Intermediate Ice Climbing at Kinsman

Leaders
Annie Hines (coB coI coS), Carlos Sandoval Olascoaga (A coC I), Kris Brewer (C I)
Program
Winter School
Type
Ice climbing
Terrain level
B
Trip date
Saturday, February 2nd, 2019
Difficulty rating
Medium
Prerequisites
Prior climbing experience and winter travel; comfortable and confident top-rope belaying.

If the dual experience of joy and terror that comes from smashing icicles with sharp metal objects sounds like fun, ice climbing is for you! And this Saturday, you can join this trip to find some frozen things to climb in NH.

This trip is aimed at participants with prior ice climbing experience or a combination of outdoor rock climbing experience and winter travel. Most importantly, you must know how to belay and be comfortable belaying with an ATC or similar plate device in gloves with potentially icy ropes.

Pre-trip meeting: The pre-trip meeting will be held at 6 pm Thursday in the MITOC office, in order to give everyone space & time to fit boots & crampons.

Location: We will be climbing at Kinsman Notch, near Lincoln, NH. It will be super fun!

Goals: We can talk about how to find the best tool and foot placements, do drills (one tool/no tool/downclimbing/mock leading), or go over multipitch skills (placing/removing screws, v-threads, rappeling).

Gear: Please make sure you have eye protection and two pairs of gloves. All other gear can be rented from MITOC.

Cost: $20 - WS Ice trip fee (covers ice tool + boot rentals) (payable to MITOC) Gas for your driver (payable to driver) $ for breakfast/dinner if your car decides to stop before/after the trip Venmo preferred for payments to drive


Signup

Algorithm
first-come, first-serve
Maximum participants
8
Signups opened at
Jan. 31, 2019, 9:52 a.m.
Signups closed at
Jan. 31, 2019, 11:59 p.m.
Notes
  1. What is your prior ice climbing experience? Rock climbing? Winter travel?
  2. Can you top rope belay? Lead belay?
  3. In your words, what is ice climbing and what do you love about it?
  4. Can you make it to the MITOC office today at 6pm for the pretrip meeting?
Signups for this trip are closed.