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 […]
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.
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: […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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.
Another Adirondack Mountainfest has come and gone. As always, it started with a joke from Vinny and ended with many things to toast to with some good bourbon. What happened in between? Well, all weekend, clinics were going on, gear was being demo’ed, ice, snow and rock was climbed and kegs were tapped. There were […]
We are Psyched to Announce! Coming this weekend, January 24th-26th, 2014, is the 8th Annual Smuggler’s Notch Ice Bash! Don’t miss the Friday night kick-off party and dry-tool comp at Petra Cliffs, and be sure to attend the presentation by guest speakers Lindsay Fixmer and Whit Magro at the Smuggler’s Notch Inn and Tavern on Saturday […]
Coming This Weekend ! January 18-20, 2014 Mountainfest is an annual celebration of ice climbing and mountaineering, featuring guest athletes who entertain us with tales of climbing adventures, instructional clinics taught by visiting climbers and local guides, demo gear, and a chance to gather with the climbing community for an exciting winter weekend. Schedule of […]
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