erecting a temporary 40-foot-tall ice climbing wall. Large ice blocks the size of pool tables were created using refrigeration equipment, then hoisted into place using a crane. There also will be ...

The ice tool slid free from the ice above me, leaving me dangling awkwardly. As a rock climber, I’ve hung from a rope in midair before. I’ve climbed dozens of walls, including Devil’s Tower ...

Walls of ice went up last Friday for the opening ceremonies of the Ice Climbing World Cup as excited crowds came to watch in Colorado. It's the first Ice Climbing World Cup since 2019 and thousands ...

They constructed a 60-foot dry-tooling structure — a climbing wall clad with plywood that climbers can sink their ice picks and crampons into without needing any actual ice — on the lawn in the park.

It’s a relatively new sport: the Tour in its current format organized by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) started in the early 2000s. Athletes compete on specially ...

Alaskans have been gathering in the tiny coastal town of Valdez to celebrate the art of climbing ice Alaska’s hardiest ...

Ice climbers had a separate ice pillar for ... Local sponsors and vendors had booths for guests to visit, all within view of the climbing wall. More than 1,800 tickets were issued before the ...

Combined with the UIAA Continental Cup final, the collaborative efforts between the BMC and the Scottish Dry-Tooling Club will see the UK host its biggest ice climbing event to date. For the first ...

MUNISING, MI - As hundreds of climbing enthusiasts recently descended ... Anderson dug her ice pick and shoe spikes into the 30-foot ice wall for a fourth time. She was attempting to overcome ...