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OT:AVP 18-Nov-2010 At 10:49:18 AM dmnz

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Aliens v Predators the film

How much chicken winging does the ice climber do in the 2 secs of ice climbing footage? How anyone can confidently solo steep ice with that technique is beyond me.

And then there's the ice screw gun (think Cliffhanger) but at least this time ice screws at least go into ice. At least bulletproof ice is softer so more plausible. BD you need to make one of these. How many times have we just climbed on or whimpered back to our last rest when we're just too pumped to coffee grind a screw in? No probs pull out your gun and presto. It'll probably clip you in too and give your aching limbs a massage. Definitely potential.

And lastly when they descend the ice tunnel. Obviously it's icy and all so hey lets go down there sans crampons but we all must carry an axe each so we can look the part. WTF??