Climbing Ice in Canada

The Wall Street Journal’s extreme sports correspondent, Michael Ybarra, climbs frozen waterfalls above the Icefields Parkway in Canada. “I’m standing in the sun, belaying my partner who’s hacking his way up a frozen waterfall, when I realize that for the first time all day I’m actually reasonably warm. It was seven degrees when we left the car this morning, and for most of the day I’ve been either really cold (while belaying) or with my head and body overheating and my hands and feet freezing (while climbing).”