Ice Climbing: practical and psychological advice
As I was descending from the safety rope, dehydrated but pleased with myself, I saw an ice axe appear instantly and immediately sink into the fragile ice, between the ice…
Classification of mountaineering routes in the mountains, on ice and mixed routes
The classification of mountaineering routes in the big mountains, adopted in the countries of the former USSR, is described in detail here: Mountaineering: routes, difficulty of sections, complexity categories.