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Jono Schmidt climbs some bouldery ice near the summit of Victoria' s highest mountain. Mt Bogong, Victoria, Australia. Photo Neil Monteith Sony Digital

This is me on Last Laugh, WI5 in the Snake River Canyon. Good steep route with solid screws. Photo 2002.

darkside belays iceclimber on this fun climb. The proper start is down and left a little but was not in condition yet. Even more fun when it did form and I got to lead the whole climb.

The mighty power of the reverso at work. I don't know what I'd do without one anymore. It has made me lazy! Anyway, beautiful ice on a beautiful route. There was some wierd, fractured ice blocks perched on this route on some inopportune places, but you work around them. (Then send them trundling down after everyone is clear--good fun!)

Ahhh... Such fun. This was the "one last climb before we go back to iowa" climb. We had just spent the week in Nipigon climbing up there and made sure to catch this gem on the way back. It's only half an hour away from the highway!

This photo is the of Frank, my partner, leading the first pitch of Positive Thinking. The Second Pitch involves a free-standing column and is totally spectacular!!

The look on my face after I finished a WI5 lead. Easy at the beginning but some gallery ice at the top made it difficult to set pro at the cruix section

Climbing in the "Daks" can involve many difficult conditions including being "benighted" if your not carefull. This photo was taken on the route called "Screw and Climbax" on the north side of Pitchoff.

Winter in the Catskills can give a wide variety of climbs to challenge the aspiring leader and seasoned climber alike.

Near the left end of the main cliff there comes in each year these wide flows to challenge your ice cragging abilities.

The power of positive thinking is something every climber learns to take advantage of. this climb is an Adirondak megga classic

this climb doesnt come in every year but when it does its a classic line that requires intricate work to tick off you'r list.

This classic line is one of those that aspiring leaders find as a challenge to be reconed with.

This one usually comes in for a while each winter. Watch out for warm days though it falls down several times each year.

A great ice climb on the ultra classic Pinnacle gully in Huntington ravine Mount Washington NH Now, I wish it were a longer route with real elevation gain

Jason Cronk leading one of the routes in the Power Alley Area, WI3+? The route was roughly 75' long with very pocketed thin ice. Route is located in the corner. Climb to rock anchors. Photo by Michael Johnston, Jan 2002.

Photo is of Jason Cronk on Laugh-A-Minute, WI5, in the Snake River Canyon, Idaho, 2002. The route is approxiately 90 feet long, with an overhanging section as the crux (see photo).

This is my brother soloing the WI3 Silverplume in lean springtime conditions. The ice had the consistency of styrofoam, and screws wouldn't have held a fall anyway. This is usually a solid wide curtain of ice.

Jason Cronk on Hidden Falls (WI3-WI4) in an Owyhee Mountain canyon, Idaho. For directions, feel free to send me a message.

This is me, Beyond_gravity setting up ropes on the middle falls, of mid falls in King Creek. It was pretty cold that day, so there was alot of ice dinner platein. Oh well, climbing is fun at the worst of times!

This is my gearing up to rip at King Creek. (this is for my profile)

A party of three on the second pitch of the Central Fall in Tamar. Photo taken in january 2001 by Rado Miklavcic.

This is definitely the most crowded ice climb I have ever seen. The slide was shot in january 2001, when due to the very mild winter, Tamar was one of the few ice climbing areas in Slovenia with some climable ice.

This is a picture of Marty Zickman toproping a thin line on the blast rock of the Kettle Valley Railway.The approach is the same as for the Boulderfields but you may have to walk from the K.V.R. turn-off!

This is Mike Ross dry tooling in Marble Canyon.There are four ice lines in Marble with ratings up to WI5