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Archive Home > 2007 > January > 23 > Falling upward

Falling upward

Winter beckons ice-climbing community to area's frozen falls

By Abbie Beane / The Bulletin
January 23, 2007

Chris Vaughan is used to the skeptical stares.

The 32-year-old ice climber belays his partner, 50 feet high and swinging ice tools into Tumalo Falls' frozen steeples of water. One side of the falls is frozen solid, while on the other side, torrents of shimmering water pour freely from the cliff....

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