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Slideshow (13 photos)

Ouray, Uncompahgre Gorge (map)
 

Looking southeast from the bridge, routes such as Tangled Up in Blue

 

Looking northwest from the bridge

Unknown: Leading an unknown line between the bridges…looks easy, but it's 4R

 

Tangled Up in Blue: Nikos following the classic and photogenic Tangled Up in Blue on a cold and snowy day

 

Tangled Up in Blue: Topping out in the Uncompahgre Gorge

 

Tangled Up in Blue: Jim and Nikos at the bottom of the gorge, preparing to climb

 

Danger sign found near the entrance to the gorge (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis)

Tangled Up in Blue: In the gorge, in a sea of ice (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis)

 

Scoping out routes between the bridges (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis)

 

Tangled Up in Blue: Rappelling into the base of the gorge to climb Tangled Up in Blue (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis)

 

Tangled Up in Blue: Nikos topping out (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis)

 

Tangled Up in Blue: Jim near the top of the climb (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis)

 

Tangled Up in Blue: Massive amount of ice under the bridge (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis)