Beginner's Ice-Climbing Weekend - Choppers 2003

February 28 - March 2, 2003

Each year the Saskatchewan Section organizes an ice-climbing trip for people who want to find out what the sport is like.  This year, around 15 climbers, many of them relative newcomers to the sport, congregated at 2 O'Clock Falls and Balfour Wall, both in the Saskatchewan River Crossing area on the Icefields Parkway.  The following pictures record some of the activities of that weekend.  All pictures are thumbnail images.  Click on the image for a full-sized view.

	Steve & Marie-Line concentrate on the tasks at hand		Darren adjusts Barb's helmet while Heather watches the action above
The  group at 2-O'Clock Falls		Heather ties in while the other Heather climbs upward
	Dominique concentrates on her swing		Overhanging ice at Balfour Wall
Dominique attacks the ice		Darren and other climbers at Balfour Wall
	Reaching the top of the wall		Heather moving up in the world
Heather resting on the way back down		Dominique contemplating her next move
Huntley reaches higher		Climbers at Balfour Wall