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Photos: A different kind of ice climbing

Jerry McBride

Herald Photo Editor

Tuesday, Jan 24, 2023 3:21 PM MT

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Richard Ellis, owner of Gardenswartz Outdoors and Gardenswartz Sporting Goods, spreads ice melt on what’s left of giant-sized icicles after knocking them down Tuesday off the business’ roof in the alleyway in the 800 block of Main Avenue. “We were joking that we could host an ice-climbing Snowdown event this year,” Ellis said. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Richard Ellis, owner of Gardenswartz Outdoors and Gardenswartz Sporting Goods, spreads ice melt on what’s left of giant-sized icicles after knocking them down Tuesday off the business’ roof in the alleyway in the 800 block of Main Avenue. “We were joking that we could host an ice-climbing Snowdown event this year,” Ellis said. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride

Icicles hang off the roof of a business on Tuesday in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Icicles hang off the roof of a business on Tuesday in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride

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