Please ship back SIMOND ice-screws referenced here below :

RACING 190 REF 4681
RACING 230 REF 4682
RACING 190+express sling REF 46811
RACING 230+express sling REF 46821
SUPER RACING 190 REF 4691

CONCERNED BATCHES :

Ice-screws marked with the following batch numbers :

304 - 326- 327- 344- 373- 374 - 404 - 432

The number of the lot is obtained by reading the 3 first figures marked on the handle.

We will supply you with a similar in quality ice-screw.

A defect may appear on SIMOND ice-screws manufactured since January 2000.

It is a micro crack, difficult to see, which can grow larger with time.

It appears on the handle of the ice-screw at the junction with the tube.

We don't want our customers to run any risk, so as a preventive, we have decided to recall all our ice-screws.

We ask you to stop using SIMOND ice-screws bearing the batch numbers indicated here above, and shipping them back for checking, even if they seem quite normal.

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience it may cause to you.

Since 1860 SIMOND has been manufacturing climbing equipment, with the perpetual care of quality.

Thanking you for your confidence.

-Dominique MARCHAL, Directeur Marketing et Commercial
-Olivier MATHE, Responsable R&D
-Contact: 04 50 55 50 90