Steel on granite: powerful, accurate, unforgiving, demanding and graceful. Mixed climbing is the most medieval form of climbing. You can access the most spectacular drips of frozen water in the most unique locations. Learning to use your tools and crampons on rock is where art meets physics.

Mixed climbing is a skill that is essential for all alpine climbing, but it starts in the valleys. Get medieval with me on the crags of New England and the Canadian Rockies.