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How to walk on a glacier
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How I did it: Three friends and I took a five day vacation to Reykjavik, Iceland. While there we decided to book a day trip to Myrdalssjokull, one of the glaciers. The tour guide lent us pickaxes and crampons (to put on our feet to avoid slips). We hiked up the glacier for about an hour. We were able to explore some small ice caves. We were also able to climb a 20 foot vertical wall of ice and snow. A very unique, cool experience. Lessons & tips: If you have the chance, do it. |
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How I did it: We changed into the mankiest boots imaginable then located our "Talonz" and GoreTex rain jackets. Then we piled into a bus and tramped from the drop off up to the terminal face of the glacier. Our guide, Kris, had a tongue stud and a large axe called Maverick. Since it was obvious that he knew how to use it, I kept my quips to myself and concentrated instead on figuring out how to walk on ice. Not snow - ice. Fortunately this task … Read how I did it…
and there are plenty more to walk on… The glaciers in the Cascades have all sorts of different personalities, depending on the specific glacier, the time of year, weather, etc. A lot of climbers are terribly bored by roped up plodding up the glacier, but I think it’s kind of satisfying. But of course it’s fun to play on the ice when it’s August and 70 degrees and the crevasses are all visible.
it doesn’t feel any different than standing on regular snow. It’s fun knowing that you are on a glacier, but if there are surrounding snow fields, it’s hard to know where the regular snow ends and the glacier begins.
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Check out the Columbia Icefield in Banff National Park in Canada.
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We splashed out and booked on a heli-trip to the top of the Franz Josef glacier. It’s like another world up there. The ice carves out ever-changing caves, waterfalls and streams. Sometimes you can hear the distant rumble of icefalls on the vertical stretches of the glacier (a long way off incidentally).
I stepped on the base of the Franz Josef glacier in NZ about 10 years ago. But I want to go to the top (in a helicopter) and walk on the top of the glacier. They’re AWESOME!
Its a cool idea, and neat knowing that you are standing on a glacier, but besides that not a big deal and it doesent feel too different from staning on ice or snow.
P.S. I was in Canada when I did this
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