Lights installed behind frozen waterfall for Trippy scene

Written by Stephen Regenold Feb 26, 2013 12:33 a.m. ET

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Ice climbing meets. . . um, stage lighting and theatrics? Check out this crazy scene from Minnesota last weekend, where the organizers of a climbing festival at the Sandstone Ice Park used plastic “rope lights” connected to a car battery to illuminate frozen vertical ice and bring out the nocturnal, axe-wielding hordes. —Stephen Regenold

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Stephen Regenold is the founder of GearJunkie, which he launched as a nationally syndicated newspaper column in 2002. As a journalist, writer, and gear nerd, Regenold has covered the outdoors industry for over two decades, including as a correspondent for the New York Times. A father of five, Regenold and his wife, Tara, live in Minneapolis.