Sports Illustrated
With these on we can really fly across glaciers and snowfields.
June 28, 2004 - What it Takes: This elite competitor has won adventure, skyrunning and even snowshoeing races
Danelle (Nellie) Ballengee is best known as a member of the Nike ACG/Balance Bar adventure racing team, but she also excels at skyrunning (high-altitude cross-country), snowshoeing and mountain climbing. On July 17 the 33-year-old from Dillon, Colo., and her three teammates will defend their title at the Balance Bar 24-hour event in Beaver Creek, Colo. Here's what Ballengee will pack.
...CRAMPONS
Kahtoola KTS
The nice thing about these versus other mountaineering crampons is that the middle band is flexible for strapping them onto a running shoe. The claws face down instead of forward like an ice-climbing crampon, which allows our team to run without snagging the toepiece. With these on we can really fly across glaciers and snowfields...
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