ice ax

NOUN
  1. an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice
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How To Use ice ax In A Sentence

  • No alpinist worth his ice ax wants to be accused of climbing a mountain in lesser style than those who came before.
  • The group threaded its way up treacherous couloirs and 50-degree snow slopes, cutting steps with ice axes.
  • Don't touch metallic objects like ice axes, crampons, tent poles, or jewelry.
  • We down-climbed, belaying one another with our ice axes as anchors.
  • “I took out the ice axe from the raincoat, gripped it in my hand and, with my eyes closed, dealt him a terrible blow on the head.” Matthew Yglesias » Obama’s Permanent Revolution
  • Every stressed word is like an ice ax, trying to gain purchase, while the alliterated "sh" — "sharp shapes, glacier -/scraped faces" — enacts the horrible sound of an object sliding down sheer ice. The Reluctant Poet Laureate
  • But, despite traversing steep alpine regions, he did not pack crampons, an ice axe or an emergency distress beacon.
  • Five rounds from the Service axite and Service cordite were placed in an oven and heated to a temperature of 110° F. for one hour, and were then fired for pressure. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise
  • Straps/attachment points: two lashing patches on lid; no ice axe loop.
  • He who showed quick reactions to stick his ice axe into the ground and hung for several minutes.
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