r/iceclimbing

Hello! I'm a creative director for a video production agency in Michigan. We're exploring some creative storytelling opportunities for the sunglasses brand Goodr. They are interested in telling compelling stories of cool people living out “Joy in Motion”. I've always wanted to shoot an ice climbing video in the Upper Peninsula and I'm wondering if someone could point me in the right direction to the local legends in Michigan. Shoot me a DM!

I want to go ice climbing in a country that I never been.
Italy, France (Chamonix), Norway, Iceland. (maybe japan as well)
the problem is I can't find any route on the internet.

if anyone have a website, database or something for ice climbing routes and grades pls send.

Hello friends

I am super interested in ice climbing and would love to try it out this winter!!

Would anyone know of/have any recommendations for a company to go through to get into the ice for the first time? I live in MD (USA), but am happy to travel to NH/ME/wherever in the US to try this out.

Preferably budget friendly but truly open to any suggestions.

Thank you very much!

Hey all!

I have a 2 m-high I-beam spanning the width of my garden, and I thought it could be useful for training.

I was planning on getting 3–4 cheap Delta quick links and using 40–50 cm slings to attach them to the beam. I was wondering, though, if I could replace the slings with 6 mm cord? I’d probably make a couple of loops and finish them with a suitable knot.

Ideally, I’d like to leave the setup outdoors year-round, including through rain and snow in winter. Would 6 mm cord be suitable for this, or would slings be a better option?

I don’t own ice axes yet, as I’m still a very very novice ice climber. A close friend has an older pair of Nomics Quarks and some wooden training axes that he’s willing to let me use. I’ll try training with those for a while and then decide whether it’s worth getting a pair of training axes myself. I'm a decent boulderer and indoor rockclimber but yeah Ice climbing which is one of kt goal disicplines.

What do you guys think?