>>215786The basic technical part, buy as you see fit. Also this
>>215826>SnowCrampons (steel, no super leight weight BS)
One T-rated ice axe (axe, not tool)
one or two ice screws (>16cm)
>Rockset of nuts (dmm offset is my pick)
friends (are expensive, can wait)
24'' and 48'' slings and biners to go with it
5 locking biners (light is right)
reverso or atc guide
harness (adjustable for extra clothing)
rope (single, light!)
Helmet (light)
pic is part of my gear
>>216885>microfractures are a mythThis is wrong. Please don't believe this. Fractures can happen and when you see them during inspection retire the gear (or try destroying it in a gym with back up).
>>217483I was in a small one last winter. I tried to "glissade" my way down in a couloir but suddenly the couloir "glissaded" down too.
