I have since realized that I have been here before in the past to do waterfall rappelling. We had to rent mountaineering boots, crampons, gaiters, harnesses and helmets, and spent some time fitting them.
where the views of the surrounding mountains from the bridge were amazing.
The ice covered cliffsides were beautiful as well.
After crossing the bridge, we put on our crampons,Our guides set up the ropes,
Then, it was time for us to climb.
I have to say that everyone else other than my friend and I, who were pretty unfit, got pretty good at ice climbing in the end, climbing to the top several times.
I got some pictures of me climbing, fortunately.
When everyone was finally done, my friend and I managed to slide quickly down the hill, then made our way back to the car and back to the bunkhouse to return our stuff.
After a tiring ice climbing experience, we headed all the way to Lincoln NH to check out the Ice Castles.
I have to say, I wasn't really impressed with the manmade ice formations, although it was cool to see the many ice spikes hanging over our heads, and the lights shining out from within the ice. It is a pretty unique experience though. Pictures I took here follow.
Done with the cold, we left for Massachusetts in light of the pending snow storm.With not much snow falling by the time we got back to Malden, we decided to get dinner at Oppas' Kitchen and Bar, a new Korean restaurant in town. The decor here was little on the simple side, but there were a lot of interesting stuff on the menu. We initially decided to get stews, with me getting the Gopchang Jigae (Beef Intestines and beef tripes with tofu, enoki mushrooms and vegetables in spicy stew),
I wasn't feeling satisfied after my meal though, so I decided to get the Japanese Chashu Ramen (Japanese style tender slices of marinated char siu (pork belly) on Japanese Yellow ramen noodles with kamaboka (steamed fish cake, corn, enoki mushrooms, bean sprouts and scallions in tasty tonkatsu pork broth).
Overall, a recommend, being the only Korean restaurant in town, although I do have one complaint. The ingredients stated in the menu for the dishes were not necessarily what we got. For example, my stew had rice cakes, while my friend's did not, and mine did not have tofu. The ramen had eggs, but no corn or fish cakes.
A great end to a fun but tiring day in the ice. Thankfully I got home before the worst of the ice came.
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