Which Type Of Ice Axe Do You Need? | Climbing Daily Ep.1539

On today's Gear Show we take a look at the different ice axes available for climbers. We look at how the axes fit into different types of climbing and check out some specialized, high end gear.

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Which Type Of Ice Axe Do You Need? | Climbing Daily Ep.1539

[TheDrizzle]

Google algorithm: Do you know what kind of ice pick you need?

Me: No, but I'm willing to learn even if it's never relevant for my entire life.

[benschuster]

"It feels a bit like a medieval weapon" never a better description

[luis.borges]

the T and B rating is for the pick but also shaft and they can be rated independently. B rating (type 1) is tested to 280kg on an ice axe's pick and shaft and a T rating (type 2) is 400kg on its pick and shaft.

[Andy-lqzw]

I met you matt in Chamonix this summer at the Arcteryx Alpine Academy. We were having a chat on the steps of the Alpine village and i was saying how much I've learned in the 3 years I've been climbing from you and your team at epic tv.. I have been snow boarding for 16 years and have now taken to climbing particularly Alpine and this winter sees my first Scottish winter climbs starting in the Cairngorms.
Your knowledge experience description and advice have allowed a battered snow boarder to become an avid climber with dreams of many Alpine adventures.
Thank you!🗻🤘

[acep]

I don't ice climb, why am I here?🤔

[Penguun]

Title was a complete missed opportunity to call it "how to pick axe for ice climbing."

[hobbitilius]

What I'm asking myself: Is there any ice axe/ice tool that's particularily well suited for grass climbing?

[robertfoxworth]

Thank you for explaining B and T ratings. I’m buying beginner gear and after several videos no one explained the rating system until I found your video.

[matthewhardwick]

YouTube: "you need an ice axe"

Me: *lives in South Africa*

[frenchfree]

Black Diamond used to make a carbon fibre shaft, I think the COBRA, its been a while but I always found the carbon fibre versus the metal shaft absorbed the shock when placing in hard ice and didn't bounce out as much.

[Seba]

Warning: I'm not an alpinist, never been in the alps, I'm an Andinist who climbs mainly volcanoes (the only mountains in the southen Chile)
I think that the are pretty useless, the shaft it's so curved that you can't approach the climbing, like the Puntiagudo volcano or Choshuenco volcano and that implies that you'll need another piolet like de BD Raven, and an extra 1/2 kg isn't very comfortable, I think is best to start with a Black Diamond Raven because it's really comfortable in piolet-canne position, but the Climbing Technology Alpin Tour is a really good starter all-round piolet, it's cheap and have a little curve and T rated shaft and pick (for an extra piece of mind in the deadman anchor).
I've ice climbed the Osorno volcano with the CT Alpin Tour using a prusik as leash/handrest an it feels like a petzl sum'tec o a black diamond venom. But for longer climbs, like Puntiagudo, Sarnoso, La Picada or Choshuenco I'd go with the sum'tecs or grivel light machine if go in winter and prioritize the snow walking, or the black diamond vipers, petzl quark, cassin x-light or grivel north machine if prioritize the climbing (or if going ending spring in november or december), because the snow will always be there and with few exceptions you'll have to make a camp after a long aporoach throug the woods and before start walking. At the end you'll end up with one semi-technical do-everything jack-of-all-trades wakling piolet and a dusty pair of not-so-aggresive climbing piolets that will be used in very few and specific summits. That's my advice for experience as a southern andinist for the Northen Patagonia/Lake District/Austral Andes/Southern Volcanoes.

[Kuhlowml]

Never gonna ice climb in my life, yet here I am

[norman]

9:33 "I'm doing a Stein Pull!"

[McStoolio]

I saw a man walking up my local mountain with one. He looked epic.
Now I’m buying one.

I don’t climb mountains.

[adriensanz]

The quark is the bomb. I've done everything with this axe and did not feet like I needed more specific stuff. Nice video for someone looking to enter into alpine world.

[andvil]

Have a set of Petzl Quark. Works fine for ice climbing up to grade IV. Mostly you don't bang in those blades if there is features in the ice, you can just place them. Saves alot of energy, to when you really have to use force.
But when normal glacier walking I use a straight alpine axe.

[frenchfree]

One point about the carbon fiber shaft. They tend to absorb shock when the pick hits the ice and therefore do not bounce out as much. They hold on a first swing.

[oktawiangornik]

I love the BD Fuel on the vertical ice and slight overhangs. Beautiful tool and grip sticks to the hand.

[xiangyuguo]

If just do some high altitude mountaineering, but not tech climb or dry climb, what axes would be a better choice?

[LukasVos]

I've not been climbing for a year, but now I want to start ice climbing! :D