In reply to Cameron94:
Of course I used the cirques. I think it's down to personal preference. You may prefer grivel axes etc... But I don't. I like the cirque because it's simple , tough ,comfortable for me and has a nice weight to it. But most importantly it's made in the UK. You may think "what an idiot, he doesn't use grivel's" but at the end of the day it's down to personal preference. My dad has always climbed routes with long,straight -shafted tools, as I said "it's down to personal preference". When the first accent of the North face of the Eiger was made it was climbed with straight shafted axes.
And when I went to buy my cirque's I tried many axes such as , BD Venom, Grivel Air Tech,and also some Stubai model. I walked out with the cirques. For more technical routes I use my DMM raptors with the more technical DMM Fly pick.
Post edited at 23:09