A good showing for her first time outdoors. Tempest had 20/20 vision while climbing "Blindside", which goes at 10c. It's a little left of the obvious paintings. This is a great spot for warm ups and dodging the sun. Brandon is on belay.

Tempest shot this photo of me on a nice cruisey 5.9. It's a great shot because you can see a portion of the paintings in the bottom right corner. Darkness sets in fast when your in the tight sections of the grotto.

Climbed Grotto Falls, then set up a top rope to do a few laps on a steep section that doesn't quite top out anymore due to melting....about two meters up I put my axe directly into the middle of my rope!! nice shot....don't think I could do that again if I tried. Good thing I sharpened my pics the other day so it would cut better.....crap......

The middle section of the falls had water running down, and it created some pretty cool formations, along with a very musical sound. The picture doesn't really do it justice. I'm not sure exactly how horizontal icicles form.

A real good look at Grotto Falls just up and to the right of His and Hers. This was a three man team. The second and third are being belayed on half ropes from leader above. Photo by Justin Gullickson.

Climbing "Hers" late in the season, and the ice was getting a little thin. I ended up downclimbing because I Knocked off a large chunk of ice at the top which prevented me from reaching the belay station.

Climber at a belay on Grotto Corner, 5.8, with Canmore behind.

A climber is stationed at the second belay on Grotto Corner.

Stewart M. clips into the second belay of Jughaul Wall, 5.7, near Grotto Corner.

Stewart leads the first of 3 pitches on this 5.7 line.

Mix Master Darran Chasion leading up some groovy M7 It was -25 that day and we still don't know why we were out there! Love of the sport!

Grotto Canyon between his and hers ice routes. Traverses right to left then up onto ice M-6+.

My first Ice climb -- His waterfall in Grotto Canyon, Banff, Canada

'Lady of the Rockies', WI3, 30m done in 2007. Walk off left to trail that heads up to the summit or rap.

Some fun at the end of the day.