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White Mountains and the Catskills – New Video Footage!
During the Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest and the Catskills Ice Festival, the NEice helicopter, ARDU, took the air to capture the some footage. We are excited at Year Two of this project to be able to fly longer, farther and higher than ever before. Our model ARDU, which was designed and built from scratch […]
Taking the Sharp End – "Beyond the Pale"
“I was only one pitch in and had 5 more to go. I still had to tackle the Remission pillar, the Repentance pillar, and the chockstone top-outs on each, but I think in the back of my mind, at that point, I KNEW it would happen.”
Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest 2014 – Highlights
Everyone comes out for this fest! And for good reason. This year’s Ice Fest was a huge success. Saturday night for the main presentation, the Theater in the Wood was at capacity. The biggest Ice Festival in the Northeast keeps getting bigger and better. Around 245 people were there for the Friday evening events, 420 folks […]
CATSKILL ICE FESTIVAL 2014
Join the 16th Annual Catskill Ice Festival February 7, 8, 9, 10, 2014 This year again there will be multiple clinics on all the skills and techniques you need to get out on ice – from basic skills, to dry-tooling, to glacier travel techniques. Slide shows on Friday & Saturday evening. Slide shows will […]
When your climbing route collapses
He kicked his crampon points into the ice near the top of The Fang, with 5m to go. A second later, the entire ice column cut loose 20cm below his feet, and approximately 10 tons of ice crashed into the mountainside below him.
Smuggs Ice Bash 2014 – Recap
Smugglers Notch Ice Bash kicked off with an awesome evening at Petra Cliffs! There was an great line up of competitors ready to crush the route set by Matt McCormick and Peter Kamitses. There’s no where else in the Northeast you can go to see this kind of show! The Dry Tool Competition Winners Photos: […]
The Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest 2014
Coming This Weekend! The Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest North Conway, NH Jan. 31st-Feb. 2nd, 2014! A weekend filled with clinics, demos, guest guides, apres climbing party, evening presentations, live music and MORE! This is the biggest Ice Festival in the Northeast! No where else can you find so many top guides in one place. […]
Paradox Sports Returns to North Conway
The Third Annual Adaptive Ice Climbing Event Its called Paradox Ice – we’re taking 20 athletes with physical disabilities ice climbing at Cathedral Ledge. Dates: Friday, Feb 7 to Sunday Feb 9, 2014 Boulder, CO – Paradox Sports is pleased to announce that the third annual Paradox Ice event in North Conway, New Hampshire February 7-9, […]
The Heretic
Heresy: An unorthodox practice, publicly avowed, and obstinately defended. Heretic: One who carries out the above; traditionally burned alive as penalty for sins. THE HERETIC article by Patrick Cooke ***** There’s a particular dogma within our community that drives us and binds us together: get out every chance you can. Our season is […]
THE SLACKER’S GUIDE TO PACKING FOR ICE CLIMBING
What’s in an ice climber’s bag should change on a day-to-day basis, depending on the temperature, terrain and conditions. That said, I’m not that into jogging. So instead, I just go ahead and pack a heavy bag with a good rack, a few pins, some hooks, slings and a couple of half ropes in December, and they stay there until March.
