Looks pretty cool.

Got to play with a pair of proto's last season.... SAAWWWEEEEETT!!!
Not scheduled for release till end of this season though...

Curious about the weight .. lighter than, say, the nomics ?

End of the season? How do you figure? In the video and website it says fall 2009. plus they're being demoed all over the PNW...

So if you go to the BD Site you see this:
http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en-us/shop/climb/ice-ax>>>>>

But if you click through, you get this:
http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en-us/default/auth/miss>>>>>

dirty teases...

Its not a tease!

Straight from the BD website: "This weekend only, from 5pm M.S.T. October 2 to 11:59pm M.S.T. October 4, all of our technical ice tools are on sale for 10% off. That's right all you alpinists, mixed craggers and ice climbers, the Cobra, Viper, Reactor and the all-new Fusion are on sale for the next two days."

GO GET'EM!

Bull-honkey, they will sell out of stock in hours, even at ~$300 a pop. I was told BY BD, that they weren't officially getting released till the (early) spring. If they release them before that, well, great! I still will be climbing on my (original) Monsters this season, but that is fine by me. Next year I may acquire a new pair of tools.

EDIT: Damnit.... Wish I had 500 bones.......

I was told November...