| his wall of ice gets steeper every year. Pictures I saw from an earlier festival revealed a wall of ice that was little more than a hill; people could run over it if they started fast enough. Two years ago the hill had grown to about a 45-degree angle, as shown in my previous ice festival photographs, but most people could still make it to the top with the help of knotted ropes. This year the wall was practically vertical; very few were making it to the top, and many were plunging back into the snowbank below. |
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