Harder than you think: Intro to Ice Climbing

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Published 2023-01-14
We have 4 glacier guides in Iceland introducing you to Ice Climbing. This was going to be 3 episodes of Gear, Anchors, and Technique but we were able to smash it all cohesively into the one video you see above. Naturally, as this was filmed in Iceland by Iceland guides, this is taught on glacial ice. Waterfall ice climbing is a bit different but many of the things shared here cross over super good enough at the beginning level.

This is intended to read and watch before you go ice climbing with someone who knows what they are doing, so you can absorb things a lot faster. It would have been super helpful to have seen this before going ourselves instead of showing up "cold turkey". Please don't watch an hour-long video on youtube of people you don't know and then put knives on your feet and sharp axes in your hands and try this stuff on your own. There is no way all the nuances of your context can be covered and you don't know what you don't know and could get hurt as a result.

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Intro to Ice Climbing
00:04:05 GEAR: Your guides
00:05:28 GEAR: Harness
00:06:37 GEAR: Helmet
00:07:13 GEAR: Boots and Crampons
00:19:47 GEAR: Ice axes
00:29:10 ANCHORS: Ice Screws
00:36:02 ANCHORS: Anchor Theory
00:40:52 ANCHORS: Installing Edge Safety
00:43:21 ANCHORS: Over the edge top rope anchor
00:51:27 ANCHORS: Top rope set up
00:56:00 TECHNIQUE: The concepts
00:59:39 TECHNIQUE: 2-Hand Method
01:04:37 TECHNIQUE: A Frame Method
01:09:07 TECHNIQUE: How NOT to do it
01:13:43 ANCHORS: Top belaying anchor
01:15:25 TECHNIQUE: The
All Comments (21)
  • @harryk1266
    Finding ice and getting to it is the hard part...
  • @TheUncleRuckus
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  • @JonathanCamp
    Looking forward to seeing this one. I had Mike as a guide a few weeks ago for a family trip to Iceland, and he was awesome.
  • @beauxgaloo9621
    Love the diversity of climbing sports found on this channel. Keep up the great work, Ryan!!
  • @MAV3NX
    Love having Andrea providing additional commentary and perspective on the channel🤩
  • @nomiakasu5025
    Iceland is an amazing place with amazing people. Thanks for making such great content and to all those that donated their time to the community.
  • @stevengreco8003
    I have been watching this channel for a while and it amazes me how quality your information is. You can tell how much they love this sport and want to teach others!! Never stop exploring!
  • @dylanp3008
    One of your best videos! Loved the long form. Love the teachings, great guests. Easier to watch then the divided up chapter style of the canyon course.
  • @Knot-orious
    Thank you for keeping your channel so eclectic, Ryan!
  • @johnarinehart
    Thank you so much for giving us this kind of content, loved the energy of the guides. As always, top quality content and also entertaining.
  • @joshua4625
    Lol I love Mike's energy. Keep it weird, having fun makes learning easy!
  • @austris_
    Absolutely incredible content and tons of useful stuff before ice climbing season this year!
  • @Sanderbreur
    Fantastic! Love it, thanks for putting so much effort in improving our knowledge and techniques!
  • @rikvdmark
    Once I started watching I couldn’t stop. Very inspiring 😁
  • @gregwilson1613
    I did the ice cave tour with Stephan a few weeks ago. While I didn't climb because the other person I was with wasn't a climber, he was very friendly and extremely knowledgeable about the glacier and Iceland's geography. As someone that ice climbs already, I'd have no doubts going climbing with him.
  • @danylokozynets9364
    sweet! love that long videos, they kind of a full, not chopped, it's good to have topic being open and closed
  • @Peppymoke
    Loved to get a little insight into ice climbing 🙂
  • @benjaminfleming22
    Loved this one! Been wanting a crash course and this was it! Those guides were good to watch!