Abstract: A climbing tool operative for climbing an artificial climbing wall, simulating dry tooling, ice climbing and mixed climbing. The tool has a strap replacing the axe portion used in outdoor climbing, the strap engaging a climbing wall hold. The tool has a grip attached to an angled shaft. The grip has a grasping portion for a hand that includes a pinky rest and a finger rest. The grip has a match rest for a second hand to grasp the tool above the grip in a “match maneuver.” The grip has an inward bias toward the wall from the shaft at about 160 degrees, and the angle in the shaft portion is about 160 degrees, providing an appropriate skeletal wrist angle when the tool is grasped. Because the climbing tool does not have any sharp points or edges, it does not damage an artificial climbing wall.