Tuan soloes at Pont de la Serre falls. Alps, France http://www.terragalleria.com/mountain/mountain-image.alps3099.html Climbing the Fang, Vail, Colorado. USA http://www.terragalleria.com/mountain/mountain-image.icec3247.html Rock, Icicles and snow, Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.grsm2264.html Icicles and mail box, Kelly. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.grte49186.html The route had apparently stirred the interest of a number of locals, but no one had had the nerve and persistence to make a serious attempt. On the second attempt, the route appeared even less in, in contrast with the nearby Gift , still fat with ice. This was the last opportunity of the season. Starting to climb at 8am, we had managed to snatch the route from the gods who guard improbable ascents. Like thieves, we had finished under cover of darkness. But as if those gods had summoned the police, a witness mistakenly thought we were in trouble, and Mounties arrived on the scene at the end of an almost 24 hour day of effort. The new route, put up by a pair of transplanted Californians, is called The Theft, V 6R.. Lilloet, British Columbia, Canada http://www.terragalleria.com/mountain/mountain-image.icec3261.html Icicles, Old Faithful Snow Lodge. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.yell49334.html Icicles in Mossy Cave. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.usut9011.html Close-up of round ice formations, Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.grsm6037.html Frozen stalactites in Mossy Cave. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.usut20216.html Tuan starts the fifth pitch. Lilloet, British Columbia, Canada http://www.terragalleria.com/mountain/mountain-image.icec3260.html Icicles curtain, Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.grsm0466.html Thick ice columns in Mossy Cave. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.brca45159.html Icicles close-up, Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.grsm2263.html Thick ice stalictites in Mossy Cave. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.brca45160.html Icicles on rock face, Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.grsm5887.html Icicles and rock wall. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.grsm20373.html Icicles and rock, overnight frost, North Carolina. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.grsm39924.html Icicles and green leaves. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.grsm20380.html