Want To Do Some Ice Climbing in Iowa ???

[nebugeater]

Saw a spot on the ABC WORLD NEWS tonight. This is an interesting spin on what to do down on the farm. Couldn't find the news spot on the ABC web site, it may be up later, but here are a couple of stories that I found via Google.


The basic story is that this guy started "watering" his silo at night. As it freezes there is a nice ice wall. People are coming from all over to climb the ice wall. They have safety cables and spotters. Wasn't there plans for an indoor rock climbing wall at an old silo here in Omaha? Weill this could be the winter spin here too.

Couldn't find the ABC story on line, it may show up later with the video. In the meantime here is a couple of links to some stories found on Google



http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs. ... 1001/ENT04







http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n ... ilo12.html

[kpp001]

I've heard of this before. Looks real cool. Perhaps Sioux City could do this with the smokestack left over from the KD Station before they decided to tear the thing down.

[icejammer]

Hmmmm, I don't know....those silos are pretty stout, but they're built to sustain loading from the inside out, not from the outside, especially when it's so one-sided as this ice wall. I hope this guy has a boatload of insurance.