Everyone that winter climbs in Scotland will know the horrible crunch as an ice screw grounds out on rock. However delicate you are this has a severely detrimental effect on how sharp ice screws remain. In the past there were two ways to re-sharpen ice screws, firstly they could be attached with a file. While a file is cheap, I have always found this method to be very time consuming and also I have found it difficult to get a good finish. The alternate method was to use a grivel ice screw sharpening machine, however this costs money each time and isn’t suitable as a sharpening method prior to each trip due to having to send ice screws off for sharpening. I was very excited this summer when I heard about the Petzl Lim’Ice as it would mean that I could quickly and easily sharpen ice screws while on an extended trip to Scotland without having to faff around with files while tired. However, when I discovered that the RRP for the device was £60 I was disappointed. Despite the high price I decided to make the plunge and buy the. Read the full article…
