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Wombat · 01-31-2012, 04:48 PM

Ice climbing is very hard work. I once climbed an ice wall on the Glacier des Bossons above Chamonix in the French Alps, and it was extremely tiring. I had to do it in preparation for the following day's hike up the Mer de Glace, so I'd know how to get out if I fell into a crevasse. Fortunately the hike went very well, and the scenery was incredible. We went all the way to the top of the Glacier du Talèfre, and I still have a fist-sized lump of quartz which I found lying on the ice up there. This would have been in about 1985-ish.

01-31-2012, 04:48 PM	#8
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	Ice climbing is very hard work. I once climbed an ice wall on the Glacier des Bossons above Chamonix in the French Alps, and it was extremely tiring. I had to do it in preparation for the following day's hike up the Mer de Glace, so I'd know how to get out if I fell into a crevasse. Fortunately the hike went very well, and the scenery was incredible. We went all the way to the top of the Glacier du Talèfre, and I still have a fist-sized lump of quartz which I found lying on the ice up there. This would have been in about 1985-ish. __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.