A few months ago, I already bought a drytooling pick from Kuznia Szpeju for my Ergonomic and tested it on my training tower. With the confidence I gained in their pick and the drytooling grips, I decided to also get the replacement pick for the lightweight carbon ice tools Elite Climb Raptor. This report is […]
As I reviewed my ice climbing equipment with the idea of weight optimization, it occurred to me that significant weight could also be saved with the ice tool itself. Moreover, my old Petzl Ergo was a bit too aggressive for ice, and the AustriAlpin K.Ice.R was relatively heavy. So I looked at ice tools with […]
The Ergo by Petzl is a aggressive ice tool for advanced ice, mixed climbing and drytooling. It is replaced with the Petzl Ergonomic. I bought it mainly for summer training with ice tools and simple drytooling. But then I also used it a lot for actual ice climbing. It needed some time to get used […]