Mike Wiggins â Ouray County Plaindealer Professional alpinist Graham Zimmerman, center, leads a panel discussion on the impacts of climate change at the Wright Opera House on Sunday. From left to right, he was joined by retired meteorologist Val Szwarc, climbing guide Andres Marin, and Chicks Climbing and Skiing co-owners Kitty Calhoun and Angela Hawse.
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Panel: Climate change a threat to ice climbing
A warming climate will shorten the ice climbing season in Ouray
County and is already shrinking or eliminating climbing routes around the world, a panel of climbers and weather experts said Sunday night.
Panelists encouraged a crowd of about 50 people who gathered at the Wright Opera House for a nearly
90-minute discussion to use climate change as a fulcrum for speaking up and getting involved politically through voting in this fall’s presidential election and contacting their elected representat...
