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Hey Bill, is this a 'one off' trip? buy a cheap 'pre loved' one off TM, and then sell it when you get back! buy a straight shaft axe, the curved/bent ones are for 'ice climbing' and technical shit,...

As GB has stated, just hire/buy a 'general m'taineering axe', when your holding it like a walking stick your arm should be straight and the 'spike' just touching the floor, get a 'leash'....you will...

+1 KS, im a mountaineer, real hard to 'arrest' your fall when you have your ice axe on the 'downhill side'...........recipe for disaster!!!!!....great tip!