WOOHOO!!! I went Ice climbing on the 9th of this month up at Estes Park through the Colorado Mountain School. Holy Cow, it was one of the best things that I have ever done. It was definitely hard to nail down the whole front points of my crampons slamming into the ice instead of bouncing off the toe of my boot.
The whole expierence was great, from the elk herds and the 3 coyotes on your path, to the amazingly talented and knowledgeable guide Eli Helmuth, to the hike in to the snow and the biting icey chill of the ice. I definitely have to give a big shout out to Eli and say that anyone that is looking into ice climbing, hiking, mountaineering, climbing in general or anything of that sort in the rocky mountains. His website is Climbing Life. Check it out, or sign up for a trip with the man yourself and fall in love with a new sport or an old one :)
