The Art of Ice Climbing

Following in the footsteps of Chouinard`s «Climbing Ice», this super book of
all things icy presents ice climbing from the early alpine ascents to the
modern practice of dry tooling, and recounts on the history, the equipment,
and the techniques involved.

Part instruction manual and part coffee table volume, it will be useful to
beginners and experts alike as it details the subject from the basics to an
advanced level.

It covers the major topics of History, Ice, Equipment, Climbing Techniques,
Safety, all broken down into small sub sections, some, such as those on
sharpening axes, crampons and ice screws) going into considerable detail.
Interspersed with this are short articles from such luminaries as L. Simond,
Mark Twight, Ueli Steck and Tim Emmett.

This book presents ice climbing from the early alpine ascents to the practice
of dry tooling, developing on the history, the equipment, and the techniques.

It goes beyond these aspects by offering for the first time a method of
reducing the risk, the “check and go,” which includes an analysis of the
different ice structures.

From a pedagogic perspective, it answers many questions of beginners as well
as experts, but also instructors of this activity, clubs and communities.

The book includes testimonies and pictures of international climbers who are
the reference of this field.