When competing, athletes use tools to climb on ice or specially designed ... Ice climbers and dry-toolers can train at standard indoor climbing gyms, but since they can’t practice swinging ...

Competition ice climbing is often nothing more than indoor dry tooling, though some events also take place on artificial ice walls or outside on real ice. However, most routes in a competition ...

There’s a certain satisfaction that comes with a solid ice tool placement ... Anderson says. With a dry fall and a warm December, some of his primary locations haven’t come to fruition ...