10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NORTH-WALL HAMMER»
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north-wall hammer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
north-wall hammer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Snow and Ice Techniques
Ice Hammer/North Wall Hammer The ice hammer is basically an ice axe, without
a ferrule and spike, which has the adze replaced by a hammer head. The north
wall hammer is similar to an ice hammer excepting that the ferule and spike are ...
Bill March, Bill Birkett, 1997
2
Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes
Heavy wool mitts were necessary for high, exposed ridges such as the summit
ridge of Huascaran where wind chill may make the temperature equivalent to -50
°C. We carried one North Wall hammer per pair and alternated it with the lead.
3
Climb: Tales of Man Versus Boulder, Crag,
Wall, and Peak
Me with a piton hammer in hand, and Morty, a bit more lucky, had somehow
ended up with my North Wall hammer. My knee breeches by now had been
reduced to ragged Robinson Crusoe–type shorts. We were both totally
knackered when, ...
Kerry L. Burns, Cameron Burns, 2011
4
Postcards from the Ledge: Collected Mountaineering Writings ...
After a bivouac the escape begins: "On May 19 I was just able to walk with an ice
axe and north-wall hammer splinted together into a walking stick. Carl
masterminded the 7000-foot descent to the Seward Glacier, carrying an extra-
heavy load ...
5
Ice World: Techniques and Experiences of Modern Ice Climbing
The spike and ferrule at the bottom of the shaft should be smooth and gradually
tapered for good penetration in snow. A second tool for alpine ice can be either a
short-shafted alpine hammer or a North Wall hammer with curved pick, pounding
...
6
1990 American Alpine Journal
I told Rob that I would leave the first fixed rope in place so that he could retrieve
his camera, Gore-Tex coat, Jiimars and North Wall hammer that he had left
hanging from a piton the day before. Rob replied, "No, you don't understand. I'm
never ...
... 512, 514 nieves penitentes, 530-31, 545, 545 nontechnical climbing, 256-57
Nordic skis, 329–30, 330 north, magnetic, 88 north, true, 95 North American
Datum (NAD), 103 northing, 107 north wall hammer, 408 nunatak, 376, 377
nutrition.
After a bivouac the escape begins: "On May 19 I was just able to walk with an ice
axe and north-wall hammer splinted together into a walking stick. Carl
masterminded the 7000-foot descent to the Seward Glacier, carrying an extra-
heavy load ...
9
The American Alpine Journal
About 110 feet up the corridor, I accepted the first opportunity to rest, burying for
support my North Wall hammer in a small patch of snow. Below was Simon,
further than the deception of height had led me to believe. Although I couldn't see
the ...
American Alpine Club, H. Adams Carter, 1997
... $32.50; (22) Stubai north wall hammer, $19.95; (23) Kelty pack B4, $48; (24)
REI Denali sleeping bag, $94.85; (25) SMC snow picket, $2.95; (26) Photo by
Keith Gunnar Chouinard horizontal rock pitons, $2.25 each; (27) SMC bongs,
$3.40, ...
