N-ICE DAY FOR A CLIMB

CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls. Canadian adventure sport photographer Alain Denis, 41, captured these spectacular images of frozen waterfalls on a trip to the Rocky Mountains area of Alberta, Canada. "Climbing these waterfalls I felt joy, pain and many scary moments," says Alain, of Adele, Quebec. "The main thing for me, however, was embracing the beauty of the amazing landscape.

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