Simple and basic

By Evan Stevens Ranked #111 - Backcountry Snowboarding February 10, 2009

It is light, I will give you that, but the light weight and simplicity make it not so ideal for anything but soft snow slogging. If you are using it as a ski axe go small. For general mountaineering, I would rather have something that can actually stick into some ice, this one sure doesn't. But alas, it has served me well for a few years and lots of summits.

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