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 ...

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.

While there is no replacement for learning how to climb from an in-person instructor, reading informational books can supplement your hands-on learning experien ...

With little information to go by, the Austrians Albert Leichtfried, Markus Bendler and photographer Hermann Erber travelled to Japan in search of the country's ice climbing potential. Apart from ...

With jaw-dropping free big wall ascents and a life packed with adrenaline and adventure, climber Tommy Caldwell has had a ...

Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans ...

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 ...

Those hoping to summit the mountain typically tackle it over two days, as opposed to the roughly two months you’d need to climb Everest ... the last hielero (ice merchant) of Chimborazo.

Mr Kowshik - along with mountain guides Tsewang Namgyal and Rigzin Tsewang - has also organised ice climbing festivals in the Siachen Valley in Ladakh. Mr Namgyal, who is from Ladakh, says that ...

Climbing season is coming to end as winter approaches the Himalaya. Climbs underway to Ama Dablam, Island Peak and Loboche ...

The film charts the rise of passionate climbers who created St. Boniface’s 60-foot ice tower, and the community that rose up ...

The highest mountain in both the western and southern hemispheres, Aconcagua, opens for trekking and climbing during austral summer.