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Postby Climbing4life » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:07 pm

This year I want to go Ice Climbing , can`t wait to try it out .

Anyone got any pointers for a newbie Ice Climber .??
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Postby Stef » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:05 pm

Take the UNB ice school this winter.

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ice school??

Postby Climbing4life » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:10 pm

never heard of that before , crazy thats at UNB fredricton EH??

sounds fun , is it expensive though is the question
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Postby Fred » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:11 pm

usualy it is $40 for the day and they provide all the gear
I want to go to hell... there's probably lots of rock to climb there.
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I see?

Postby Climbing4life » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:32 pm

Fred wrote:usualy it is $40 for the day and they provide all the gear

thats not bad at all i was talking to SteveA i`m friends with his son , he was saying that i could use my ski boots , that crampons will attach to them , am i better off doing that or just using prvided gewar if i go??
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Re: I see?

Postby Mountain_Marc » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:10 pm

Climbing4life wrote:
Fred wrote:usualy it is $40 for the day and they provide all the gear

thats not bad at all i was talking to SteveA i`m friends with his son , he was saying that i could use my ski boots , that crampons will attach to them , am i better off doing that or just using prvided gewar if i go??


I think he'd be the perfect guy to bring you out ice climbing!
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Re: I see?

Postby Climbing4life » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:18 pm

Mountain_Marc wrote:
Climbing4life wrote:
Fred wrote:usualy it is $40 for the day and they provide all the gear

thats not bad at all i was talking to SteveA i`m friends with his son , he was saying that i could use my ski boots , that crampons will attach to them , am i better off doing that or just using prvided gewar if i go??


I think he'd be the perfect guy to bring you out ice climbing!


thats what i figured , he is an adamson afterall , i think he might take us over to ministers face this winter
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Postby martha » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:04 pm

Even at the UNB Ice school you need to have ski boots to attach your crampons too unless you have mountaineering boots.

We provide crampons, ice tools, harnesses ropes etc.

Ice School is usually the 2nd or 3rd weekend in February depending on ice conditions.

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Postby NB_Gecko » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:34 pm

Would snowboarding boots work with the crampons????
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Postby Fred » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:02 pm

no. unless they are hard boots for rigid bindings
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yo JJ

Postby Climbing4life » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:38 am

if possible we should go up to that ice school in Feb . what do u think??
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Re: yo JJ

Postby martha » Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:38 am

Climbing4life wrote:if possible we should go up to that ice school in Feb . what do u think??


who are you talking to?
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Re: yo JJ

Postby Climbing4life » Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:50 am

martha wrote:
Climbing4life wrote:if possible we should go up to that ice school in Feb . what do u think??


who are you talking to?


hahah sh*t
that message was supposed to have NBgekos name in it my bad .
good thing u noticed cause i didn`t
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