The new Black Diamond Hydra ice tool is here, and it has a modular head system for extreme versatility. Watch how this tool ...

Travelers can take climbing tools and equipment on planes in the United States with certain restrictions. Whippets, ice picks, and trekking poles are sharp objects and therefore aren’t allowed ...

It took Fulvio a few hours of strenuous and risky climbing to get to grips with the first pitch ... In these last twenty years everything has changed, from the techniques to the ice screws and ice ...

Quality ropes cost hundreds of dollars, a single cam for rock climbing can cost well over $80, and ice tools cost another couple hundred. Additionally, add on slings, carabiners, harnesses ...

Although it requires limited equipment, participants will usually wear climbing shoes, chalk their hands and cover the floor with padded mats. Ice climbing, as suggested by the name, requires ...

Karn Kowshik Collection Ice climbers use ice tools and crampons to climb Mr Kowshik, who began ice climbing in 2015, says he was drawn by the thrill and technical challenge offered by the sport.

In Svalbard, the glaciers, notably the accessible Longyearbreen near Longyearbyen and the remote Tempelfjorden, provide ...

Often called the "Valley of Silence," the Western Cwm is a broad, flat, gently undulating glacial valley basin terminating at the foot of the Lhotse Face. The central section is cut by massive ...

Then, when I was climbing in the Himalayas a short time later, I did start to notice a pattern of climate change that did ...

When the doors to Scotland’s flagship ice climbing facility opened, there were high hopes it might help transform the sport, encourage a ...