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Useful Resources

This is a page of useful resources on Ice Axes. If you have any other ideas of links or contacts that should be listed here please let me know.

Major Ice Axe Manufacturers

Black Diamond Equipment  – website

 

Camp USA – website

DMM – website

Grivel Mont Blanc – website

Petzl Mountaineering – website

Mountaineering Associations

The British Mountaineering Association – website

International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations (IFMGA/UIAGM) – website

The American Mountain Guides Association – website

Appalachian Mountain Club – website

Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme/International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation – website

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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South Africa’s Otter Trail in the Tsitsikamma National Park in widely regarded as the country’s best hiking trail. And it is with good reason: the spectacular trail winds along the edge of the coast, offering plenty of opportunities for swimming. Each of its huts has spectacular views of the ocean.

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