Aztarex ?

[NYC007]

anyone figured a way to set these up with a double spring w/o drilling? I dont own. But curious for future reference. looks possible. Havent looked that closly yet, just trying to save my lazy ass some time. thanks

Edited January 17, 2007 by NYC007

[kurthicks]

you could remove the gripswitch and thread that hole, IIRC.

 

OR...not that it helps...you could drill a small hole at the bottom of the shaft, below the gripswitch, and thread it with cord. See box #2.

[NYC007]

if you take off the griprest you have nothing stopping the snow from getting in the shaft, yeah the shaft..

I have a few ideas. could probally drill the inside plastic piece of the griprest for 3mm cord and may be good to go..

 

[John Frieh]

Jim Nelson

 

[Jedi]

I just got mine last week. I was kinda wondering the same thing.

I would think that drilling the posterior side of point, below grip switch in fig 2, would be the place to put a loop of cord.

 

One thing I noticed is that my gripswitch might take a little sanding. They fit fine, as shown in figure 1. But I have not mounted/installed them like pictured in figure 2. They will not slide up in there with having to "tap" them in there. If I do that, there will be no way to remove them.

Taking them to Colorado this weekend. Hope to play with them then.

 

 

[NYC007]

Jedi, what did ya think of the tools?

[Jedi]

I only played around with them in Ouray. They are light weight and with that, they do take a little more effort to swing than my heavier Vipers. The weight is great and should make a great alpine tool. A good bit of the time, one tool is on the pack or both on the approach. I still like my vipers for roadside.

 

They have a distinctive ping when they hit the ice.

 

I think the adxe has too much of a steep angle for chopping a lot of ice. My old Prophets did a better job. I'm sure the added weight also helped.

 

I'll be able to tell you more in july.

 

Jedi