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The Extreme Sport of Ice Climbing Is at Risk of Extinction

Science, Spoken

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The Rise of Dry Tooling and Disappearing Alpine Permafrost

This chapter explores the evolution of dry tooling from a technique used to navigate frozen waterfalls to a standalone sport. It also discusses the impact of rising temperatures on access to cliffs and mountain faces.

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