So, unless you're a real hard-core alpine climber, recently the time has come to put the crampons away for the summer.
What I typically do is clean them well, give them a sharpening, put a little WD-40 on a cotton ball and lightly wipe the points, put the crampon "protectors" (or whatever you call the rubber point guard things) on, put them in the stuff sack I carry them in, and away they go.
However, I'm wondering about the proximity of even minuscule amounts of a petroleum product in proximity to the nylon webbing straps on my Grivel G-12's.
I once heard of a guy who had climbing webbing in the trunk of his car and gas fumes were leaking in there, and eventually you could literally just tear the webbing into pieces because the fumes had deteriorated it so much.
What do you do? And/or what do you think about WD-40 in this case?
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There. That won't address the issue of others who read this thread, but hopefully will ease anyone's fears about responding to me in particular. Send me a private message if you would like to respond, but would rather avoid the peanut gallery.
Thanks in advance, as always!
