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• n  an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice

• ice axe
• piolet

News & Articles

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• Mount Persis: Eye-popping views, calf-aching climb
  Mount Index is prominent in the view from Mount Persis. Scramblers head through the snow toward the summit of Mount Persis. I've decided it doesn't count as a scramble unless you pose at the summit with an ice ax.
  June 18, 2013 - Everett Herald