On a back-country ski trip, Tom spotted a vertical ice line some kilometers away. A forthnight after Tom, Steinar and I went on an expedition to make our first frist-ascent on vertical ice ever. It...
On a back-country ski trip, Tom spotted a vertical ice line some kilometers away. A forthnight after Tom, Steinar and I went on an expedition to make our first frist-ascent on vertical ice ever. It was icy, rainy and scared the sh*t out of number one, while camera man Steinar and belay monkey Tom almost froze to death... The line is now called Tiramisu (Ital. "pull me up") named after the desert we had when planning the trip. [Camera: Steinar/Matz, Climbing: Matz/Steinar, Supporting Actor: Tom]
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the point is challenging yourself weather its fear of hights or the actual stamina it takes to do it, its just like anything else. racing, football, ect.
Well, it's a bit like loWHITEYol says - and to me additionally one way of moving through nature. If you want to go around to get to a peak - suit yourself - I'd like to be able to choose my own way of getting there.
Bro, ice climbing is by far the most demanding sport known to man. You have very little grip despite tabers on your shoes. Your picks are your hands, and you can only hope for the Glacier to not swallow you whole. Ice has the most interesting chemistry, it expands when temperature drops, and it cuts sharper than a razor. Freeze has little tolerance for our Mammalian body temps. You can break bones in places and not necessarily know about it, until you do a night check and see purple tissue.
As a rock climber, that's what I thought, but in order to "get it" you need to do it. I did it and I have to say it changed the way I think about ice climbing. It takes a lot of stamina and a whole different set of skills to rock climbing.
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