Muppets on Ice
Colorado, United States, North America

Muppets on Ice

Page Type Page Type: Trip Report
Date Date Climbed/Hiked: Dec 10, 2006
Activities Activities: Ice Climbing
Seasons Season: Winter
The usual suspects got together on a beautiful Sunday morning for some ice climbing. Peter and I had never been on waterfall ice and Charles and Fabio were only slightly more experienced. Brian and Chris were the seasoned ice climbers among us.

Brian guided us to Hidden Falls a short distance up Wild Basin in Rocky Mountain National Park. The falls were a little thin and portions of them were pretty fragile. Nevertheless we were able to find an area on the right side where we could thrash around without doing too much damage.

We each took a couple of laps and practiced placing screws and making v-threads along the bottom of the falls.

The weather was really nice and we spent as much time jokin' around and hangin' out as we did climbing. It was a nice change to have such a mellow day in the hills.



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rhyang

rhyang - Dec 13, 2006 4:09 am - Voted 10/10

Fun video !

Thanks for the ice stoke :)

jwclimbs

jwclimbs - Dec 13, 2006 5:46 am - Voted 9/10

I'll second that...

I look forward to all of your reports Andy. Keep them coming.

Andy

Andy - Dec 13, 2006 4:58 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: I'll second that...

Thanks. I stopped by your profile - you had some pretty sweet goals for 2006. Did you make any of 'em? I'd love to see some photos/trip reports. Getting up into the Wind Rivers next summer is a fairly high priority for me. My life's ambition right now is that huge route on Alice... hopefully in the next couple of years ;-)

Andy

Andy - Dec 14, 2006 7:14 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: LOL

Great - glad you liked it. I was goin' for a light-hearted, fun feeling with the music... it was certainly a light-hearted, fun trip. Sounds like I succeeded.

Dan Dalton

Dan Dalton - Dec 25, 2006 6:57 pm - Voted 10/10

Andy,

once again I am impressed by your video. Good work! Looks like lots of fun. Did you guys get drenched or was it cold enough to avoid any dripping water? Have a good one, we are going to have to climb soon. Maybe next weekend somewhere in Rocky Mountain?

Dan

Andy

Andy - Dec 26, 2006 4:55 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Andy,

Thanks Danimal - I think you should changer your user name ;-). In places the ice was wet to the touch, but we didn't climb where it was running with water so we didn't really get wet. Check your email for climbing plans for 12/30.

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