Climbers ascend an artificial ice wall in Inje in the northeastern province of Gangwon on Jan. 9, 2025, amid a cold wave hitting the country. (Yonhap) (END) [We Welcome Your News Tips] We invite ...

Albert Leichtfried, Markus Bendler and photographer Hermann Erber have just returned from an ice climbing trip to Hokkaido, Japan, during which they made the first ascent of Lector WI7 at Chiyoshibetu ...

This course will teach you what you need to know to take your love of climbing from the gym to the outdoors! Although not required, taking a lead clinic in our climbing gym is recommended as a ...

Repentance was first climbed in Cogne, Valle d'Aosta in 1989 by François Damilano, Fulvio Conta and Giancarlo Grassi and soon became the symbol of a new ice climbing era in the Alps. Twenty years ...

In addition to the 40-foot ice wall, the competition continued with what is called a dry tooling event on Climbing Collective’s 60-foot outdoor wall. “Dry tooling simulates outdoor ice climbing.

According to mountain guide Ermuth, dry-tooling is the best preparation if you want to try climbing steep ice walls. This is exactly why Regli, and four other males and a female climber have ...

Longmont recently hosted dozens of contestants from around the world for the Ice Climbing World Cup, challenging climbers to scale vertical ice walls and test their technical skills. Longmont ...