![]() ![]() ![]() Both Kelly Cordes, an Elite alpine climber and author of the book The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre, and Ian Perkins an outdoor enthusiast who has ice climbed for the past six years throughout the U.S., agree-the benefits outweigh the risks. To help explain the popularity of this rugged and dangerous sport we asked two avid ice climbers to weigh in on the risks and benefits. ![]() Today, data from the Outdoor Industry Association suggests the sport of outdoor climbing has been growing and ice climbing is a major segment of that growth. Armed with better equipment thrill seekers took to frozen waterfalls and steep sections of vertical ice in the twentieth century. Once considered a mere subset of mountaineering, ice climbing has come a long way.
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