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[pct-l] Ice Axe Standards
- Subject: [pct-l] Ice Axe Standards
- From: StoneDancer1 at aol.com (StoneDancer1@aol.com)
- Date: Thu Jan 26 09:06:59 2006
In a message dated 1/25/2006 9:13:12 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
jolson@olc.edu writes:
>>>>Isn't the wrist strap to ensure that if you do slip and fall, that you
are not only holding onto the ax head, but are "strapped in?" >>>>>>>>
I've been out of the ice-ax loop since they were 32" long and had wooden
shafts, but... I have a recollection that the book out of which, eschewing
Socrates admonition that "he who teaches himself, teaches a fool, " taught myself
mountaineering - Freedom of the Hills - said not to use a strap because if
you fall and don't have a grip on the ax, you won't get it as you rocket down
the slopes being mercilessly flailed by an ice ax. Of course, that memory
comes from a time when mountaineers still wore animal hides. Someone correct
me, please.
"No Way Ray" Echols