How to Ice Climb #1: Good ice climbing starts with good feet. 

This is the best frikkin beginner tutorial for ice climbing I've seen. Really good explanations and demonstrations, and I havn't even finished.

I got into ice climbing last year. I’m the outdoors type, snowboard a ton, surf, hike, etc. I thought I’d pick it up immediately. I was dead wrong, it was a humbling experience. I went out with a guided group and performed horribly. I was the physical embodiment of every bad habit he references in this video. I went out alone a few times with a top rope and did miserably as well… I found this video over the summer and watched it several times. Today I had the first opportunity to ice climb this season and MY GOD, I was a different person. It took consistent conscious effort but my sole focus was on foot position, and then my arms just fell into place. Previously I was using my arms as the anchors and frantically searching for a foothold. This particular video fundamentally upgraded my performance. I’m still a total novice, but today I got to the top of a local ice sheet that would have been inconceivable a few months ago. Thanks dude, sincerely.

Been iceclimbing for over 15 yrs and stilllearn from this guy everytime he speaks! God Bless you Will!

This series is the best intro to ice climbing I've seen! Happy to see it on RU-vid!

It's so cool of you to put this series up Will! It's incredible that today we have access to such niche knowledge you had to spend seasons to gather. It defo takes a grade or two off the learning curve ;)

I just found the treasure trove at the bottom of the ice climbing rainbow! The knowledge shared here is gold! Thanks for sharing, Will and BD!

Thank you Will, for sharing your experience, and putting the time into this presentation!

Will this is brilliant :) thanks for what you do for the community. Your content is always captivating and engaging!

I live for Will Gadd's ice slang. "That thing's truck." "But maybe there's more surface schnazzle going on here..."

Thanks Will! I have been out a couple of times ice climbing and have been enjoying it alot. I am going again on Saturday and will definitely trying this techniques to try and get up to the top for the first time :)

"Feet are everything in Ice Climbing. Good feet: you're happy. Bad feet: No~. It's no bueno." *Love* *it!*

Thank you very much for this helpful and clear video about ice-climbing techniques. Please, keep going!

Very well done. Good for starting out or pre season refresher.

Classy practical tips and also easy to follow. Thank you! Greetings from Hungary!!!

Voting to make “surface schnazzle” a new technical term! 😹👌🏻 Can’t wait to inform my climbing partner 🤘🏻

Such good advice! And those sound effects are vital for good performance lol

Outstanding, Will! Thank you!

awesome Will, keep them going!

Very interesting and well explained video, thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing your experience, I haven't done any ice climbing yet but planning to take a trip for it this year and these will surely be a lot of help.

Excellent instruction, thank you!

You guys are nuts. Amazing.

Thanks Will! Good stuff right there.

Just getting into ice climbing, really appreciate the series of videos. Going to learn as much as I can before I hire a guide.

Excellent!

Thank you so much!

Good lesson

I’m headed out to ice climb this March . First time . Been on rock 35 years . I’m always telling people “ look down climb up “ nice to know it applies to ice . I’ll find out - hopefully not the hard way .

Need to go ice bouldering to build those skills 🤘🤘🤘

Love this guy

thank. you sir!!

Damn, thanks for the video, I have been wanting to try ice climbing for a while now. Luckily I am moving to Switzerland in January, I hope I can meet some people to learn with there. Worst case scenario. i will just pay for a course.

Hey Will Gadd, what an absolute privilege to receive this series from you right before this season! Who better than to learn from?! I am starting my foray into ice climbing this season and while I will be traveling out West to Colorado for some of it, the majority of it will be in the Northeastern US. Are there any tips for differences I may encounter out East, like maybe ice composition or "thin" structure? I truly hope to see more content this season from the master! Thank you!!!!

You're such a daredevil

Hello Will. My Friend,, and Your Friend , Scott, from Canmore, Alberta, is here visiting us in Sooke, BC, He says to say Hi to you . Janine is here , also. May 17, 2024

Um yeah so uh: why didn't anyone teach me that before I started!!! Thanks, Will.

Hello Will, Thanks for your wonderful technical knowledge. But what I need know about and what I observed are your gloves. Hi, I am Rohan from India. I go to Himalaya every year and each time I struggle with my gloves which never help with the technical work what we do like holding and using an ice axe, some kind of rope work, clipping n unclipping carabiners, zoomar handling and also to deal with the cold temperature with goes from sub 0 to -10 around at 6800 mtrs. the reason is I have very thick and fatty gloves. I have seen your whole series of ice climbing and I observed your gloves every time, all are BD. please can you help with the model names you are using for mountaineering and ice climbing? Or you can send the link where I can get it online. I'll be very grateful if you recommend a pair of gloves. Thank you.

Fucking love it , Thank you so much Will. Also bought your book and about to read it

Ah yes as I am lerning to ice climb I’m going to remember anterior tibiola or what ever the name was

I tried ice climbing as well and I have one question. While going up the wall my calves were absolutely on fire!!! So out of curiosity is it me not placing my feet correctly, my calves are weak or all of the above 😅….

Can anyone point me to videos on how to fall well when ice climbing? I have looked but cannot find anything on how to fall correctly when tooled up on ice.

大师您好❤好久不见

Does anyone know what those pants are called?

It's worth pointing out, as no one does. The sole of your boot should be perpendicular relative to the angle of the ice, if you're on a big slabbed out bit of ice don't try and kick horizontal relative to you. You're always trying to enter at a 90° angle relative to whatever angle the ice is. You are unlikely to start learning on perfect 90° waterfall ice, so I'm not sure why every single one of these tech videos is always done on vert ice.

"surface schnazzle".....