Although there have been many technological advancements with regard to firefighting tools in the past several years, the axe remains the most iconic and probably most basic of them all, yet still ...

When venturing into the backcountry in winter and even into the shoulder seasons of late fall and early spring, an ice axe is a vital tool for navigating steep snow fields, ice, and scrambles. However ...

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Every soot-smudged wildland firefighter knows the name pulaski – even if they don’t know the man Pulaski. That’s because Ed Pulaski cemented his legacy when he welded the head of a mattock (or ...