climbing niagara

In September Nick and Aleythea (now our third musketeer!) and I dropped off  the observation deck at Niagara Falls with a large banner proclaiming the Canadian tar sands development as a roadblock to a clean energy future in north america.  The action preceded Canadian PM Stephen Harper first visit with Obama.  Both of them are leaders who need to be held accountable.   The tar sands are being called the “dirtiest project on earth,”  but gets almost no publicity in the U.S.  It will soon become our primary source of fossil fuels, in barrels three times dirtier than crude oil.   We must try to keep the future in mind.

I took some photos from the ropes with a little disposable camera that I had duct taped to a piece of string on my harness.

Below you can also see a video of the deployment.  There is a satisfying “pop!” as our weight breaks the tape that is keeping the banner rolled up and rattles the hauling gear at either end of the banner.