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ice screw

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ice screw
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering a screwed tubular or solid steel rod with a ring at one end for inserting into ice as an anchor point


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Day two of the class covered movement on steeper terrain, placing and removing ice screws, anchoring on ice and more practice.
He places ice screws and clips them to the rope as he ascends.
But Friday's difficulty competition had climbers scale a 42-foot wall of ice with ice screws already in place.
 
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