Dave Kruger wrote: > Ice climbers (I was one for a couple decades) work in an environment > where there is essentially no liquid water to accumulate on their gear > ... so nothing can stick, and then freeze. Ice chunks and snow just > slough off. My only defense is that I used to guide ice climbers from the university's outing club house to the local waterfall. I was one of the only skiers that knew the unmarked and little used trails to said location. One thing that amazed me was how often they'd climb ice in wet conditions. I remember the club prez, a keen climber, used to complain if it was too cold. I've always associated ice climbing with water, in spite of the climbing mags showing crisp cold air and bright blue skies above towering spires of ice. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 16 2006 - 21:44:58 PDT
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