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  • In summer: fly-fishing, hiking, riding and climbing; Winter: cross-country skiing, snow-shoeing, ice-climbing and skating, snowmobiling etc...

    Suzanne Aaronson: What's Worth It: Dunton Hot Springs Suzanne Aaronson 2011

  • Torridon in Wester Ross is holding its first Winter Walking Festival 3–5 March, thetorridon.com/activities/Walking-Festival with a varied programme of guided walks, from gentle low-level hikes across frozen glens to more challenging ice-climbing expeditions, all departing from the Torridon Inn.

    Culture in Glasgow, cosy pubs in the Cotswolds 2012

  • In summer: fly-fishing, hiking, riding and climbing; Winter: cross-country skiing, snow-shoeing, ice-climbing and skating, snowmobiling etc...

    Suzanne Aaronson: What's Worth It: Dunton Hot Springs Suzanne Aaronson 2011

  • For the first time in my ice-climbing career, I really doubted that I could hold onto my tools much longer.

    After the Fall, a Lingering Doubt Michael J. Ybarra 2011

  • Go on the rails at ice station Kinlochleven, West HighlandsOnly minutes away from both the Ben Nevis and the Glencoe mountain ranges, the Ice Factor (01855 831100, ice-factor. co.uk; £48 for a 2½-hour ice climb intro course) in Kinlochleven has the largest indoor ice-climbing facility in the world, with more than 600 square metres of indoor rock climbing walls, which contain nearly 500 tonnes of snow.

    Just get physical: active days out in Britain Dale Berning 2010

  • Diedre would ask after watching an ice-climbing pair grow closer during a near-death experience.

    My First Sonogram Michael Ayers 2010

  • I also learned do's and dont's, such as where to place my ice-pick to check for stability on the ice, and how to utilize that same pick to secure me, once I started ice-climbing, and to stay away from snow on the top of ice - a likely crevace, which I wouldn't want to fall into.

    Stefanie Michaels: 12 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT ICELAND 2009

  • Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park touts dog-sledding, ice-climbing and even sleigh-ridingfollowed by a dip in one of the park's hot springs (yellowstonewinterguide. com).

    Adventure: Snowy Holidays Without the Skis 2009

  • The current mayor, Bob Kiss, another Progressive, is pushing to rehabilitate an old power plant on the waterfront into a museum, sailing center and indoor ice-climbing wall.

    Small City, Big Charms Daniel Machalaba 2008

  • That thought was inspired by the ice-climbing picture; a mother can't help but wonder Is that safe?

    Here you go! Britta 2008

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