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To: frank ballenger
Today, here is an ice axe story. When was the last time you read about that term? As in never?

Ice axes are a common tool where I am.

Used for ice climbing. I have one.

I also have several sets of crampons for different ice conditions and terrain. Spikes on the crampons from 1/8 inch to 2 inches long.

14 posted on 11/11/2024 11:33:03 PM PST by Mogger (AreIn bookstores is a very expensive, beautifully bound in green leather Holy Koran. If one was goin)
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To: Mogger

Wow. News to me. Now I know.

Now watch for the History Channel to do “The History of the Ice Axe, Parts I and II.”


15 posted on 11/11/2024 11:36:56 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Mogger

I could get behind crampons in boys’ (and girls’) bathrooms!
Glad I live in Texas.


26 posted on 11/12/2024 1:12:32 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Mogger

Same here. I have several ice axes and sets of crampons. I used to live outside Seattle (Duval) and climbed up in the Cascades. Loved that backcountry.


43 posted on 11/12/2024 4:31:18 AM PST by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Mogger

“crampons”
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For just a moment I thought that these were what Tim Walz used at that time of the month. 😳

I think that I really need a coffee.


50 posted on 11/12/2024 5:53:05 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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