Saturday, February 7, 2009

Ice climbing in Ouray


Larry, Strange, and Charm
Originally uploaded by SusanAsh
In early January (weeks before the layoff announcement was made), eight of us from the Washington Alpine Club decided to make a pilgimage to Ouray, a mecca of ice climbing in the United States. Some of the ice may be naturally occurring, but the majority is manmade: water is piped in and turned on at night to create large walls of ice in Box Canyon, a short walk from the town of Ouray.

We all had a great time, and I discovered that I'm not nearly as bad at ice climbing as I am at rock climbing.

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