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.

But what distinguishes Reynolds’s free solo of Fitz Roy isn’t the technical difficulty, per se, but the nature of the climbing (a long mountain route with snow and ice), its length ...

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

"It's definitely an ice climbing Mecca," said mountain guide Clint Cook. "I can't think of anywhere else that attracts this many people specifically to one place, just for ice climbing." ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...