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Joe_Poulton

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  1. I'm not sure of that one...but I do know that the earliest versions did not have teeth as seen in my photos below:

     

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    The above image is a framed ice axe that I have on my wall. I believe this one was homemade as there are no markings denoting a company of any kind and it's teeth are barely visible.

     

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    The two on the sides that are longer have no teeth...age is unknown by me but it would seem that axes with teeth are newer then axes without....I'd email Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder, CO since he has such an extensive collection of mountaineering gear..

  2. I had a buddy do 7 peaks down there a few years back...he was there for about 2 weeks. He did a Hut traverse system thing...He didn't mention anything about "bad weather" but then again I always climbed with this guy in inclement weather in the North Cascades...

     

    "...weather is a deterent, it keeps the riff-raff out..." -Jay Smith (i think on Cerro Torre)

     

    holy shit? you can do lots of stuff in good weather in Patagonia? who knew. stupid quotes about bad weather exhibit obliviousness to how bad the weather is. unless you habitually summit rainier in 100mph gusts or enjoy jerking off in a squalid shithole of a tentcamp or snowcave for weeks. :argue:

     

    the riffraff is sunning on the beach with hotties

     

     

    Nice Hugh....but I'm married and enjoy bivys and the beach with my wife. All I was trying to say was that NZ is not a waste of time...if it was...then Patagonia might as well be a waste too. If people picked their destination based on where the Sun was...then less would be possible.

  3. 23 degrees and snowing hard at Timberline this morning.

     

    Went up Wed night and got a run on the Mile...had to ski like I was surfing a wave since only half the ravine was filled with snow and I couldn't use the bottom for bits...it was good.

  4. I had a buddy do 7 peaks down there a few years back...he was there for about 2 weeks. He did a Hut traverse system thing...He didn't mention anything about "bad weather" but then again I always climbed with this guy in inclement weather in the North Cascades...

     

    "...weather is a deterent, it keeps the riff-raff out..." -Jay Smith (i think on Cerro Torre)

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