#iceclimbing

On the road at 5am yesterday morning headed north and the road was seriously icy for the first 10 miles or so. The traffic was WAY worse than on Saturday but it still took me the same time to get to Colville.

We did it. I climbed and l lead my first water ice climb, ever. It was a GLORIOUS day that fulfilled a lifelong dream of mine. Art hadn't had his crampons on in 20+ yrs himself. We both are settled on

5am yesterday morning I was on the road headed north in the rather dense fog. It cleared up by the time I got past Deer Park and I had minimal traffic to deal with. On my way Art let me know he was sick

Sooo close to soloing it but Art is sick so I had no ice screws for protection. I fought with myself, truly, an actual internal fight over just doing it solo or being smart and safe and I chose safe. Art

Sharing the road......Mountain.....and more snow is a possibility for tomorrow! 😊 Well @silvertop got his Mountain hiking in today, my legs are sore! Most of the packed trail is hard crunchy ice/snow.

I did this pic last time I climbed here: you can see people on the top, there is another pitch above. Very nice place, Valle Varaita is one of the best iceclimbing locations around here and in all the

nice sport...

My climbing crew and I hit up Peterfest 7 in Sandstone, Minnesota. I learned that ice climbing is still fucking really hard for me , you guys. The difference this time is that I actually made it up a fucking

I know I seem to write about my dude @ghostfish a bunch, but damn...he has instigated pretty much 98% of all adventures we have had together. I just usually tag along, cross my fingers, and hope for the

Climbing a frozen waterfall covered with a thick layer of snow. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS