[pct-l] ULA Helix Ice Axe

[Tortoise73 at charter.net (Tortoise)]

Now here's an idea for a new product. ice ax head with pocket for ballast.

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Tortoise

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Steve Peterson wrote:
> Jerry Goller wrote:
> 
>>
>> I can see how a heavier ice axe would do a better job of penetrating 
>> ice or
>> hard snow when swinging it. 
> 
> 
> Here's an outside-the-box thought (by a non-climber, non-ice-axe-owner):
> 
> If you take a very lightweight axe and find you need to chop steps with 
> it, why not grab a couple of palm-sized rocks and duct tape them to the 
> head at the time you need to chop the steps--toss 'em when you've gotten 
> to the top of the pass.
> 
> I just went out into my yard and grabbed a couple of fairly small, 
> flatish rocks and weighed them--total was about 8 oz. Seems like that'd 
> make a noticeable difference.
> 
> Beats carrying a heavier axe a couple of hundred miles.
> 
> --Steve
> 
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