Climbing: From Rock to Ice

There are similarities in movements on ice, rock, and mixed terrain. The way a climber moves his or her body and the thought processes in movement on ice are remarkably similar to the way in which a climber approaches rock in the summer. As part of the larger Climbing progression series, Climbing: From Rock to Ice gets climbers comfortable with tra

Nate Fitch is a faculty member of the outdoor education department at the University of New Hampshire where he teaches climbing classes. He is active with the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA), where he is a climbing wall instructor provider and a single pitch instructor assistant provider. Ron Funderburke is an AMGA-certified rock guide, and the national discipline coordinator for the AMGA single pitch instructor program. He is the head guide at Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School and is a senior climbing specialist at the North Carolina Outward Bound School. Ron was a contributing editor on Rock Climbing: The AMGA Single Pitch Manual (Falcon).