By Malcolm Kent
8 to 12 inches tonight. And I'm talking about the weather here. The reports for the southern Colorado region say that this much snow is likely to fall before tomorrow morning. As Guy Lacelle paces around the breakfast room to check out which new ice climbers have arrived in town, I ponder on how much snowfall is required in order to stop the 13th Annual Ouray Ice Fest.
It's been something of mission to make it across the pond this time. After flight delays, cancellations and some seriously intense blizzard driving in the pitch black darkness. Team Leashless breathed a sigh of relief on arrival at the now regulation Victorian Inn. This trip is for sure already feeling really different to any previous winter trips I've ever done. During our travels across the state we dropped in on a local climbing store, where Kat (my partner) discovered 25 bucks in the pocket of the cords she bought. Result. Now that's never happen on a trip before. This time we have a really solid team and it's definitely a bit weird to be thinking about the next 70 days of continuous climbing.
Today we head out to the Troglodyte Cave to begin training for the upcoming competition. Fingers crossed the snow calms down soon and we get some crisp ice conditions.
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