FRIDAY

New this year, the Fest started with an Introduction to Ice Course on Friday where participants spent the day learning he tricks of the trade out at the Curtains. The evenings festivities started off with a climbing social and free beer sponsored by Scarpa and Osprey. Due to a family illness, Roger Strong was unable to make it to the Fest (but he has promised to come to next years fest), so the evening presentation was provided by Sam Elias. Sam gave out a shout to his Michigan roots which drew a huge roar from the crowd, and then proceeded to show slides and video of his skiing and climbing exploits around the world. One thing for sure, after watching the presentation, participants came away with how talented of a climber Sam is! The rest of the evening you could find people browsing the booths of:

The American Alpine Club

The Ice Pit

Jeff Lowe’s Metanoia Movie Project

Outward Bound!

Peabody Ice Climbing Tower