What is the equipment required for ice climbing?
The minimum equipment would be ice axes and crampons. Suggested equipment would also include a rope, harness, helmet, belay device, ice screws, quick draws (carabiners to attach the ice screws to the rope), some warm clothes, and maybe a partner. Do you consider it’s dangerous? Of course it’s dangerous. Danger is next to impossible to avoid in life. It wouldn’t be any fun if there was no element of danger. I would say that Ice Climbing has more inherent dangers than rock climbing. Ice changes throughout the day, sometimes it falls down, and often ice climbs lie within avalanche paths. Add these on top of all the dangers of rock climbing, and you can’t deny that your chances of biting it while ice climbing are better than rock climbing. With the right equipment and knowledge it can be done in a reasonably safe manner. How can you tell if the ice you’re about to climb its in good conditions? Usually by looking at the ice, and then swinging your axe into it, or kicking it, will give you a
