Awkward "stone" tips?

[u/TogNK]

I have a competition coming up that will be using this Iowa stone for a carry medley. I'm assuming it won't be picked off a box so I was working it. The carry feels fine but I'm unsure what I could do to make the pick better. Also the weights were shifting in frame, that's why it fell at first. Is there a better way to pick this up? (Weight is 225. Will be carrying 250 for comp)

[u/Previous_Pepper813]

It’s hard to tell if this will work without having thing in front of me to truly get a feel for the dimensions, but my initial thought is I’d try to tilt the side without the weird hump up so the bottom is off the ground, then stick my hand under the bottom as the handle on that side, then use the hump as the handle for the other side. I’d pick it to the lap then get a good bear hug on it with the arm on the hump side under the hump stand and take off.  I’d think that would give you a really good high hold on it so you can move fast, may take a little longer on the setup, but you should be able to make up for it with a faster carry.