Slick Ice - Summary

Just read through what I wrote last night and realized that I actually wrote quite a lot! I'll offer a quick summary in the form of 5 key tips below in case you don't fancy the marathon read.

1. Use a longer rope, 60m or 70m and always make the effort to run the full length out.
   
2. Use an autoblock belay device, allowing multitasking at the belay.
3. Climb confidently, moving for reasonable distances above your gear.
4. Have a system that works in place for changeovers so there as quick as possible.
5. Lead in blocks rather than swinging the lead.