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| gregavrhovnik4. 11. 2007 18:07:16 |
Please advise me on choosing a new ice axe (before I rented one), but I can't decide between Raveltik Wizard Plus ice axe or Grivel Nepal SA Plus. Thanks for the help
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| Guest5. 11. 2007 10:40:46 |
If I were buying for myself, then Raveltik. (light, curved, head sufficiently heavy compared to the shaft, price ok). lp d
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| sebanakis12. 12. 2007 22:49:57 |
How do you know what the right length of an ice axe is? What do you have to measure???
thanks for all useful information
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| stane p4. 01. 2009 22:27:44 |
hi
yesterday before the winter room at Kokrško sedlo we lost a hiking ice axe Cassin super flash red. Whoever took it by mistake, call me at tel.: 031 309 944. Stane
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| Daaam30. 12. 2010 16:37:43 |
Maybe I'll be a bit provocative anyway... Today I wandered around our mountains a bit, weather wonderful, conditions super, but... everyone I met had two climbing (curved) ice axes attached to their backpack. Okay.. true without gear you shouldn't go to the mountains but I still wondered (I own one of classic shape myself) if all are such "badasses" climbing some I don't know what gullies and I'm the only good boy who treated himself to a classic ascent or if the point is that everyone has to have oh and such gear on display?.....
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| sebanakis30. 12. 2010 16:57:46 |
btw conditions are phenomenal for climbing, so you got lucky, and you picked such a mountain where everyone climbs, cuz such conditions can't be passed up...
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| JusAvgustin30. 12. 2010 17:16:19 |
I agree with Seba, conditions are good but not everywhere. Usually the problem is unconsolidated snow that doesn't hold well... Anyway, why do you bother with it, you wimp?!
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| turbo30. 12. 2010 17:29:14 |
Daaam, that's how it is, those who in summer go into pathless terrain, say up to a III, also in winter seek their own paths. And soon classic approaches aren't enough for us, so we look for steeper gullies and the more experienced even some icefall to reach the summit. And in steeper gully or icefall you need two ice axes, pardon tools. "Normal" approach routes then we "ski" for ski touring. That's why I also on completely normal paths "scare" with tools instead of ice axe. Only the crampons I have for gullies or icefalls I don't take on approaches or ski touring. Then I prefer "normal" ones.
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| aljazek30. 12. 2010 17:51:46 |
Actually the weather was really wonderful this week for some gullies. I for example am really bothered by those hikers who scare with crampons and trekking poles - without ice axe. I don't have much money, so probably I'll take climbing ice axe and climbing crampons even on some normal winter tour, because I already sold the hiking ones :-)
Better to see tourists with climbing ice axes than hikers with crampons and trekking poles.
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| Daaam30. 12. 2010 20:01:32 |
Geolog... no wimp  just that I was surprised by all the curved ones  I saw today.. and that with classic apparently only I was scaring ..as the debate opened we can only conclude I obviously had a day today when I met only "badasses" for sure
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| JusAvgustin30. 12. 2010 20:10:40 |
Well, just so I'm not a wimp! Yeah, this week was really a dream for gullies and probably the people you met were climbing them, or some icefall, although the thaw did its thing 
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| turbo31. 12. 2010 10:47:15 |
geolog79:.......although the thaw did its thing ...........
There are two kinds of mountaineers. Namely, some on tour say conditions could be even worse  and others who say there can't be worse conditions
Anyway, regarding conditions similar to weather. Weather is always (whatever it is)
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| JusAvgustin31. 12. 2010 10:51:08 |
"rjudnic" any from the hiking category, I've tried all three, no significant difference, except that Raveltik is 20 euros cheaper...
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| turbo31. 12. 2010 13:41:03 |
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| aljazek31. 12. 2010 14:09:36 |
among hiking ice axes no big difference, take the one that fits your hand better...or color matches clothes
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| Fazo31. 12. 2010 17:34:43 |
otherwise watch for steel head, because with aluminum on ice you can't help much, also watch length, if taller worth longer one for support too...
Regards, matevž
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| rjudnic31. 12. 2010 18:20:34 |
Thanks all for advice. Will try in store which fits hand best and decide.
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| GričarA4. 01. 2011 12:14:06 |
Which crampons for walking do you recommend, for Garmont MOUNTAIN GUIDE GTX boot.
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