How to sharpen an ice axe or ice tool 26 January 2018 To sharpen, or not to sharpen an ice axe, that is the question. As climbers, we might spend a lot of cleaning our gear, drying it out after a day out in winter, neatly and orderly storing it. But once the winter season […]
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Aha! A nylon loop protrudes from a crack, ‘My saviour. Clip it.‘ I relax and my body snatches some energy as I breathe again. But now the crack plays mean; too wide for torquing the pick but too narrow for the shaft. My tools hang from my wrist as I jam and crimp for another […]
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