31. With a rope belayed around his hip, Schoening held onto a wooden ice axe jammed behind a rock. 32. Langley uses the new information to locate the exact model of ice axe that would cause such injuries. 33. Later in 2002, the QUARK ERGO was developed and designed to be the first leashless, angled ice axe . 34. He also designed an ice axe that was supposed to dig into the ice better and stop a slide. 35. An ice axe can be held and employed in a number of different ways, depending on the terrain encountered. 36. A famous rescue involving an ice axe took place during the Third American Karakoram Expedition to K2 in 1953. 37. The spot was marked with two ice screws, a rope, a lantern and his ice axe , the letter said. 38. This trail, although the " easiest " of the routes, still requires the use of ice axe and crampons. 39. A traverse can be made to the South Twin, although an ice axe is recommended for the narrow connecting ridge. 40. They dug up everything they could without putting themselves in jeopardy _ a red backpack, a headlamp, an ice axe .
