Monday, February 16, 2026

What do you do with those old chouinard ice hammers

If you are still climbing frozen waterfalls, you probably are using two short leash-less tools, which do not look at all, like the original chouinard 70cm piolet! However, those first generation alpine hammers, are incredibly handy clearing the massive ice buildup clogging my van's wheel-well.

On a different note, it was a good week of training. My log shows it to have been a bit heavy on the exercise bike, as that was where I was watching the Winter Olympics. That said, I logged just under 17 hours, on 190k (150k bike, 45k ski, 2k row, and 1k run), with 3000' vertical ascent.