Ice Festival

Well, this last weekend My buddy Eric and I entered an ice climbing competition. The basis of it was to climb as many routes as possible in order to get the most points. They gave about 30 routes points based on difficulty and the length of the hike. Saturday we woke up around 5:00am and were driving a little before 6:00am in order to get to the parking lot by 6:30am. We packed our things for a full day of hiking and climbing in order to get going by 7:00am. When the gun went off we started hiking... then we started running... then we slowed down to a hike again... then we were racking up for our first climb.
During the day, we rarely stopped for a break. We were climbing well, moving fast, and racking up points. By days end, we had climbed 8 pitches and taken 9th place out of 13. Not great, but I don't think it's too bad considering this was our first time.
I'll put pictures up if I get some from Eric.
This weekend is studying for finals and finishing up my theory section of the thesis. After that, it's off to Cody, WY to do a few days of ice climbing before heading home for the holidays.