A power ice screw system including an ice screw and screw adapter configured to engage the ice screw, thus enabling use of a power drill to install the ice screw in an ice feature, is described. The ice screw includes a drive head configured to engage the screw adapter. The screw adapter includes clearing ports that enable the adapter to expel ice that enters the adapter from within the ice screw hollow core. The ice screw core extends through the drive head to permit ice to flow through the ice screw and into the adapter. A cutting member resides within the screw adapter, typically disposed between two clearing ports. The cutting member can be flanked by two flanges configured to direct ice that has been disrupted by the cutting member outwardly through the clearing ports. The power drill is typically a lightweight battery powered electric driver.

A rope-climbing device has an upper assembly with planar side plates spaced apart by a roller, such that the side plates rotate relative to one another about the roller axis, a spine unit comprising planar links of common width each of half the plate spacing, the links pivoted at a central point, and a lower assembly comprising third and fourth side plates spaced apart by a clamp element such that the third and fourth side plates are enabled to rotate relative to one another about the clamp axis, and the clamp element is enabled to clamp a rope between the plates. The device may be opened by aligning pivot points, a rope inserted, and closed on the rope. Engaged on the rope the device may be set to slide on the rope, ar clamp to the rope by action of a user.

A cane also serves as a massager, including: a cane head, which includes a grip portion and an inserting and joining portion, the grip portion being gripped and held by a hand of a user, the inserting and joining portion having one end connected to one side of the grip portion, a free end of the inserting and joining portion including a massage sphere; a cane body, the inserting and joining portion of the cane head being mounted, in a detachable manner, in an interior of a top end of the cane body; and a support base, which is mounted, in a detachable manner, to a bottom end of the cane body for supporting on ground. When the cane head and the cane body are detached, the massage sphere can be used by the user to serve as a tool for massaging the body to thereby enhance convenience of use.

A cane also serves as a massager, including: a cane head, which includes a grip portion and an inserting and joining portion, the grip portion being gripped and held by a hand of a user, the inserting and joining portion having one end connected to one side of the grip portion, a free end of the inserting and joining portion including a massage sphere; a cane body, the inserting and joining portion of the cane head being mounted, in a detachable manner, in an interior of a top end of the cane body; and a support base, which is mounted, in a detachable manner, to a bottom end of the cane body for supporting on ground. When the cane head and the cane body are detached, the massage sphere can be used by the user to serve as a tool for massaging the body to thereby enhance convenience of use.

A tether includes a length of rope with a primary loop at a midpoint for connection to a rope wrench, a pair of secondary loops remote from the primary loop, and a generally stiff but partially flexible rope cover between the primary and secondary loops, the rope cover being pre-curved along its length, the tether also including a tail-portion of the rope between the secondary loops and the rope cover, providing unrestricted 360 flexibility for the secondary loops, the rope cover sufficiently rigid to permit the handle end of the rope wrench to be pushed or pulled by hand and the rope cover retaining its curve to minimise the risk of a user's hand interfering with a hitch cord, and the tail portion of the tether is sufficiently flexible to withstand side-loads.

A tether includes a length of rope with a primary loop at a midpoint for connection to a rope wrench, a pair of secondary loops remote from the primary loop, and a generally stiff but partially flexible rope cover between the primary and secondary loops, the rope cover being pre-curved along its length, the tether also including a tail-portion of the rope between the secondary loops and the rope cover, providing unrestricted 360 flexibility for the secondary loops, the rope cover sufficiently rigid to permit the handle end of the rope wrench to be pushed or pulled by hand and the rope cover retaining its curve to minimise the risk of a user's hand interfering with a hitch cord, and the tail portion of the tether is sufficiently flexible to withstand side-loads.

An ice axe cover comprises a head section configured to cover at least a portion of a head of an ice axe. The head section comprises an adze slot for receiving an adze of the ice axe and a pick sleeve for receiving a pick of the ice axe. In some embodiments, at least a cutting edge of the adze is exposed outside the adze slot, and at least a tip of the pick is exposed outside the pick sleeve. The ice axe cover can also comprise a shaft section that covers at least some of a shaft of the ice axe. The shaft section can extend from a shaft junction between the pick sleeve and adze slot of the head section. The ice axe cover can comprise a thermally insulative material, such as neoprene, a grip component, and a reflective component.

An ice axe cover comprises a head section configured to cover at least a portion of a head of an ice axe. The head section comprises an adze slot for receiving an adze of the ice axe and a pick sleeve for receiving a pick of the ice axe. In some embodiments, at least a cutting edge of the adze is exposed outside the adze slot, and at least a tip of the pick is exposed outside the pick sleeve. The ice axe cover can also comprise a shaft section that covers at least some of a shaft of the ice axe. The shaft section can extend from a shaft junction between the pick sleeve and adze slot of the head section. The ice axe cover can comprise a thermally insulative material, such as neoprene, a grip component, and a reflective component.