Nice Ice Climbing Silo- South of Chicago! Celebrating our 10th Season of Ice!
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Open Climbing: See website below for details.
OPEN WEEKDAYS OR NIGHT BY APPOINTMENT WEBSITE: www.ChicagoIceTower.com Great Ice and no long drive in the snow! Call to confirm your attendance- 708-341-3255- Joel $35 climb fee if you have your own gear. $75 with gear rental. PM us with your plans to attend and for location details. This is a PRIVATE residence..... Thanks We are in our 10th season at the NEW ice tower in South Suburbs of Chicago. If you can make it call us at 708-341-3255 We have gear for rent and a heated lounge area We will be farming ice all the time(when temps permit) that we can and will post updates in this thread so keep watching HERE Thanks Joel |
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Nice Ice! |
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leashes are required? weird |
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Leashes are OUTLAWED |
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You would think insurance would want you to tie in correctly, not using a carabiner through the belay loop. |
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UPDATE: Will Gadd, expert ice climber, has said that climbing with a carabiner locked into your BELAY loop is perfectly fine!
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Juggler wrote:Yes, we do usually, though this way helps keep your hands warmer. It is usually tough to tie in with gloves and leashes on and it moves things quicker.As long as your hands are staying warm and you're moving as many people through the silo as possible (to make as much money as possible), I'm sure your insurance company will be OK with it. Haha |
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Wow.. taking a lot of grief for this... It's Chicago and it's climbable... I guess when you live in Colorado you really don't see the issue =) I don't think there's any ice left after all this rain anyways. |
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didn't realize this was commercial... thought it was more of a boys club deal |
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Yes, no ice right now but we start making ice again Thurs. night. |
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ebnhils wrote:You would think insurance would want you to tie in correctly, not using a carabiner through the belay loop.Haha! +1 |
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You guys look like the biggest nOObs ever. Just Sayin. |
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We usually climb it with NO ropes! LOL That takes away the whole issue.... just sayin :) |
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Andy Novak wrote:You guys look like the biggest nOObs ever. Just Sayin.Given your comment, perhaps you guys have something in common then. Just sayin. |
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J. Albers wrote: Given your comment, perhaps you guys have something in common then. Just sayin.Just sayin....AMEN. The end |
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I am a Illinois Ice climber and I am quite envious that you have a ice silo at your fingertips. I enjoy the 2-6 hour drive to get to good ice, but in the back yard...awesome! |
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Juggler wrote:Thanks...not so weird, reallyNope, pretty weird. |
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roger fritz wrote:I am a Illinois Ice climber and I am quite envious that you have a ice silo at your fingertips. I enjoy the 2-6 hour drive to get to good ice, but in the back yard...awesome!Thanks.. it is nice to have this available. Join us sometime. Check here for updates. Your words of support are appreciated Look who stopped by to climb: Ho Ho... |
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Dude, I loved the Battle of the Just Sayins. Awesome. |
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Several articles have been written in the mags over the years covering the 'woes of a midwest climber'. It continues and we adjust for what we can get each year. We can't all live in rock and ice country. |
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In your 2nd photo of the thick ice last year, you wrote: "built in hazards". I love to climb big icicles! There is something about placing tools and crampons into hangers and keeping them intact for the next guy to try! I call that a built in opportunity! Just sayin! |