February 11, 20102010 Ouray Ice Festival

Check out this video. It showcases Black Diamond climber Sam Elias. It gets pretty intense past the 3:00 mark. Enjoy!

Black Diamond athlete Sam Elias finishes second at 2010 Ouray Ice Festival from Black Diamond Equipment on Vimeo.

The intensity of ice climbing has always amazed me. I mean, in just how good of a shape do you need to be to do that?! All praise to these inspiring athletes.

The Ouray festival takes place in well, Ouray. Ouray itself is in Colorado. The festival is an annual event attracting some of the world's best ice climbers.