Pray you can be so lucky!

I have come very close to serious injury or more likely death three times ice climbing.  Twice in one season @ the same place on the easy snow decent of a grade 2 ice climb.  The other on the easier ice approach slopes of a grade 3 a decade later.

The lessons have not easily been forgotten.  Thank goodness.   Most serious car accidents happen within a couple of miles of  home.  It is the easy stuff that will likely bite you if my experience is any example.

Similar story here:

http://wilsonalpine.blogspot.com/2012/12/disecting-80-foot-whipper.html

Or a simple gear mistake here:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AroundTheWorld/story?id=7243806

Y'all be careful out there!

Merry Christmas!
"I hope this finds you celebrating the joy of life with
the ones you love."






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Stay sharp...and stay alive this winter!