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Blue skies, no crowds, warm enough to climb with out gloves, but not dripping.<br> <br> Is this really RMNP in January ??
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Janette on sunbaked Squid.<br> <br> Photo by C. Simon.
GS finishing the wetpumpfest. 12-8-07
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Jim Amidon
Jan 13, 2008
“Blue skies, no crowds, warm enough to climb with out gloves, but not dripping.

Is this really RMNP in January ??”  

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Steve Su about to gain the ice. March '05.
Just past the crux section of the Squid.
John Marrs getting it done in the '80s!<br> Straight shaft tools and good ol' Chouinard ice screws! (Check the screw wratchet on a sling.)<br> The Squid, WI 5. CLASSIC!
'98 The Squid subliming away and baked out. Screws that day wouldn't have held a mouse.
Janette on sunbaked Squid.<br> <br> Photo by C. Simon.
Blue skies, no crowds, warm enough to climb with out gloves, but not dripping.<br> <br> Is this really RMNP in January ??
GS finishing the wetpumpfest. 12-8-07
Pulling wet candle sticks, and chandelier. GS on 12-8-07
Roy Leggett on the start of pitch 1 (Jan '05). Very chandeliered ice on this day. Photo by Steve Su.
The Squid formed as a pure ice route. January '05.
Alex Lowe.
Starting the climb on a very cold day in '08.
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