What drives a person to climb dry rock faces with ice gear? The answer is simple: the desire for ice. Dry-tooling is the name of this mountain-sport discipline that seems strange to the uninitiated.

As it continues to surge in popularity, we take a look at dry tooling, its history and how the pursuit emerged from mixed ...

With little information to go by, the Austrians Albert Leichtfried, Markus Bendler and photographer Hermann Erber travelled to Japan in search of the country's ice climbing potential. Apart from ...

The treacherous Khumbu Icefall has opened on Mount Everest. The highest mountain in the world stands 29,029 feet. Located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet bo ...

by local Mountain Guide Albert Leichtfried. Austria's Tyrol isn't only a summer hotspot for rock climbing fanatics, it's also an important and popular destination for winter ice climbing. The region ...

Combined with the UIAA Continental Cup final, the collaborative efforts between the BMC and the Scottish Dry-Tooling Club will see the UK host its biggest ice climbing event to date. For the first ...

World's Glaciers Are Losing Record Ice as Global Temperatures Climb, U.N. Says By Alexander ... The accelerated loss has made mountain glaciers one of the largest contributors to sea level rise ...

ice axes, crampons, harnesses and ropes. Mountain climbing takes place in mountainous areas and requires the skills of walking, scrambling, rock and ice climbing. Mountaineering can also be called ...

The 2025 UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup is well underway, with the latest round taking place in Champagny-en-Vanoise, France. GB Ice Climbing team member Emma Bush provides an inside look at last weekend ...

The 9,000 gigatons of ice lost from glaciers since 1975 are roughly ... The accelerated loss has made mountain glaciers one of the largest contributors to sea level rise, putting millions at ...