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• TALK: How Safe are Different Ways of Climbing?

  The relative safety levels of different ways of climbing depend upon if and how you use ropes. Learn why a cliffhanger dangling from a well-secured toprope has little to worry about, while a free soloist...

• TALK: Artist: Mother Nature

  These photos were take after an ice storm at Ontika Falls near Toila, Estonia. For more stunning pics, visit Oddity Central. 

• HOW TO: Ten Commandments of Climbing Safety, Pt. 2

  Beware of sharp edges. Climbing ropes are incredibly strong, and built to take abuse, but there have been cases of rocks sawing through them. If there is a chance that a rope is going to...

• HOW TO: Ten Commandments of Climbing Safety Pt. 1

   Buy commandments 1-5, get one free! These ten vital principles for keeping yourself safe while climbing will guide your preparations and decisionmaking from your first visit to a climbing gym to your first attempt on...

• TALK: A Walk in the (Ice) Park

  Is the Ouray Ice Park the coolest, dangerousest place you've ever seen or what? Located in the Uncompahgre Gorge in Ouray, Colorado, the Ouray Ice Park was opened in 1995 as the world's first park...

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