Re Potty Trowel

> The ULA Potty Trowel is useless as an emergency stopping tool when you 
> slip on the snow
> while on a slope and start sliding downhill. As a matter of fact, Rick 
> Sanger, the NPS Ranger
> in LeConte Canyon at Bishop Pass trail junction, showed me the results of 
> a ULA used in
> such an emergency and, of course, it was in two neat piecesâ?"the head 
> simply slid right off
>the shaft when used to self-arrest!
Odd - I wonder what they were doing? When I use an axe for self-arrest I 
hang onto the head more than the shaft. I just can't hold the shaft all that 
tightly. Sounds like an actual defective joint to me.

Cheers