What kind of spurs is he using in this vid?

[Benjo75]

This vid popped up in my recommended videos. I'm going to have to watch this a few more times to figure out exactly what he's doing. At about 6:15 in he takes his spurs off and lays them down. I've not seen any like this before. Are they toe spurs for speed climbing?

 

[Tree09]

Are those the ninja spikes?

 

[Benjo75]

Here they are. Would be horrible on a limb walk. Interesting though.

 

[Benjo75]

Only available in Japan.

 

[lxskllr]

That looks like spikes Butch linked awhile ago. Weird claw things that looked like ankle busters.

edit:
those are different than the ones Butch linked.

edit2:
Here's the ones Butch found...

New Type Of Spurs!!!

Who's buying first??? :D

masterblasterhome.com

Same idea, but worse. Both look like they'd be tough on your ankles.

 

[Benjo75]

I don't know if it's the music or what but I can't stop watching his videos. He's like a Japanese Richard Mumford.

 

[pantheraba]

Buck teeth and bow-legged? Looks like an excessive knee rotation out to me which would put a lot of strain on joints. Apparently the long outer claw is supposed to also contact the tree under the foot but that means you have got to really turn those knees out to do it from what it looks like. I don't think that's an improvement over our standard spikes we use here.

 

[Benjo75]

I don't see any advantage either. But I'd still like to try a set one time.

 

[gf beranek]

Way over thinking. Stick to the basics.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Sorry, but that was painful to watch..... way too much wasteful movement and lack of how to with the kit.
Just my .02
Not to mention, the captain hook grapnel hook is really not a good life support practice.

 

[Jaydecoster]

My knees are killing me just looking at those things