so right behind me you can see is the Icefall about a hundred yards right out
Icefall about a hundred yards right out
Icefall about a hundred yards right out of base camp and it’s probably one of
of base camp and it’s probably one of
of base camp and it’s probably one of the trickiest parts of the whole climb
the trickiest parts of the whole climb
the trickiest parts of the whole climb and you want to be efficient and quick
and you want to be efficient and quick
and you want to be efficient and quick through there for safety’s sake so we
through there for safety’s sake so we
through there for safety’s sake so we set up a little ladder training course
set up a little ladder training course
set up a little ladder training course there’s going to be 25 ladders sections
there’s going to be 25 ladders sections
there’s going to be 25 ladders sections that we need to negotiate day in and day
that we need to negotiate day in and day
that we need to negotiate day in and day out through the Icefall probably a half
out through the Icefall probably a half
out through the Icefall probably a half a dozen times so we need to be dialed
a dozen times so we need to be dialed
a dozen times so we need to be dialed and so that’s all we’re going to do this
and so that’s all we’re going to do this
and so that’s all we’re going to do this little training course right out our
little training course right out our
little training course right out our door here our first day with the spikes
door here our first day with the spikes
door here our first day with the spikes on first day rigged up and we’re looking
on first day rigged up and we’re looking
on first day rigged up and we’re looking over at the Icefall up there we got that
over at the Icefall up there we got that
over at the Icefall up there we got that big thing hanging over us and we just
big thing hanging over us and we just
big thing hanging over us and we just take it one little step at a time and
take it one little step at a time and
take it one little step at a time and the first step is getting comfortable
the first step is getting comfortable
the first step is getting comfortable with this rigging getting comfortable
with this rigging getting comfortable
with this rigging getting comfortable with these ladders and our systems this
with these ladders and our systems this
with these ladders and our systems this one I thought of going across the
one I thought of going across the
one I thought of going across the ladders with crampons on really scary
ladders with crampons on really scary
ladders with crampons on really scary but they broke it down explained it it’s
but they broke it down explained it it’s
but they broke it down explained it it’s all pretty awkward these crampons on
all pretty awkward these crampons on
all pretty awkward these crampons on metal ladders and the ladders are a
metal ladders and the ladders are a
metal ladders and the ladders are a little shaky into a day like this just
little shaky into a day like this just
little shaky into a day like this just practicing is gonna help us that first
practicing is gonna help us that first
practicing is gonna help us that first time we go we actually go through the
time we go we actually go through the
time we go we actually go through the Icefall we want to cruise it we don’t
Icefall we want to cruise it we don’t
Icefall we want to cruise it we don’t want to be clumsy around figuring out
want to be clumsy around figuring out
want to be clumsy around figuring out these systems that we could have done
these systems that we could have done
these systems that we could have done with less hazard down here and so that’s
with less hazard down here and so that’s
with less hazard down here and so that’s what today is about
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