[pct-l] ULA Helix Ice Axe

[thebeave7 at hotmail.com (eric lee)]

Sounds a little scary to me. Don't know if I'ld trust my life to a piece of 
carbon fiber. Then again I'm assuming its been tested heavily. Personally I 
would want to feel and take a look at it before even considering buying. 
Unlike a backpack or sleeping bag, your life depends on this piece of 
equiptment being bombproof. I'm guessin you are going to get zero feedback 
comments on the axe, since it was only released this month.
Eric


>From: "Andrew Skurka" <askurka@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: askurka@comcast.net
>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: [pct-l] ULA Helix Ice Axe
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:58:15 -0700
>
>Does anybody have experience with ULA's Helix Ice Axe?  At 4.5 oz, it is
>absolutely the lightest axe out there, but I have some concerns with shaft
>(which is made of carbon fiber) because it's more prone to a fatal snap 
>than
>an aluminum or titanium shaft.
>
>---------------------
>Andrew Skurka
>M: 508/259-9814
>www.andrewskurka.com
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