dberdinka Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 The famous ice climb in Vail, Colorado 100' foot fall with a hundred tons of ice....and he lives! Sprayage on the Taco Sunday January 10th Tuesday January 12th You ice climbers are freaking STOOOOOPID! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I wonder why they didn't release the name of the climber? He didn't die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_warfield Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Other reports said he was Matt Miller. The same reports said that temperatures were above freezing and there was water running behind the pillar. However, the taco thread atttests to lots of experience and safe climbing zeal from Miller. But it is ice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberdinka Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 There were some great photos in an early issue of Alpinist of some european climber riding the collapse of a really big pillar with the last photo being of the climber sitting in the snow looking relatively unscathed except for some serious snail eye. Both these dudes just seem ridiculously lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Wild! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCamKenny Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 wicked scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Kidd Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 At 1:50 Surely this has been posted before. Scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 zomg that's scary. glad to hear the guy is still alive and kickin' sounds like it wasn't in the best condition, according to the speculators... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineMonkey Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 It looks from the picture that the ice is even being supported from the ground, is that true? Or was it free hanging? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 It is usually half hanger and half base. Top half falls off first every year sometimes more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Not that I have any interest in doing this (or more accurately, not that I have the skill to even consider it), but are there bolts in the roof and on the wall between the base and the nowr free-hanging curtain? Seems like a perfect hard mixed route in those conditions (with the pillar having fallen off). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 there's all sorts of classic mixed in there http://www.mountainproject.com/v/colorado/co_ice__mixed/vail_ice/105746967 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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