Category: Ice Climbing
Ice (and mixed) climbing. The type of climbing normally done with axes and crampons.
Back in the 1970s when we were just starting to climb ice, snowy weekends were spent scouring the Peak District for frozen streams and waterfalls to practice our skills...
You've got to grab the opportunity when it arises, so Jon and I took a day off work and headed up to Great End to enjoy some of the fantastic conditions.
Terry has bought some new crampons, Black Diamond Cyborgs, to try out in Rjukan tomorrow...
Easy snow gully on Wetherlam provided a really nice day out...
Terry and devotee of ice, Ted Rudd, were supposed to be in Iceland...
We got up late, of course, but we didn't have plans for a big day. We had decided to check out the ice at La Crémerie which is only a short walk from the Grand Montets lift station.
Anna and I were shocked at how cold its been while we've been away...
After a leisurely start we took the lift up to the Aiguille du Midi and made the fearful descent down the ridge to the Col du Midi. Our plan was to acclimatise today in readiness for tomorrow's big adventure...
Modesty has probably kept Terry's second week performance out of his reports thus far...
