This picture doesn't look as good as the real thing.  (Do they ever?) In "real life," this looked like some primordial beast, heaving itself out of the ice--and from many different angles.  It was pretty cool.  :)

This picture didn't really come out (Although, the rays from "big daddy" in the upper right corner are pretty cool.  :) ).  You can't really see the "spin drift" pouring off of the colliery.  -Now how often to you get to see something like that? :)

A closer view of the "odd formation." If you think that the angle is "trick"--well, you're right. -But not by much! :)

After three trips, and some pretty arduous climbs, it was almost blissful to make my way around a blind corner--and find myself _above_ the vent.  FINALLY! :) It was almost a "Swiss Family Robinson"-type situation: After an incredibly arduous journey, I found myself in a region where it was _easy_ to climb about, 'n stuff.  It was cool.

    And here--!!FINALLY!!--is a close-up picture of the main vent.  Shortly after this one was taken, I suffered my _very_ _first_ climbing fall.  -No concussion, no broken bones, and I could still walk--but I still have the bruises, and that was over two weeks ago.  :O

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