Cassin Alpinist Tech Crampon – First Thoughts Review

On February 17, 2020August 28, 2025 By Olympus MountaineeringIn Gear Review, Mountaineering Gear Review7 Comments

I have been wandering in the mountains for several years now and I have been evolving my mountaineering skills step by step. From simple hiking to rock climbing, alpine climbing up to demanding mix climbing techniques.

While evolving and acquiring new knowledge, it has been necessary to update my mountaineering gear too. My first pair of crampons were the Rock Empire Mackhi, and my second pair the Grivel G12. While my general mountaineering skills got more advanced, I felt the need to update my crampons too. The Grivel G12 are exceptional, though I was feeling that the G12 were limiting me on the mixed climbing and Dry Tooling fields.

Cassin_Alpinist_Tech_Crampon_Review_150408_292 — Cassin Alpinist Tech Crampon & carrying case

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Rock Empire Machki Crampons Review

On January 12, 2016March 19, 2018 By Olympus MountaineeringIn Gear Review, Mountaineering Gear Review12 Comments

My first pair of crampons where the Rock Empire Machki. At the beginning of my mountaineering adventures, I needed a basic still good pair of crampons. As always, I did an extensive research on which pair of crampons would fit my necessities and my budget too and at I ended up purchasing these pair.