Moments before, in the middle of a manoeuvre last February at the Ice Climbing World Cup in Edmonton, the Canadian ice climber was holding an axe handle in his mouth when he fell. On the way down ...

Moments before, in the middle of a manoeuvre last February at the Ice Climbing World Cup in Edmonton, the Canadian ice climber was holding an axe handle in his mouth when he fell. On the way down ...

Ice climber Gord McArthur is seen scaling a wall of rock and ice in an undated handout photo. McArthur, from Cranbrook, B.C., is returning to the ice climbing World Cup in Edmonton in February ...

Ice climber Gord McArthur is seen scaling a wall of rock and ice in an undated handout photo. McArthur, from Cranbrook, B.C., is returning to the ice climbing World Cup in Edmonton in February ...

Ice climber Gord McArthur is seen scaling a wall of rock and ice in an undated handout photo. McArthur, from Cranbrook, B.C., is returning to the ice climbing World Cup in Edmonton in February after ...