ice screw

Learn from a professional how to best protect yourself using ice screws.

She heard a crack and looked up to see the ice screw on her own line start to slip.

About a third of the rigging in these passages was off ice screws.

Today the most common protection for ice climbing is an ice screw.

Protection was also mostly traditional hand placed pegs, nuts and ice screws.

Maybe we should go down and get a rope and some ice screws.'

This can be an attractive option at belays and when ice screws are in short supply.

The subtle nuances of ice screw placement should be mastered before using them for climbing.

Some novel ice screws include a hanger that can be moved down the shaft, instead of using a sling.

Ice screws are made by several manufacturers.

The strongest and most reliable is the modern tubular ice screw which ranges in length from 18 to 23 cm.

Now BILL is securing a rope to the ice screw.

Blocks of ice weighing 20 to 40 pounds were heaved out with ice screws and rope.

Price and durability are usually design considerations too, as a usable rack of ice screws will be a significant financial investment for many climbers.

A driving ice screw allows the probe to drill through soil layers and other contaminations in the ice.

In your hand is an ice hammer, and a piton or ice screw for securing a belay rope to the top.

Now BILL is safe on the slope, working an ice screw into the thick permafrost.

They were the first ones to use ice nails (Eisnägel) to assist them; these were later developed into the ice screws used today.

The thermally isolated ice screw transfers ice into the probe, where it can be analyzed in situ.

Our equipment, brought solely for a 'recce' and consisting of a seven mm rope and two ice screws, suddenly seemed a little inadequate.

However, because of the variable nature of ice, the strength of ice screw placements can vary greatly.

The UIAA drop test uses a particularly taxing configuration for ice screws.

Serena pulled out her ice ax and hammered an ice screw into the frozen wall before attaching a new line with a carabiner.