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Today I talk with an ice climber about a recent trip he went out on.

Welcome to the show.

Go ahead and tell us a little bit about yourself.

My name is Raffel and Drinovsky.

Most people just call me Raff and I'm a climber and photographer

from Cameron, Alberta. I started ice climbing about what, seven years ago? Seven years ago and I think.

Yeah, it's just being kind of what I do most winters.

Yeah, I mean the Canadian Rockies just have so much ice, you know, just everywhere within a short distance,

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