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NEWS
Looking back, looking ahead
02/05/2013 10:22
Looking back - Looking ahead ...
The winter is over - definitely. Outside it is raining hard - the big melt down has begun. Time to have a look back on our last ice climbing season. It was a long and intense season. Already in November we found in Canada great lines like...
SKITOURING
24/04/2013 12:24
In the moment we do a lot of Skitouring in our home mountainrange. The weather keeps changing drastically, from sunny warm days to heavy rain- and snowfalls. Nevertheless are the snow conditions exceptinal good this year and we improoved our Skitouring time to the Gran Sertz to...
Norway
12/03/2013 09:27
ICE CLIMBING in NORWAY
Norway has been an extraordinary experience. This northern country ...
Austrian ICE
14/02/2013 10:37
10 Days in the Austrian Alps
On Monday 30th of January 2013 we drive direction Innsbruck. My arms are still soar from the “Jedi Minds” i have been working on. A long car drive awaits us, and a changing of worlds: We enter full Highways, the rain reflecting the lights and colours of cars...
Ecrins Climbing
20/01/2013 11:50
Climbing ECRINS
ICE- RASSEMBLEMENT a l ‘Argentière-la-Bessée
The 10-11-12-13. Januar 2013 was already marked in our calendar in bright red patterns: at this time of the year the french ice climbing community were about to arrange their “Rassemblement” of ice climbers...
Canadian Ice
30/12/2012 09:48
It is November the 25th. Our goal for the day is Whiteman Falls in the Kananaskis Country. In the light of our headlamps we heed up the creek. When the first frozen ice appears we put on harnesses and crampons. Being ready first i start to climb the initial easy ice. As i reach the exit i...
COGNE ICE MEETING
21/12/2012 11:50
COGNE ICE CLIMBING EVENT PREMIERE
On Saturday, 15th december 2012 we organized our first ICE MEETING, a friendly “coming- together” for all enthusiastic ice- climbers willing to take the snow laden road up to Cogne valley. We offered ice climbing material for testing, which included...
From Canmore to Vancouver...
02/12/2012 23:50
...it is a very long and winding road. All in all it stretches out to a full 868 km. We had set our mind to visit the Arc´Teryx team placed exactly in that City far on the western coast, so the road of the Trans Canada Highway # 1 would be our destination for the coming day....
First climbing week in Canada
18/11/2012 17:41
First Ice climbing week in Canada
The Playground, Cosmic Messenger (60m III,WI5), Murchison Falls (180m, III, WI 4+) and Virtual Reality(160m IV,WI6)
On Friday morning, 5.30 o ´clock we leave the dark outskirts of Canmore towards Banff and then take the...
First ICE
07/11/2012 08:11
ICE SEASON finally started!
It is 5 o´clock in the morning when Matthias and me stand in the kitchen, taking a fast breakfast and filling up the thermos. None of us feels the morning hour, our bodies are still unsettled between the...
