↑ 342: Ushba Mountain Works Altai

• Made in Russia [ca. 2000].
• 645x250 mm.
• Weight: 380 g.
• Titanium Shaft.
• Shaft: 31x23 mm.
• Fixed head with carabiner hole.
• Straight adze with a straight edge and a moderate arch.
• Adze: 85(l)x54(w)x4(arch) mm.
• Curved alpine pick with a neutral-clearance chisel tip and with 6 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 125(l)x29(h)x4(t) mm.
• Triangular plate spike.
• Spike: 56(l)x30(w)x4(t) mm.
• Ultralight axe made from titanium alloy.
• Titanium has a low thermal conductivity so this shaft does not cool the hands badly like conventional aluminum shafts do.
• Designed by Bob Culp.