I'm just hype to find a pair of quality ice tools for cheap as fuck. These things are way too much new so I'm excited.

    • Wildgrapes [she/her]
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      a year ago

      Sharpening the axe as I type. Imma find every Trotsky there is.

  • Jennifer [she/her]
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    a year ago

    I have a question - are there places to try pick climbing similar to a rock climbing gym? My wrists are fucked and I can't do regular rock climbing but I'm thinking that maybe I can do some of this

    • Wildgrapes [she/her]
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      a year ago

      People do make artificial walls for the purpose of dry tooling though they are rather rare and usually not permanent public facilities. There are some areas that direct water flows then freeze them specifically for ice climbing but thats not a gym style environment. The best way I could think to try this safely is either to

      1. If you know how to set top ropes go to a local climbing area set a top rope and just dry tool your way up as per normal
      2. Hire a guide to set up and teach top roped ice climbing. Expensive of course but not doing something dumb and dying is important

      So I guess in short no not really any gym style environments I know of for dry tooling.

      • Jennifer [she/her]
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        a year ago

        Damn, I saw some video of someone doing this and it looked way fun. Too bad