Saturday, January 31, 2026

bookofjoe's Favorite Thing — Or, how to walk on ice without breaking your neck


Here's a particularly timely video, what with ERs around the country being swamped by people with skull fractures and broken hips incurred after falling on the recent snow-turned-into-rock-hard-ice.

You can find these superb lifesaving ice spikes — which strap on over your shoes — on Amazon, priced from around $38 and up depending on how rugged you need them to be.

The ones I'm using in the video up top are here: I bought them at least 10 years ago and they're fantastic.

Note: mine are Gen 1; there are many more recent variations.

1 comment:

  1. Stabilicer Maxx 2 hands down (or not since you can walk on glare ice with them). Warning, the company has been bought out by corporate sorts who have cheapened the straps - either find an NOS pair on Ebay or stitch the strapping when you get them. You can't have mine.

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