[pct-l] Ice axe

[Shelly Culbertson]

On 9/21/06, Corky Corcoran <corcoran at corky.cc> wrote:


> You want as light as possible.  Most of the time it is dead weight.


I know a couple of thru-hikers who used the ULA Helix this year, and were
satisfied with it.  It was not excessively fragile (did not sustain damage
enroute) and was successfully deployed for self-arrests.

http://ula-equipment.com/helix.html

Shelly