A woman in Seattle has been charged with first-degree murder after she killed her father with an ice axe for refusing to shut ...

Shorter axes make it much easier to successfully perform self-arrest (i.e. stop yourself from plummeting downhill rapidly after a slip), and they’re more effective at both cutting steps and climbing ...

Make sure that the axe fits comfortably in the hand when held ... Type 1: These are typically walking or mountaineering axes with the minimum necessary strengths for ice axe belaying. This type of ...

The wife of a prominent leftist writer murdered her own father with an ice axe on election night allegedly over an argument.

SEATTLE (KOMO) - Authorities in Washington state have charged a woman with murder after police say she killed her father with an ice climbing axe. It all began after an argument over turning on ...

Ice axes need to perform as expected while climbing ... But the relative heft compared to super-light carbon-shafted models would make me think twice about backcountry missions with long approaches ...