Petzl: Quark Axe w/ Griprest Handle and Clipper Leash

When moving light and fast in one continuous 54-hour push, the Petzl Quark Axe w/ Griprest Handle and Clipper Leash is the perfect technical tool to get you over the high difficulty of ice and mixed ground. With a Griprest design and chopping adze, this high standard alpine axe has a geometric curvature that provides excellent clearance on mantles and ice bulges. The pick is engineered thinner at the tip to prevent ice shattering, has a steep angled at the first tooth for thin ice and small edges, features beveled teeth for deep placements, and has a broad tooth distribution to provide for good placement stability and hooking. A Clipper Leash allows for quick hooking of the axe for resting and security when placing protection, while the Griprest can be removed for sinking the shaft into the snow for step kicking security.

• Adze option ice tool
• Excellent grip, even leashless with the GRIPREST at the bottom of the shaft
• Placement made easy due to excellent clearance (cauliflower ice and mantles)
• Minimum mass at rotation point (handle), maximum at the head of the axe for excellent swing
• Thinner at the tip of orged pick to prevent ice shattering
• Beveled teeth for easy removal even with deep placements
• Steep angled first tooth for thin ice and small edges
• Teeth distribution provides good stability while placing and hooking
• GRIPREST is removable for plunging shaft in snow
• Interchangeable pick, CASCADE pick included
• CLIPPER leash included
• Shaft: type T
• Length: 50 cm.
• CE / UIAA - 645 g.