{"id":610,"date":"2014-08-18T15:58:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T13:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainpassions.com\/wordpress\/?p=610"},"modified":"2023-04-13T10:57:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T08:57:11","slug":"ice-climbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainpassions.com\/winter\/winter-activities\/ice-climbing\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Ice-Climbing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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H<\/span>anging by the tip of an ice axe and crampon front points, 20 metres up a temporary ice formation which can change its form and consistency hourly, is not for the faint-hearted. But there’s definitely something addictive about ice-climbing – the burn in your muscles, the sensation of a good ice-axe placement, the achievement of reaching the top… and the sheer magic of being in an otherwise totally inaccessible place among breathtaking scenery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nThere aren\u2019t too many sports that can offer quite the same combination of technical, physical and psychological challenges as ice-climbing.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So, what is ice-climbing?<\/h2>\n

Ice-climbing is the act of climbing frozen waterfalls or other ice formations. To be classified as ice-climbing usually indicates that the formation is reasonably vertical (walking over glaciers or low angled snow or ice slopes comes under the category of mountaineering). On an ice climb you rope-up for safety, and climb using specialised crampons and ice-axes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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