What are current ice climbing conditions at [place]?
[back to top] [FAQ contents] Adirondacks – Adirondack Rock & River Guide Service British Columbia – Climbers Access Society of B.C California – Mark Amos Clifford’s California Ice California – The Mountain Guide Colorado – ClimbingBoulder Illinois (Starved Rock) – Gear Express Midwest US – Climbing Central New Hampshire – Chauvin Guides Northeast US – NEice.com Southeast US – Flatliners United Kingdom – UKClimbing.com Winter Climbing Forum What should I use for eye protection / a helmet? [back to top] [FAQ contents] From: Geoff Snyder When I started ice climbing, every serious ice climber I knew had a big smiley scar above their eye where they took an adze to the forehead while cleaning an overdriven tool. I decided to climb on 2 hammers from then on… until about 3 years ago when I got a great deal on some tools (1 axe, 1 hammer). About mid season, and before my lazy ass had bothered to change the adze for a hammer, the tool blew on a mixed route in Vail and promptly chopped me in th
