Athletes
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We Shall Continue With Style- Enormocast Live is Coming to Ice Fest!
Read more: We Shall Continue With Style- Enormocast Live is Coming to Ice Fest!Yes the one and only Chris Kalous will be returning to his Midwest roots and broadcasting live his very popular climbing podcast- The Enormocast! You won’t want to miss the riveting interviews and chaos that comes with broadcasting a live show. Do your friends complain that all you talk about is climbing? Does your girlfriend…
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Mountain Hardwear Commits to Sending Tim Emmett!
Read more: Mountain Hardwear Commits to Sending Tim Emmett!Mountain Hardwear, creator of performance apparel and equipment that empowers outdoor athletes to live boldly, is proud to announce that they will sponsor this years Michigan Ice Fest by sending Tim Emmett! From pioneering deep-water soloing to climbing some of the most difficult ice climbs in the world, Tim Emmett is without a doubt one…
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La Sportiva To Send Angela V. Back To Ice Fest!
Read more: La Sportiva To Send Angela V. Back To Ice Fest!Angela VanWiemeersch grew up as a competitive ice skater in Detroit, Michigan where she danced across the horizontal ice until her late-teens. Following a few years as a fashion design major in college, Angela embarked on a life-changing bike tour that recalibrated her life. After selling all her fashion supplies, Angela hitchhiked, paddled, and sailed…
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Vince Anderson Returns To Ice Fest!
Read more: Vince Anderson Returns To Ice Fest!Vince is a third generation native of Colorado who climbed his first mountain at age five, started skiing at eight, and has called the mountains home his entire life. When he is not out guiding, climbing, skiing, he can often be found on the bike with his wife and three sons in Grand Junction, Colorado. Since 1994…
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Camp / Cassin to Send Sarah Morris to Ice Fest!
Read more: Camp / Cassin to Send Sarah Morris to Ice Fest!Our friends over at Camp/Cassin are ramping up up athlete line up with sending Sarah Morris to instruct at this years Ice Fest. This will be Sarah’s first pilgrimage to Munising so it will be nice to show her some Midwest hospitality! Sarah is passionate about covering big mountain terrain on a relatively quick schedule.…
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Barry Blanchard Returns To Ice Fest!
Read more: Barry Blanchard Returns To Ice Fest!Michigan Ice Fest is proud to announce that our good friend Barry Blanchard will be joining us again (use Canadian accent when saying “again”). We have our Gold Level Sponsor Patagonia to thank for sending Barry to this years event! Barry Blanchard is known world wide as the modern father of Canadian alpine mountaineering and hard ice…
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John Roskelley To Attend 2019 Ice Fest!
Read more: John Roskelley To Attend 2019 Ice Fest!Only a handful of climbers are worthy of the label “legend” but certainly John Roskelley is one of them. We are so excited to announce that John will be making the trip east to present at Ice Fest. John Roskelley Author and photographer, John Roskelley, is a dabbler in everything outdoors. If he’s not dodging…
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Scarpa To Send Andres Marin To Ice Fest!
Read more: Scarpa To Send Andres Marin To Ice Fest!Our first athlete for the 2019 Michigan Ice Fest has committed! Super stoked that our friends at SCARPA are sending Andres Marin to the fest! Andres works as a mountain guide, professional climber and competition route setter. He has competed in five ice climbing world cups and two world championships. When not competing, Andres spends his time searching for…
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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT- PRESENTER CHANGES!
Read more: MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT- PRESENTER CHANGES!Due to some unforeseen circumstances Kyle Dempster and Doug Robinson will not be able to attend the 2015 Michigan Ice Fest. While we are disappointed that the guys won’t be able to make it this year we will most certainly see them in Michigan next year! Thanks to some scrambling and hard work by Jon Jugenheimer…
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Gold Level Sponsor Black Diamond To Send Kyle Dempster!
Read more: Gold Level Sponsor Black Diamond To Send Kyle Dempster!For years Gold Level Sponsor Black Diamond has sent amazing athletes to our event ensuring that we get the highest quality instructors, and are entertained in the evening with inspiring stories of climbing around the world. This year BD has graciously agreed to send Kyle Dempster! Kyle Dempster who hails from the climbing mecca of Salt…