Will Gadd’s Endless Ascent, in which he climbed more than 25,000 feet of ice in 24 hours during the Ouray Ice Festival, raised about $10,000 for the Ridgway-based dZi Foundation; that total was matched by a generous donor to yield a total of $20,000 for dZ’s Revitalize a Village project in eastern Nepal. To see photos from the Endless Ascent, click here.

During his Endless Ascent fund-raiser for the Ridgway-based dZi Foundation, Will Gadd completed a 40-meter, near-vertical ice climb at the Ouray Ice Park 194 times in 24 hours, starting at noon on Saturday. That adds up to more than 25,000 feet of ice climbing. Whoa!

Boulder-based photographer James Beissel was there for the duration, and he captured a terrific gallery of images, which we are fortunate to publish below. “What an amazing thing to witness!” Beissel said. “Will can sure suffer with a smile.”