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The State of Mountaineering
High altitude mountaineering has not progressed, you know, that much. Cramp ons a bit, but not really. Bit lighter. Ice axes, they change the form every year. You know, eve since simon produced the chicals and barracodas with the reverse picks, things haven't changed. Some of the shafts are a bit more bendy, but the old things are almost as good as the new things. People don't use leashes any more. They use em handles and leashless climbing. But actually it's almost the fashion. Ii, nothiced, nothing much in it. And looking at 30 years of pire dedor it