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Do this instead: Intro to Ice Climbing

Added 2023-01-14 04:24:24 +0000 UTC

PATRONS: This was a labor of love and I didn't think this would be good as multiple episodes so it's a long one, but that allows us to get more normal awesome videos out that we filmed at the drop tower over the next few weeks. I hope this helps people who are considering getting into ice climbing. The thumbnail is an experiment fyi.

We have 4 glacier guides in Iceland introducing you to Ice Climbing. This was going to be 3 episodes of Gear, Anchors, and Technique but we were able to smash it all cohesively into the one video you see above. Naturally, as this was filmed in Iceland by Iceland guides, this is taught on glacial ice. Waterfall ice climbing is a bit different but many of the things shared here cross over super good enough at the beginning level.

This is intended to read and watch before you go ice climbing with someone who knows what they are doing, so you can absorb things a lot faster. It would have been super helpful to have seen this before going ourselves instead of showing up "cold turkey". Please don't watch an hour-long video on youtube of people you don't know and then put knives on your feet and sharp axes in your hands and try this stuff on your own. There is no way all the nuances of your context can be covered and you don't know what you don't know and could get hurt as a result.

Intro to Ice Climbing Textbook https://www.hownot2.com/post/ice-climbingIce

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