5 Top Tips for Ice Climbers
Here are IFMGA Guide, Andy Owen's top tips for ice climbers…
1 : Train your wrist and grip strength. These give out way before the arms and are slower to recover.
2 : Get a 1ltr flask. When you're out in -15c all day you probably won`t drink a litre of cold water, but some warm tea is just the ticket.
3 : Bigger is better for karabiners, especially those you will use to belay/abseil/attach to anchors. They're much less fiddley with gloves on than lighter, smaller Karabiners.
4 : Have 2 fixed karabiners or a specialist ice screw storage gizmo on your harness. These are great for stowing screws and are somewhere to put your axes when you abseil.
5 : Warm up before you start to climb, with your hands above your head your fingers are only going to get colder as you climb.
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