Comments on: Avalanche shovels – which ones are useless? http://blog.climbbigmountains.com/rants-raves/avalanche-shovels/ Fanatic Blogging by Mountain Guides Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:35:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Dan http://blog.climbbigmountains.com/rants-raves/avalanche-shovels/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 Dan Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:01:48 +0000 http://www.climbbigmountains.com/?p=120#comment-1798 Hey Bob, you're right. The post should read "forget crappy alloy". Thankfully, they don't make them any more, but I've come across a few shovels with questionable quality from Fiskars: http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-9671-2-Inch-Emergency-Shovel/dp/B001KVZTQS OK, these aren't meant to be used on the mountain to shovel icy snow, but I've seen them on people's backpacks. Thanks for pointing out the alloy thing! Dan Hey Bob, you’re right. The post should read “forget crappy alloy”. Thankfully, they don’t make them any more, but I’ve come across a few shovels with questionable quality from Fiskars: http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-9671-2-Inch-Emergency-Shovel/dp/B001KVZTQS OK, these aren’t meant to be used on the mountain to shovel icy snow, but I’ve seen them on people’s backpacks.

Thanks for pointing out the alloy thing!
Dan

]]> By: Bob Smalls http://blog.climbbigmountains.com/rants-raves/avalanche-shovels/comment-page-1/#comment-1797 Bob Smalls Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:47:33 +0000 http://www.climbbigmountains.com/?p=120#comment-1797 Can you point out these 100% pure aluminum shovels that we should be avoiding? I'm pretty sure all aluminum shovels on the market are "alloy" shovels. Can you point out these 100% pure aluminum shovels that we should be avoiding? I’m pretty sure all aluminum shovels on the market are “alloy” shovels.

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