In reply to Martin W:
> IMO there's no such thing as shred-proof gaiters: you basically have to regard them as expendable items to a certain extent. As Martin1978 suggests, though, better technique when wearing crampons definitely helps. Catching a crampon point in a gaiter is a good way to end up falling over - not the sort of thing that's conducive to continued health and wellbeing if it happens on, say, an iced up ridge exit...
Somebody in a group my Dad used to climb with was killed by catching his crampon point in the top of his gaiter, and falling back down a gully.
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