Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Rob Johnson explains the essentials of choosing and using your first ice axe and crampons for winter mountaineering. Ever year as winter rolls around, you ...

Crampons are essential tools for mountaineers and alpinists, providing the wearer with unbeatable traction on steep, icy terrain. However, as is the case with an ice axe, simply having crampons ...

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We're armed with crampons, ice axes, rope, GPS receivers, and bear spray to ward off grizzlies, and we're trudging toward Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park, Montana. I fall in step with ...

climb ultra-steep terrain with ice axes and crampons, not up rock like in drytooling, but on pure ice. A playground which was so new that it defied comparisons, so different that even the difficulties ...

I was glad for the helmet firmly strapped onto my tuque. Along with my two ice axes ($300 apiece), crampons ($250 for the pair), boots ($400 to $600), rack of 10 ice screws ($750 total), climbing ...

"Have you ever stopped climbing?" I ask him, "I haven’t skipped a season, ever since my motorbike broke down 35 years ago and instead of buying a new engine I picked up a couple of ice axes and ...

who is better known for his sport climbs and bouldering skills than using ice axes and crampons. “It was wild.” Kemple and Elias were in Iceland with an all-star crew of athletes sponsored by ...

Therefore, Regli is equipped with two ice axes and crampons. He looks for suitable cracks using the pick, and then pulls himself up. Ice climbing without ice. What drives a person to climb dry ...