In reply to playmobile:
> No the cirque hammer is not pointless, actually a very good idea, for the obvious reasons your not aware off.
And the Swedish judge gives a score of 2/10 for this trolling attempt.
With a bit of work with a file the cirque is actually not that bad for climbing ice. A friend of mine climbed idwal stream with a dual cirque set up last year and was quite happy with them. Given the weight of the raptor it makes sense to me at least.