Meaning of icecraft | Babel Free

Definitions

The art or skill of climbing on icy terrain.

uncountable

Examples

“He should pretend, moreover, to be ignorant of the rudiments of icecraft and of the history of mountaineering, and he must be careful not to distinguish too accurately between snow-beds and glaciers and avalanches; […]”

“[…] are steep but short exercises in icecraft — the latter combined with the Eisflanke would give almost 3000 ft. of good ice climbing.”

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