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Q: What are the metal spikes used by mountaineers called?
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Why mountainers wear shoes with spikes?

Spikes or "crampons" are only fitted to the shoes and used when mountaineers climb so high that they encounter ICE on the ground on the mountain. The spikes dig into the ice and stop the mountaineers feet slipping.


Why do mountainer wear spikes shoes?

Spikes or "crampons" are only fitted to the shoes and used when mountaineers climb so high that they encounter ICE on the ground on the mountain. The spikes dig into the ice and stop the mountaineers feet slipping.


What are the spiky things you wear on your shoes when mountain climbing?

Spikes or "crampons" are only fitted to the shoes and used when mountaineers climb so high that they encounter ICE on the ground on the mountain. The spikes dig into the ice and stop the mountaineers feet slipping.


A metal ball with spikes on it that was used in the war?

Mace.


What are needles used for in track and field spikes?

These are not called needles but spikes the spikes get put into the shoe. It's to stop you falling in crosscountry races and slipping on the track.It is actually quite confusing because as well as the shoe being called spikes the jaggy things are called spikes too.


How many spikes did the stegosaurus have on the end of its tail?

There were four spikes at the end of a Stegosaurus's tail that it used as a weapon for self defense. The spikes are called thagomizers.


What is an ice axe?

It resembles a small pickaxe and is used by climbers and mountaineers.


What is the name for the spikes on a triceratops tail?

Stegosaurus' spiked tail is called a "thagomizer."Way back in 1982, a famous Far Side cartoon showed a group of cavemen clustered around a picture of a Stegosaurus' tail; one of them points to the sharp spikes and says, "Now this end is called the thagomizer...after the late Thag Simmons." The word "thagomizer" has been used by paleontologists ever since.


Can metal used to provide sacrificial corrosion?

Yes, they metal used is called an "sacrificial anode".


What did the stegosaurus dinosaur use its spikes for?

it used its spikes so that he could defend him self


What thin metal is used to connect electrical conponents?

The metal is called wire.


What is a Metal disc used to make a coin called?

The metal disc used to make a coin is called a "coin blank" or, more formally, a "planchet." They also used to be called "flans," but that term is no longer as widely used.