johnfowles
02-20-2015, 04:58 PM
I was watching CNN news and there was a live report from the great White North by an incredulous reporter who had moved to Canada from Florida. It was mentioned that the area was flooded with visitors presumably not including refugees from Whitby and that visual images had gone viral, I found several recent videos on YouTube,and here are two sample still screenshot images from two of those videos
https://kc2hug-dm2305.files.1drv.com/y2p6JvXIT3R87sAzynWmAy-rzV02Ty9vuF-PynBJHnfvhbbiGPvKSHYwEGl1CZR0pzl_nG9uZ7i2cVqrVWKIP dOS2YL1C83wcxMb4Ws1jXcZUDFx9N2md2g3Fhqih1m_al0vIGZ 4aH_lAB0LXn9b9MxUg/Ice%20Bridge%20at%20NiagaraFalls.jpg?psid=1
https://kc2hug-ch3301.files.1drv.com/y2pzeAp8maxzs-XvWYH4s5hdkt0yFHwkxFIWgXtmbqbS_d9Z2mctNlgX_pOgW2yl g3NTiUmO3Hof4x0VitP_pJjX_T9GuPr1HMNH6WDa2Fe5mKMe8k 9YwlB1UAC3ru-fL-GQA344Gwv4_8PjiiKgIkKjw/Niagara_Winter_Beauty.jpg?psid=1
In another video the commentator refers to a mythical place she said was called Knee-a-gara, which is at least a change from the usual Niagra.
I also saw eight great photos on
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/travel/feat-great-lakes-niagara-falls-frozen/ (http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/travel/feat-great-lakes-niagara-falls-frozen/)
Of the various videos I was impressed the most by the resolve of one Will Gadd whose overriding ambition was to undertake a Historic Climb Up Frozen Niagara Falls.
To my mind, as one who considers climbing anything to be a generally ridiculous concept of being a "sport" this seemed to be as foolhardy an idea as the recent first free climb of the "Dawn Wall" of Yosemite's El Capitan
Anyway that is just my opinion. your mileage may vary. But here is Mr Gadd in action
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5toGMWgmRNY (http://youtube.com/watch?v=5toGMWgmRNY)
https://kc2hug-dm2305.files.1drv.com/y2p6JvXIT3R87sAzynWmAy-rzV02Ty9vuF-PynBJHnfvhbbiGPvKSHYwEGl1CZR0pzl_nG9uZ7i2cVqrVWKIP dOS2YL1C83wcxMb4Ws1jXcZUDFx9N2md2g3Fhqih1m_al0vIGZ 4aH_lAB0LXn9b9MxUg/Ice%20Bridge%20at%20NiagaraFalls.jpg?psid=1
https://kc2hug-ch3301.files.1drv.com/y2pzeAp8maxzs-XvWYH4s5hdkt0yFHwkxFIWgXtmbqbS_d9Z2mctNlgX_pOgW2yl g3NTiUmO3Hof4x0VitP_pJjX_T9GuPr1HMNH6WDa2Fe5mKMe8k 9YwlB1UAC3ru-fL-GQA344Gwv4_8PjiiKgIkKjw/Niagara_Winter_Beauty.jpg?psid=1
In another video the commentator refers to a mythical place she said was called Knee-a-gara, which is at least a change from the usual Niagra.
I also saw eight great photos on
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/travel/feat-great-lakes-niagara-falls-frozen/ (http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/travel/feat-great-lakes-niagara-falls-frozen/)
Of the various videos I was impressed the most by the resolve of one Will Gadd whose overriding ambition was to undertake a Historic Climb Up Frozen Niagara Falls.
To my mind, as one who considers climbing anything to be a generally ridiculous concept of being a "sport" this seemed to be as foolhardy an idea as the recent first free climb of the "Dawn Wall" of Yosemite's El Capitan
Anyway that is just my opinion. your mileage may vary. But here is Mr Gadd in action
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5toGMWgmRNY (http://youtube.com/watch?v=5toGMWgmRNY)