Come on, what about vertical limit. I had to do one of those, "Jump across the canyon and sink the tools into the ice" moves at Banks Lake over the weekend. Totally sick
Yeah, the strike is for laying the outer edge of your palm (next to the pinky finger) while you are choking up on it. It's not intended as a finger hook like this:
http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=9&Number=606554&Searchpage=2&Main=46003&Words=AlpineDave&topic=0&Search=true#Post606554
Doesn't explain how though?
Maybe Mr_Phil is having a bit of 20-20 hindsight in posting this thread the way he did.
The question is valid though. It's a tough call, but the circumstances will alway dictate different outcomes.