The ice climber
At age 12 when other kids were riding their bikes, David Chen's fun was climbing frozen waterfalls. He's been chasing the ice ever since.
“I enjoy the sense of freedom,” he says. “When I'm on the wall in a flow state I don't have room in my head to think of anything else. It's such a mind-blowing experience. Not to mention the scenery and ice formations [which] are beautiful.”
Ice climbing is the ascent of a vertical or near-vertical sheet of ice, and requires specialist skills and equipment.
“Ice climbing and mountaineering are two distinct sports, although most people who climb ice in New Zealand tend also to be mountaineers,” says Chen. “But
