↑ 032: Royal Robbins/Alpélit
- Made in France [c. 1976].
- 600x275 mm.
- Weight: 710 g.
- Aluminum Shaft with Rubber Grip.
- Shaft: 33x21 mm. (Grip: 36x25 mm.)
- Fixed Head with carabiner hole.
- Curved adze with a curved edge and a moderate arch.
- Adze: 75(l)x67(w)x3(arch) mm.
- Angled alpine pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 5 ventral teeth near the tip and 5 more near the shaft.
- Pick: 140(l)x25(h)x7(t) mm.
- Round fluted spike.
- Spike: 76(l)x16(d) mm.
- An aluminum shaft is stronger than wood, but it onducts heat well, chilling the hand. The head has a step on top to allow the user to hammer the pick into snow or ice.
- Royal Robbins distributed Alpélit through its first company, Mountain Paraphernalia in Modesto, California.
- These were the first aluminum handled ice axes in the USA. They were made by the firm Leborgne.
- This is the second version, introduced in 1976. The opriginal versioin did not have the ventral pick teeth near the shaft.
