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the_climber
Jul 18, 2008, 3:59 PM
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granite_grrl wrote: Wow, except for some tidbits from Brendon (BTW - neither Nathan or I have broken a BD pick yet. I know people do, I just don't understand it), this thread is turing into a total Donny-rama.
BD pick aren't that bad if you treat them right. Ie. you don't twist them when removing your tool from the ice, you don't stike any rock, you climb with a gentle touch, and you don't climbing during a nasty Arctic Front. The Old CM picks had a similar problem in very cold weather, the old ones for pulsars, quasars, exc. Newer CM pick for Quarks and the like are stronger.
It's not that you're gauranteed to break one on a give climb, its that there are stronger pick out there that are far less likely to break on you. I've had BD pick break mid pitch... it sucks t3h ballz!
Grivel, DMM, Simond, and CM are about the burliest picks I've used in that order. And I ABUSE ice tools... I'm hard on things.
Grivel and DMM picks are the only ones (I have used extensively) that "I" have not personally broken or bent beyond repair.
I also find BD tool swing like a carpenters hammer with a wonky shaft.
(This post was edited by the_climber on Jul 18, 2008, 4:00 PM)
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