cutout for the weird Dynafit attachment system.

[caulfield]

a buddy forgot his skins and I had a pair of stompers and crampons in the car, so thanks for saving that tour! Obviously not the intended use, but he got 2k of mellow breakable crust out of them and we had a good time. They bent a lot, but I flattened them out at home, no cracks.

[tang]

These look sweet! Ordering a pair. Thx Cy

[creeker9]

If you ever decide to make a Dynafit Cramp-In compatible version, I would happily buy a pair or two.

[altacoup]

If they bend on one climb why not just flip them upside down on the next climb? Reverse the bend in use vs straightening them out at home. Seems like it’s one less stress cycle

[Dromond]

Does anyone know if these are still available from cyd? The ordering webpage appears to be down.

[tang]

Does anyone know if these are still available from cyd? The ordering webpage appears to be down.

I ordered some like two weeks ago, showed up quick. Look sweet!

[cydwhit]

Hey, sorry, been super busy.

I started a new job last week, that's going to require 100% of my attention going forward, so I've stopped selling the stompers. That said, my last order was 20 pairs of the crampon version and 20 of the strap on version to the Gear Room in Salt Lake. I'm not sure if they'll ship, but they have a bunch in stock now. Habitat, in Driggs also has a few pairs.

Sorry, Stompers may come back next year, but for now I've got to focus on the new gig, not on customer service and production.

[Dromond]

Cool - thanks for the update!