Tricouni is the brand name of a metal nail used on
mountain climbing shoes. Widely used in the past by
mountain climbers and soldiers, it offers improved gripping on various surfaces. The Tricouni nail was invented in 1912 by a jeweler from
Geneva
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, Félix-Valentin Genecand, alias "Tricouni" (1878-1957). Genecand was also a well known
alpinist
Alpine climbing () is a type of mountaineering that uses any of a broad range of advanced climbing skills, including rock climbing, ice climbing, and/or mixed climbing, to summit typically large routes (e.g. multi-pitch or big wall) in an alpi ...
(several mountains were named after him:
Mount Genecand in
Antarctica
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,
Tricouni Peak in
Canada
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). Tricouni nails are also referred to as hobnails, boot nails, cleats and shoe studs.
See also
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Crampons
A crampon is a traction device attached to footwear to improve mobility on snow and ice during ice climbing. Besides ice climbing, crampons are also used for secure travel on snow and ice, such as crossing glaciers, snowfields and icefields, as ...
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Cleats
Cleat may refer to:
* Cleat (nautical), a fitting on ships, balls, and balls to which ropes are tied
* Cleat hitch, a knot
* Cleat, Orkney, a List of places in Orkney#C, place in Scotland
* Cleat (shoe), a type or part of a shoe
* Cleats (comic st ...
References
External links
* {{in lang, fr}
Tricouni's brief biography In ''Le Messager:'' Genevois, 16 January 2014, p. 24.
Mountaineering equipment