Michigan

Warm conditions put an interesting spin on the speed comp, but the 32 athletes at the Championships made the most of it.

In episode 3, DiGiulian takes the sharp end for the first time, and she and VanWiemeersch have a sobering close call.

In episode 2, VanWiemeersch gives DiGiulian a crash course on how to swing your tools right if you want to feel good on lead.

"Climbing ice of this nature, it being so ephemeral and things changing, you just have to roll with the punches ... If we had gotten onto the climb, it would have gave way and we would have both died. There's just no way around that."