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Retrieved pro from Dog Rock - LittleHammer début. 30-Nov-2015 At 5:03:33 PM MonkeyBoy

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On 25/11/2015 phillipivan wrote:
>How many nut tools were you planning to climb with???

I believe Dave and I took 3 on Ozy.....two normal and one Little Hammer that arrived to our pre Ozy bivy via TimP Via miguel75.

On the day after our Ozy attempt where Dave developed the Little Stick we had left all of said nut tools in the car in an attempt to travel light based on not in any way traveling light on Ozy and being pretty tired as a result.

I cannot vouch for the useful ness or otherwise of little stick but LittleHammer worked a treat. For me it took a little getting used to and the first few placements did't "POP" straight away but I am pretty sure that was down to me figuring out the best way to position my hands and the head of the nut tool.

At first I would try and use it like a conventional nut tool then when it was obvious that the nut was really well seated and not moving i would use the spring loaded action and once I got into the stride of things it really did just pop the placements out with one hit.

On M9s comment above, re the bending of the body of the little hammer I think it more likely occurred as I dove for cover when Dave S threw a tree at me. It had been clipped to my harness for most of the climb and i don't think I stashed it in the haul bag for the walk out. Needless to say this was an extreme situation and not one you normally encounter in the normal use of a nut tool. I was very quick to straighten the little hammer out once Rod pointed its curvy natures out and as fas as i can see the bend / straighten process has not adversely affected the tool in any way.