Now that Greg Boswell and Guy Roberston have kicked off their Scottish Winter season with the first ascent of The Forge X/10 on An Teallach we thought we'd give a run down of the latest tools available from Grivel.
North Machine - £185
With geometry borne from the Takoon, Matrix, and Quantum series of axes the Grivel North Machine has been designed to chomp up frozen & technical north face alpine routes, and cascades, with ease.
The shaft is "T" rated and is constructed from G Bone shape aluminium and boasts the Ice + blade which is also "T" tested and, unlike the Ice blade, comes in a hammer and adze option making these axes tools excellent for high grade mountaineering, alpinism and Scottish winter.
The North Machine is compatible with the Ice blade (specifically designed for cascades) and the slightly thicker Mix blade which is ideal for scottish mixed climbing and dry tooling.
- SHAFT RESISTANCE - 400kg, T rated
- MATERIAL - Chromoly Steel
- BLADE - Changeable + Reverse Positive
- WEIGHT - 480g
North Machine Carbon Plus - £220.00
The North Machine Carbon differs from the North Machine insofar (as the name suggests) it's manufacturered using a different material.
The shaft is "T" rated and is constructed from G Bone shape, carbon composite material and boasts the Ice + blade which is also "T" tested and, unlike the Ice blade, comes in a hammer and adze option making these axes tools excellent for high grade mountaineering, alpinism and Scottish gullies and ice.
The North machine Carbon is compatible with the Ice blade (specifically designed for cascades) and the slightly thicker Mix blade which is ideal for scottish mixed climbing and dry tooling.
- SHAFT RESISTANCE - 400kg, T rated
- MATERIAL - Carbon composite
- BLADE - Changeable + Reverse Positive
- WEIGHT - 550g
North Machine Carbon Ice - £200
Just like the North Machine Carbon+ (only the blades differ) the ice version shares the geometry borne from the Takoon, Matrix, and Quantum series of axes and is intended more for cascade and "sport" climbing than the mountains as it has no adze or hammer. The shaft is "T" tested and is constructed from G Bone shape, carbon composite material and boasts the Ice blade, which is also "T" tested, meaning it can take a beating on the rock and rime but still provides secure and efficient ice placements.
The North machine Carbon is compatible with the Ice blade+ (designed more for the mountains as it has and adze and hammer) and the slightly thicker Mix blade which is ideal for Scottish mixed climbing and dry tooling.
- SHAFT RESISTANCE - 400kg, T rated
- MATERIAL - Chromoly Steel
- BLADE - Changeable + Reverse Positive
- WEIGHT - 450g
- LENGTH - 47CM
Comments
Think you've got the weights wrong - the alu version surely is not heavier than the carbon...
Ah I'm not counting the adze in my calculations!