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Gear Box: Korkers Snow Boots

Let's face it, innovations in snow boots are few and far between. Sure, they occasionally get warmer and more comfortable, and the designs change with both function and fashion from time to time. But there is seldom any real major changes to this type of footwear, and we usually end up buying something we need, in the price range we can afford, without much consideration for anything else. Gear company Korkers is looking to change that with a new line of boots that features a truly innovative approach to


Kutcher Takes Ouray 2012

Mild weather and thick ice welcomed more than 3,000 climbers from around the world to the 17th Annual Ouray Ice Festival this weekend at the Ouray Ice Park in southwest Colorado. An early season of cold nights and warm afternoons created ideal ice conditions in the park's flooded box canyon, which set the stage for the festival's Elite Mixed Climbing Competition. Nathan Kutcher, in his first appearance at the festival, took home the championship title, beating the only other competitor to top out, Andres


The Ouray Ice Festival Begins Today

Image from Google 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 ...


The Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge Is Underway

Image from Google One of the last big adventure races on the calendar for 2011 got underway today in Australia, where the Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge is taking place. The 350km (217 mile) stage-based event will run for the next five days, culminating with a final leg to crown the champion on Sunday. As the name implies, the race will take place in the wilds of Tasmania, one of the more remote and untamed places on the planet. Each of the five stages will feature mountain biking, trekking, and paddling sections that will


STS 2011 Leaderboard

Image from Google The leaderboards currently count all competitors who have competed in two or more events. Rankings are only valid if competitors have completed three events but current series totals are shown. Veterans R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 First Name Last Name Place Place Place Points Points Points No. of events attended Best Three Rank [...]


North Wales Bolt Fund receives donation boost

Image from Google The North Wales Bolt Fund has yet again received valuable cash donations from the users of two local climbing walls. Money from the Beacon Winter Aggregate subs (each competitor pays a fee of £2 which goes to the fund) and the Indy Wall’s DMM key ring donations, plus the general donation tin have added up to [...]


Jobs for the Boys and Girls!

Since 2010 the STS has been organised on a non-profit basis by Pete Hill and Neil Silver two keen dry-tooling enthusiasts and competitors. The workload involved in organising the series is not insubstantial and with the intention of improving the series and achieving the aims of the community over the next couple of years we [...]


STS Tooling Competition Saturday 8th October

The winners! Dennis on his way to being the only person to complete Kev Shield's tough finals route. Marianne on her way to winning the ladies competition - a strong performance which would have given her joint 2nd place in the mens! Louise making the big moves on the first half of the finals route. We always look forward to the Scottish Tooling Series round here at the Ice Factor. This time we had a full house of 60 competitors which gave a good buzz to the event without feeling crowded. Everyone tackled


Ice Factor -Sell out Success

Image from Google The first round of the 2011 Scottish Tooling Series was held at the Ice factor in Kinlochleven this weekend and was a sell out Success. 60 competitors along with supporters and staff had a great time on a number of challenging qualification problems including two routes in the Kinlochleven Ice Cave. The event was sponsored by Grivel and [...]


Battle of the Paddle California Results

Image from Google As I've mentioned before, stand-up paddling continues to grow in popularity, with more and more outdoor enthusiasts joining in on the action all the time. The sport has grown to the point that there are now major SUP competitions taking place on a regular basis, with one of the bigger ones, the Battle of the Paddle , taking place in California this past weekend. The event is a race in which the stand-up paddlers take to the water, catch a bit of surf, and use their paddles to power their way through a ...