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Ice Season is Coming! - Lets go drytooling · Sunday, November 3rd, 2019
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Start: Sunday, Nov. 3rd, 7:00 am
Pre-trip meeting: Thursday, Oct. 31st, 8:00 pm
Pre-trip meeting location: Clubroom or outside of it.
Description:
Have you ever really wanted to go rock climbing in the rain, but lamented that nothing you can climb is steep enough to stay dry?
Worry no more, ice tools stick to slimy wet rock just as well as dry rock. If mixed climbing is the dark art of climbing verglassy snow-covered choss in the mountains using ice tools and crampons, dry-tooling is basically the same thing, without the ice and snow.
Destination: TBD
Gear needed: technical ice tools (not an ice axe), mountaineering boots, crampons, helmet, ropes, the usual climbing stuff. Make sure that your crampons fit your boots. This is available from the VOC gear room but it has to be brought back sharp. Safety glasses could be good to have, particularly if your ice tools have an adze.
Experience required: basic top roping skills (rock 2 or equivalent), hanging out in the rain. This trip is open to anyone who can be safe at a single pitch crag and is stoked to hang from ice tools (that shit is hard). Beginners who have the rock climbing skills to stay safe at a single pitch crag are very welcome to join us.
Posted: 2019-10-25 21:12:56
Last modified: 2019-11-01 12:02:41