The X-Light takes the same quality forged components and profiled geometries as the X-Dream and X-All Mountain tools, but simplifies the shaft to make it the most suitable axe for low-angle terrain ...

Multipurpose ice axe for mountaineering up couloirs, classic slopes on north faces and ridges with mixed climbing. With the ability to add the BUMPER support to the pick, enables it to be used in ...

Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Rob Johnson explains the essentials of choosing and using your first ice axe and crampons for winter mountaineering. Ever year as winter rolls around, you ...

Ascending a vertical sheet of frozen water might look harrowing, but several Maine guiding services will help even total ...

Wearing a baselayer made of technical, moisture-wicking material is pretty much a must, whatever you’re doing in the mountains, because ordinary materials such as cotton soak through with sweat ...

ice axes, crampons, harnesses and ropes. Mountain climbing takes place in mountainous areas and requires the skills of walking, scrambling, rock and ice climbing. Mountaineering can also be called ...

Don Vockeroth a Canadian climbing legend toppled some of the hardest routes under equipped by today’s standards ...

He is ice climbing in Australia ... But to summit peaks in Nepal requires experience with ice axes, crampons, snowshoes and mountaineering survival skills. John was surprised to find beginner ...

Some of the world's best ice climbers are coming to Edmonton next month. A towering ice wall has been set up in the city's ...

Ice axes and crampons can damage the ... Tom Carrick, access and conservation officer from the British Mountaineering Council, said: "Winter ice climbing is safest and most enjoyable when the ...