Ice climbing is a type of mountaineering activity where people climb on ice formations. They might climb on frozen waterfalls or large rocks covered with ice. Ice climbers use special equipment like ice axes , ropes and crampons to climb ice and glaciers .

Ice climbing competitions started in Russia and have been held each winter since 1970.

Dangers to climbers include:

• rocks falling from the mountain
• extreme cold which can cause frostbite
• falls which can break climbers' legs and arms or even cause death

References [ change | change source ]

• International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation Archived 2013-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
• The Beginner’s Guide to Ice Climbing Archived 2012-10-30 at the Wayback Machine .

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