Imagine hiking up a small mountain (ok, a hill), turning the corner and running straight into a wall of ice. That's what greeted the group on Friday morning. The adventure began almost immediately, while trying to find a flat area to set up camp and build a fire. The whole area was a sheet of ice.
The ice wall was a perfect place to use the skills learned at The Crux. The addition of crampons and ice picks didn't deter our young climbers. Everyone was able to really "dig" in and climb their way to the top.
Amelia and Sara have this reflection:
Waking up in the morning required a lot of effort on all of our parts but as soon as we smelled the delicious food waiting for us at the Poc-o-Queen we were all ready to start our morning. After our hardy meal of bannana muffins, eggs and oatmeal we drove in the van to an ice wall. This area was by far one of the most beautiful areas that I have ever been to, as you will see in the pictures below. Before we even thought of starting to climb the wall we were given lessons on the proper use of the iems that we would use to hike the ice wall, on the first picture you will see Evan teaching us about crampons. While some of the girls started to set up for their climb a group stayed back to build a fire. We started with a flame that quickly developed into a perfecf fire for rosting marshmellows and keeping warm. We set up a resting area next to the fire that we used to eat our lunch on, Under the ice wall there was a very slipery patch of ice that we all used to slide on while the girls finished up on the ice wall. After a hard morning of work we came back to the camp were we all took naps and waited for dinner to come.
Evan teaches us the basics of ice climbing.
Amelia attending to the fire
Alexa showing great form on the ice wall.
Kennedi making it to the top of the wall.
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