Day 2 - Introduction to Ice Climbing
Your guide will come and collect you in the morning and take you to the Tourengs a fantastic ice climbing venue perfect for beginners.
A short approach from the road, beautiful views over the river and valley and good quality ice! The Tourengs is a large 200m cliff with several waterfalls and consists of several short pitches with the option of longer (up to 200m) multi pitch routes of a variety of grades.
It's ideal to get started on as you can focus on technique, rope work and safety without being too physically committed!
You will start off on top ropes and learn the basics of placing your ice axes and crampons and optimising your energy and strength (very important for ice climbing)! You will also learn about different types of ice and its behaviour, rope technique and safety.
For lunch we will make a group decision each day as to whether we take a picnic or eat in a restaurant which will also depend on weather conditions and venue. As we are near to civilisation today and it is the first day, we usually go for the restaurant option!
In the afternoon we will continue and your guide will focus on your individual strengths and weaknesses giving you exercises to do to perfect your technique.
