Ice Climbing

Rock climbing is a popular sport, but there is another climbing sport, called Ice climbing. Ice climber need a healthy and strong body.  In rock climbing, you climb mountains or hills. But in ice climbing, you climb ice.

Ice climbers climb frozen waterfalls, glaciers. Some times, they climb on mountains that has ice on some place. When they climb parts on the mountain that doesn't have ice, they're rock climbing. But when they climb parts with ice, they are ice climbing.

People need equipment to climb ice. In 1908, a climber invented a special boot, called crampons. These boots made ice climbing easier and secure. In the 1960s, another climber made special axes. After that, more people are disposed to ice climbing.

A lot of people like ice climbing because they like to challenge themselves. Some even say that when you get to the top of a glacier, it's the best feeling in the world.