Ice Climbing

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You’re lying if you say you’ve never dropped your belay device and watched it go “tink, tink, tink” all the way down to the base of a route. It can happen to anyone. But have no fear: If you have four carabiners of any shape or gate type, plus a locking belay biner, you can make it to the ground. The double carabiner brake rappel is the best way to descend without a traditional rappel device.

Ice tunnel Tunnel created by water from melted snow and ice. It went all the way down to the rock below the glacier, as one of three large entrances to a huge dome under the glacier.

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Singing Rock Bandit Technical Ice Tool with Adze Versatile ice axe for a wide range of use given its modular design, the ice axe can be adapted to a particular ascentespecially suitable for demanding technical mountaineering and ice climbingbent shaft makes hooking in steep ice or rock easy while creating an optimum grip anglehot forged head allows use of adze/hammer and choice of ICE or DRY pick (for demanding mixed climbing the ice axe can be used without adze/hammer)head shape is designed…

It's the start of fall which means ice climbing season is not too far away. Time to get training. While the best training for ice climbing is...ice climbing, that's not exactly easy to do before winter rolls through. Hex Climbing just made things a whole lot easier with their new Tørr Tools. Wooden ice tool…

Runner Interview: Magdalena Mittersteiner - 'Living the Mountain Life' - The mountains decide if you are climbing, running or even walking. So, going into the mountains is a combination of all these kinds of movements and that is what I love. It makes you feel alive and free.

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