Hey Wartstein - I don't take your meaning sarcastically at all.. I myself know very little about climbing, but even from the perspective of his peers in the film, Leclerc took some pretty wild risks, and his early demise reflects those risks, imo.. sad of course that he passed away so young, but not necessarily surprising. The movie was very well done, I think.. and the footage of him climbing was remarkable. Made me weak in the knees, even from the solid footing of my reclining chair!Wartstein wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:18 amDSH007 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:16 amAmazing picture!
I watched a documentary last night called The Alpinist, about an elusive Canadian climber named Marc-Andre Leclerc. Absolutely fascinating. The scenery reminded me of some of your pictures and I found myself thinking while watching, "hmm, I wonder if this guy carries a Spyderco, like Wartstein?!"
Thanks, and glad you like the pic!
As an alpinist I can´t compare to Marc-Andre Leclerc by any measure in what I do - but sadly (and I don´t mean this sarcastic at all!) this might be the reason why he died at a young age (but after living an intensive life) and I am still here...
/ Generally, here in Austria climbers and people in general don´t carry knives often. Which is weird and sad, cause by law they could carry just about any knife they wanted legally (differently to all the surrounding European countries).
Climbers/mountaineers/hikers here bring a completely dull SAK or some Leatherman at best, if any blade at all.
I think Spyderco could m market their Seki Salt knives, especially the Salt 2 ffg, more broadly also as perfect ultralight hiking mountaineering option. Perhaps even in another, dedicated variation concerning handle color or perhaps even blade shape.
As it is, I figure many people just read "Salt" and move on, thinking that this would be models only specialized for the use around and in Salt water.
I did a thread once about how maybe Spyderco could market some of their models more broadly (of course just my uneducated layman view!!) viewtopic.php?t=89276
And one about the Salt 2 as the "perfect ultralight hiking knife" viewtopic.php?f=2&t=88925
I can definitely get behind your opinions on the Salt 2 as the ultimate knife for ultralight hiking/climbing/mountaineering. Low weight, low maintenance, high functionality. It makes an awful lot of sense in this role. I think you may be right in that the "salt" branding does the knife little favor in marketing to a broader audience.. unfortunate really.
On topic - Jester in my left-front-pocket today, as it has been every day since I got it!
s in 81 steel flavors.
Beautiful day MG2.
