from The Adventure Blog
One of the biggest and best ice climbing festivals in the world gets underway today, when the Ouray Ice Festival kicks off in Ouray, Colorado. Held annually at the Ouray Ice Park , the event begins with a party tonight and the actual competitions, demonstrations, clinics, and so on, starting tomorrow. Over the course of the next few days, some of the top ice climbers in the world will be competing against one another on Ouray's famed frozen walls. The man-made ice park features more than 200 different ...
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from gravsports
The discussion on "Ice climbing is NOT rock climbing" has generally been useful; I learned a few things for sure, and I appreciate Jeff (the videographer) and the guys in the video taking it all well. I've talked to Jeff and the climbers, they're good people. I write this blog pretty much like I talk to my friends over morning coffee, and went a little overboard in not editing my comments a little. My sincere apologies to the Fall team for that, and I look forward to getting out with them next year. Now
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from Climbing Narcissist
News from the ice climbing world including winners of the Mixed Climbing comp at Ouray and a report from the Ice Climbing World Cup held in Cheongsong, South Korea Report From 2011 Ice Climbing World Cup In Cheongsong, South Korea from ClimbingNarc.com Related posts: Bouldering World Cup Coming to U.S. Give Ice Climbing A Try? 2009 Teva Mountain Games: Bouldering World Cup Wrap-Up Alex Johnson Wins Bouldering World Cup In Switzerland Bouldering World Cup Greifensee Videos Alex Johnson Wins 2008 Bouldering
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from The Alpinist - newswire
Y esterday, Josh Wharton won the mixed climbing competition at the Ouray Ice Festival for the third year in a row. Wharton was one of only two competitors to finish the route. He topped out nearly six minutes faster than second place finisher Will Mayo, who reached the anchors with only 18 seconds left before the 20-minute cutoff. January 6-9 marked the Ouray Ice Festival's 16th year. Held at Colorado's Ouray Ice Park, the festival is the biggest international gathering of ice climbers in the world. In ...
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from INCLINED
At Ouray This Year Axes, Crampons, Poetry Send Us Your Haikus! Despite a shaky start to the season, the Ouray Ice Park is finally in great climbing condition. And the AAC’s newest staffers, Erik Lambert and Luke Bauer, couldn’t be more ready to swing some tools with you at the Ouray Ice Festival, January 6-9, [...]
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from Scottish Tooling Series
The STS nears its end take a look at the comps going on all over the world: Bozeman Ice Fest. Bozeman, US. 11th December 13th December 2010. Ice-fall fest. Argentiere le Besse, France. January 2011. TBA. Ouray Ice Fest. Ouray, US. 6th Jan 9th Jan 2011. Kandersteg Ice Fest. Kandersteg, Switzerland. 6th January [...]
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from INCLINED
Front Range Section Chair Chris Pruchnic and a group of others made a trek to Ouray in January. He hopes to make it a yearly event for Front Range members. Heres his story
Ten of us traveled from Denver to Ouray, making a pilgrimage to the city of ice and cold in “Little Switzerland.” Due [...]
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from Himalman's Weblog
Two weeks ago the First Ascent team traveled to Ouray, Colorado to celebrate the start of ice climbing season and to sponsor the 15th Annual Ouray Ice Festival.
Chad Peele at Ouray.
The festival kicked off with presentations by some of the most accomplished climbers in the industry: Caroline George and Andres Marin. Both took the [...]
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from Colorado MoJo
Two of the wildest and most difficult water-ice pitches in the state are in plain view from Highway 50, en route to Ouray and Telluride from points north, plunging down the sheer face of Grand Mesa. Yet few people notice them, and far fewer have climbed them. The routes are tough, to be sure, but [...]
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from gravsports
Stuff I ate: 1/6 of an amazing, salty, peppery, mouth-savoring steak. One slice of pizza. About 10 or 15 Clif Blok packages (love the 3x Sodium!). Two or five Clif Bars of various types, maybe more. A nice pastry or two (thanks Matti and Ines!). A french fry or two. Maybe 5,000 calories all-in with the breakfast on the day of the event? Stuff I drank: Eight Red Bulls. 18 liters of water/electrolyte mix plus another six or so after the event. An entire tub of Clif Electrolyte mix. Two coffees (thanks Java
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