The FI Comic

Fully Featured Smart Ice Tool

Not to be confused with the purple-haired goth-teenager of climbing gear, Comics (pron. Coh-Micks) are the first tools with Shaftplay®, onboard smart media tech that pairs with your iPhone, and probably those other phones too.

Comic Breakdown

Comics are made to please more than a bouldering pad stuffed with cash. Never again will you have to stop and fumble your frozen fingers when your chest pocket starts buzzing. With Shaftplay®, you'll breeze through pitches while you take that important phone call with the easy push of a button right on the grip of your tools. Just like the heated steering wheel of a Boulderite’s $80k Sprinter Van, simply tap the answer button under your thumb and keep climbing while you trade your GameStop stonks.

Use the Shaftplay® speakers with the Comic App and connect your smart pwn (phone, stupid auto correct) to play episodes of your favorite Dirtbag Diaries, the forthcoming Climbing Gold, edX or EDX, Mark Normand's congenial brand of stick-stick comedy, or your digitized vinyl alt-metal collection. You know, all the stuff ice climbers like.

Keeping the fun to yourself? Pair your earbuds with your Comics and you’ll be tapping your front points to dubstep beats with integrated blueteeth technology. Jam your way up any route in the Jura Mountains. Get rockin the Ruth Gorge. Headbang in the Himalayas.

Soloing? Climb with your earbuds while listening to the mellifluous Rachel Martin on NPR.
Guiding? Connect your favorite Uphill Athlete lecture to share on-the-spot fitness training tips with clients.
Posing? Share your mug/brand and your own personal soundtrack (royalties should def apply)

The Comics’ internal storage makes recording your adventure easy, a must in today’s Insta-attention-grabbing world. Simply log your tools into your IG account, launch a live feed, and let Shaftplay®’s camera and microphone take over the internet with your perfect placements.

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But nothing will keep your spirits warmer than the lithium battery-operated heated tool grips! Simply top up the charge on your tools using the included USB-C charge port (located under the proprietary removable USpike-B) or using your vehicle's induction charger for all-day digital comfort.

When asked about the inspiration for the Comics, tool creator Lars Kaarlsson said, “It was just so wicked cold up there! Aach! All I could do was sing to myself while my fingers froze and do 1,000 ab crunches while suffering at the belay on P13 of the world famous San Juan alpine route Punchline IV 5.9 A0 Wi4+ M3/D12 F5 WG7+ when it hit me; When is a tool more than a tool?!”

Now you can climb every mountain and immediately livestream it, with Shaftplay®.

The FI Comic. Available at Mountain Gear.

-bc