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Awesome, ice climbing always sounds incredibly sketchy to me
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Looks ace, where did you do it? Glencoe?
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Did you find it unnerving how quickly ice screws loosen up and start to wobble out?
The first time I used them it gave me the fear! On a glacier in summer, you can only really trust one for 20 minutes if it's not buried in snow to keep it cool!
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I had my first experience ice climbing last week. 5 of us went with a guide for the day and it was so much fun! By the afternoon I was confident enough in my skill to ask the guide if I could lead a pitch. He let me, and it felt pretty sketchy until half way up the pitch he appeared next to me having just soloed up the 5m to the ledge I was at. Placing the screws is fun, although I was close to dropping almost every single one trying to get them started. Balancing the pressure and screwing is more difficult than I had expected. Here's a pic the guide took, worth paying him just for making me look good! Definitely re-ignited the drive to do more climbing outside this summer, hopefully I can get a few decent multipitch routes done.
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