Well, I haven't been getting out too much, and I honestly didn't think any of these deserved to be put up by themselves, but now I'll throw a couple of little day trips together.
First off is rock climbing at the Gallatin Tower. We just did a couple of routes since it was ridiculously cold. I'm pretty sure we just spent a Saturday afternoon getting in one last day of rock climbing before the ice season starts. It was a pretty good day, but man were my hands cold!
Next up are a couple trips of ice climbing. The last week I've gotten out ice climbing three times. I've been ridiculously excited for ice climbing this year and I don't know why. I shouldn't be because this was the one sport I always told my father I would never do. Whenever I'd think about it it always seemed too dangerous and well.... just stupid (in the words of my father). I can't tell you how many times I've been hit by big chunks of ice or have seen ice columns collapse. I know this isn't what you wanted to hear, but I'm just saying that no matter its dangers, it's quite the experience... and it's something that makes me extremely happy no matter the danger. That being said, though, I always maintin that climbing is a mitigated hazard. All I have to do is not climb when it's too dangerous or at least find a safer route or safer protection when it is somewhat dangerous. That obviously doesn't take away all of the danger, but it doesn't make it overly hazardous. I think I have reached a point where I can objectively say whether or not something is too dangerous. This is thanks to all of the routes I've climbed, all of the high mountains I've encountered, and all of the random hazards including bad rock and ice that I've come across. But, as we all know, there will be random events that happen like weather. Oh, all the times I've been thwarted by weather...
