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Athlete Profile: Erik Eisele
In for a Tune-UP!
King Kong in for a tune-up before heading north to the Mount Washington Valley Ice Festival this Weekend, February 1,2, & 3. Hope to see you there. More information on the event here..
Adirondack Mountainfest 2013 from the Air
by Courtney Ley The NEice helicopters and flight crew were busy during this year’s Adirondack Mountainfest! Doug and I arrived on Thursday night with the helicopters calibrated, charged up and ready to fly. We were on a mission to capture some footage of the spectacular ice climbing that the Adirondacks has to offer. We […]
DRY ICE Tools
Climbing Media,
NEW YORK CITY, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 – DRY ICE Tools, indoor ice and mixed climbing training tools for use in climbing facilities worldwide, are now available for purchase!
DRY ICE Tools offer a new and most importantly, safe way for climbers to train indoors for Ice and Mixed Climbing.
DRY ICE Tools feature a stiff rubber strap attached to a handle fashioned in the likeness of an ice axe. Climbers use them as if they were dry tooling by simply placing the rubber loop of the tool over the in-situ holds of the climbing facility. The degree that a hold is ‘positive’ (as in, how well the strap hooks over the hold) and the specific direction that the hold must be used in order for the strap to engage, accurately imitate the muscular motions and particular idiosyncrasies of ice / mixed climbing. In fact, the specific climbing motion of DRY ICE works far more muscle groups of the body than one expects, increasing the positive results. The advantages of this design are clear; there are no sharp edges, there is no need for special ice imitating holds, and there is no costly damage to the climbing wall as when real steel picks are used indoors.
The Tooth Traverse
Here are some pieces of the attempts Zack Smith aspenexpeditions.com/i-Zack-Smith-103.html, Freddie Wilkinson thenamelesscreature.com/ and myself, Renan Ozturk, rockmonkeyart.com have put into climbing the ‘Tooth Traverse’ of the Ruth Gorge, AK. The Tooth Traverse from Camp 4 Collective on Vimeo.
Change of Venue – Taking the Sharp End
“Staring up at 110 feet of frozen vertical candles, thoughts drowning in doubt and fear… This is what we came here for. This was why I left New Hampshire to come to the Catskills. The Advocate is in as good shape as one really could hope for after only a week of cold, but it’s been a brutal, bitter, cold, and I wonder if each swing, or each kick, or the weighting of a tool will blow out the delicate formation above.”
Paradox Ice
These are our one-of-a-kind World Class adaptive ice climbing clinics in Ouray, CO and North Conway, NH. We provide all ability levels of instruction to all types of mobility limitations. This is one of the best and most fun Ice Climbing events of the year!
Join us as we face the walls of vertical ice, learning about the specialized equipment and techniques needed climb vertical waterfalls. Men and women who are missing limbs or eyes or the use of their legs will gather to challenge themselves physically and mentally and, especially to challenge the common perception that an amputee is handicapped or that a blind person must, by default, lead a second-rate life. Malcolm Daly, one of the Founders and an amputee, puts it succinctly: “Ice is the great equalizer. None of us can climb it without adaptive equipment. We just go one step further.”
Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest – 2013
About.. Since its inception 20 years ago this event has been eagerly anticipated by ice climbers in the Eastern United States and is considered one of the premier climbing events in the country. It is intended to be a celebration of ice climbing and winter mountaineering and the people that make it a part of […]
New Petzl Ice Climbing Products
New – Fall 2013 Ice Climbing Tools LASER SPEED LIGHT: Lightweight ice screw with integrated handle Ultra-light screw with aluminum tube is ideal for mountaineering. Starting is facilitated by the optimized shape of the steel drill. The integrated flexible crank gives an optimized lever, making it easier and faster to screw in. LASER SPEED: […]
Too Cold to Fly!
We were having problems with the cold (single digits) at the Smuggs Ice Bash. We think it is the radio so I got an insulated carry case that we can put hand warmers in…Let’s hope this works.
