We decided one lovely and snowy Saturday in December to go ice climbing in RMNP with Matt Cohen, Brian's good friend from Iowa and his friend Todd. So, i took this first shot to prove that we actually tried to get ready, should it turn out that we did not make it climbing as all of us indulged a bit heavily the night before and had a slow and rough morning. This morning involved some drinking to curb the hangover. So round about noon we actually made it to the storage unit.
We loaded as many things in the car as we could find, except the women's ice boots that i used before. As it turned out, i ended up using Matt's men's size 10! Strap em on and go to town, i say! So that is just what we did.
We started out to find a waterfall we had never been to and along the way met some very nice chaps who told us they had been coming up here for years and didn't know if any water where we were going...interesting. We plodded on anyway and found a waterfall...with people on it. But a few sandwiches and some Bailey's hot cocoa later, they were done.
So we all got our gear on and took turns on the high ice. It was a good climb for me as i am still a very very beginner and i was wearing men's boots!
We decided one lovely and snowy Saturday in December to go ice climbing in RMNP with Matt Cohen, Brian's good friend from Iowa and his friend Todd. So, i took this first shot to prove that we actually tried to get ready, should it turn out that we did not make it climbing as all of us indulged a bit heavily the night before and had a slow and rough morning. This morning involved some drinking to curb the hangover. So round about noon we actually made it to the storage unit.
We loaded as many things in the car as we could find, except the women's ice boots that i used before. As it turned out, i ended up using Matt's men's size 10! Strap em on and go to town, i say! So that is just what we did.
We started out to find a waterfall we had never been to and along the way met some very nice chaps who told us they had been coming up here for years and didn't know if any water where we were going...interesting. We plodded on anyway and found a waterfall...with people on it. But a few sandwiches and some Bailey's hot cocoa later, they were done.
So we all got our gear on and took turns on the high ice. It was a good climb for me as i am still a very very beginner and i was wearing men's boots!
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