Ice Climbing
Used Ice climbing Gear
If you’re a Gear Junkie, then Ice Climbing and high angle mountaineering may just be your kind of sport. The sheer amount of new gear you need to get started is dazzling, and can be confusing. It’s one thing to take an ice climbing class at Eastern Mountain Sports or another climbing school where they…
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Training for Ice climbing
The leaves are changing, the temps are dropping, and summer projects are being ticked. After months of hot weather, time at the beach, and beers on the back deck, winter lines have begun to encroach our daily thoughts. Dipping our hands into chalk bags will soon become sharpening our picks and readying…
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Starved Rock Ice climbing
Book 2 guests for a Winter Ice Climbing Adventure and get a free Trail Lunch for two. Good on NEW reservations only. Ice Silo not included A $20 Value! Book 5(five) or more for Caving, Zip Lining or Ice Climbing on any Saturday and get the 5th person FREE! Value? PRICELESS! Book any Ice Climbing adventure for at least five (5) guests at the Ice Silo and receive FREE ice climbing…
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Silo Ice climbing
No experience or equipment is necessary for Ice Climbing ! If you’re a climber, have climbed in a climbing gym or even if you’ve never climbed before – YOU CAN ICE CLIMB! AGES 12 AND UP… Michigan UP Ice Climbing Trip planned! MI Ice Fest- Feb. 16-20, 2017 5 Days(4 nights) Ice Climbing Trip to Lake Superior and Pictured Rocks Lakeshore! Join us as we climb on Lake Superior where…
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Scarpa Ice climbing boots
The Asolo area of northern Italy has long been known for its high-quality, handcrafted footwear. Scarpa was founded in 1938 in an attempt to bring together the Asolo area s best shoemakers; Scarpa is actually an acronym that translates to the Associated Shoe Manufacturing Company of the Asolo Mountain Area. In 1942, a 13-year-old shoemaker named Luigi Parisotto went to…
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Rock climbing in Iceland
Klifurhúsið is an indoor bouldering gym in located in Ármúli 23, 108 Reykjavík Opening hours Monday-Thursday 16-22 Friday 16-21 Weekends 11-18 Price Adult 18 years and younger Single pass 1100 900 10 times punchcard 9.200 7. 1 Month 6.300 4.700 3 Months 16. 12.100 6 Months 26.400 20. 1 Year 35.200 27.500 Shoe rent 300 About the gym Our gym is mainly a bouldering gym but we…
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Ouray Colorado Ice climbing
Intro to Ice Course Itinerary Meet at 0730 at our shop in at 725 Main St. in Ouray. We recommend grabbing breakfast and/or lunch from Backstreet Bagel. Your Course Leader will give you a quick briefing, help you fill out a couple forms, and fit you in whatever demo equipment you might need. You will then carpool to the Ouray Ice Park for a full day of instruction. Return to…
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Ouray CO Ice climbing
The Best Ice Climbing in Colorado From mid-December through mid-March Ouray is full of climbing activity and good cheer, with “Have an Ice Day” greeting you from almost every open merchant and lodger’s window. Ice is copius in the San Juan Mountains but Ouray features something extra-special - the . Jim Donini, former president of the American Alpine Club, calls the Ouray Ice…
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Mountain climbing Ice pick
Here at Black Diamond, I answer more emails about the longevity and durability of climbing gear than anything else. Contrary to popular belief, climbing gear doesn t last forever. For instance, I recently received a #2 Camalot in the mail that was manufactured in 2002. The thing was destroyed—it looked like it had been up El Cap 300 times. The customer wanted a new one because…
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Michigan Ice climbing
Ice climbing is “on the rise” so to speak. It is becoming one of the newest and most popular sports here in the Munising area. Our multitude of great waterfalls and porous sandstone cliffs in which the water seeps through make this sport possible. Towards the end of December the ice has formed along the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Grand Island and our various waterfalls…
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Indoor Ice climbing
Furnace Industries is two guys, Ben and George. While we like to think we’re industry standard setting uber-ice climbers who invented and hand produce cool products including a new ice axe, the reality is we get bogged down with real life, family, career, and the minutia of running a small climbing gear company. So when we finally get to go ice climbing we want to be in the…
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Ice Mountain climbing
As fall turns into winter, North Carolina’s mountains provide snow and ice that’s perfect for skiing, snow tubing, ice skating and sledding. But if you’re looking for something more daring and adventurous, we also provide something you might not expect: ice climbing. In fact, some consider North Carolina to be the leading ice climbing destination in the South. Recreational…
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Ice climbing
In the fall of 2014 I had been invited by some Chinese hosts to attend a presentation of films from the Kendall Mountain Film Festival world tour in Wenzhou (see my November 2014 blog posts). I was impressed at the numbers of Chinese outdoor enthusiasts that I met, many of whom wanted to learn to climb but had minimal options for getting any kind of instruction. It s easy to…
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