The ice axe has seen a dramatic evolution in use and design over the past 100 years, by Ross Miller Surely, if one piece of equipment encapsulates the spirit of the mountaineer it is the ice axe. When Auckland Museum produced ‘Sir Edmund Hillary: Everest and Beyond’ in 2003, the exhibition’s centre piece was the […]
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