Each winter, ice climbing festivals occur around the United States. Take a trip one of these popular ice fests to meet new ...

What drives a person to climb dry rock faces with ice gear? The answer is simple: the desire for ice. Dry-tooling is the name of this mountain-sport discipline that seems strange to the uninitiated.

A team of mountain climbers from National Geographic were climbing along the Central Rongbuk Glacier when they came across an old, cracked leather boot in the ice. Upon further inspection ...

The Cog Railway was built in 1869 and brings tourists to a New Hampshire summit that showman P.T. Barnum called "the second ...

If you’re trying a winter sport for the first time, you’re going to want to find a place that offers consistent, cold conditions, scenic terrain, and no crowds so you can enjoy learning a new skill ...

Once among the jumbled ice blocks, we moved quickly ... What about the brutally cold moments of panic that set in when we'd climb into the mountain's shadow, and the temperature would suddenly ...

During winter months many climbers turn their attention to ice climbing. Words such as verglas ... Notes: The information published here is not complete. Please refer to the Mountain Guides' technical ...

The mountain was first climbed in 1962 by Heinrich ... making it one of the few places in the tropics where permanent ice exists. These glaciers, created during the last ice age, serve as a ...

a full set of C.A.M.P. gear for ice climbing enthusiasts. Passion, work and simplicity are some key-words that have always distinguished the way of doing of C.A.M.P. The passion is the one for the ...

The two left Delhi for the remote mountain on September 15 ... we were going down and up crevasses, having to ice climb with our axes and crampons—all before we even reached the col,” Manners ...

Elite mountain guiding company Madison Mountaineering ... full mountaineering techniques – rope, crampons and ice axes. The climb is achievable for those with intermediate to elite ...

But it and other rare plants are at risk from winter mountain climbers. Ice axes and crampons can damage the ground unless the terrain is properly frozen. Officials hope the new sensors will tell ...