[pct-l] Self-Arrest

[Shauna]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:53:45 -0700 (PDT), Mark Jernigan
<footslogger03 at yahoo.com> had this to say:

>One thing I will say for the Whippet     ...at least it's in your hand as your feet go out from underneath you and you begin to slide.  The vast majority of photos I've seen show the high performance ice axes proudly displayed on the back of hikers backpacks.
>   
>  'Slogger


Yeah but don't they look so Kewl there?  My husband nags me to take my ice
axe when I know I won't need it.    But at least if I do take it I have to
consolation prize of looking kew..:)