ADAM ONDRA - FIRST 8C BOULDERS

FIRST 8C BOULDERS

Ice climbing in Canada

From 3th November till 10th December Tanja Schmitt and Matthias Scherer started their ice climbing season in the Canadian Rockies. The film shows impressive pictures from the climbs of three extreme ice lines: "Whiteman Falls" (IV,WI6), "Shooting Star"(IV,WI6), "Rainbow Serpent" (IV,WI6). Interested for more details?: go to www.tanja-schmitt.com , www.matthias-scherer.com

Scottish Icetrip

If there is one place on earth where climbers celebrate the arrival of the next snowstorm, it has to be Scotland. Each winter, pounded by the North Atlantic winds, the Scottish Highlands are covered by a layer of snow and frost at the mercy of weather conditions. Here, winter climbing has existed for more than a century, and the smell of adventure is as authentic as the whisky borne of the local peat. Climbing is done from the ground up, without bolts, and generally onsight. An introduction to the very modern ethics of Scottish mixed climbing. It's in those condition that Ueli Steck flashed "the secret" (X, 10), the hardest climb in Ben Nevis.