m'kay...found myself trudging thru deep & steep snow-cone snow recently with a standard mountaineering axe and naturally spent a lot of energy making little headway.
Thought about a picture i had once seen of guys in Peru using what looked like removable 'trowels' (for lack of a better description) attached to their technical tools, but i've never seen any such component first-hand - are these home-made jobs? dis-continued tools? anyone ever mod their own set for this kind of climbing, or better yet, have a bit of beta or a template on what works and what doesn't?
I have access to a full steel machine shop and wouldn't mind fiddling if there are any pointers from the more experienced out there
thanx!