Impressive rockfall video from the Franz Josef Glacier

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roy

Social climber
NZ -> SB,CA -> Zurich
Nov 1, 2011 - 04:23pm PT
Hi,

I recall hearing, from my days in those mountains, that the NZ southern alps had risen 60,000 feet in the couple of hundred thousand years. It makes them one of the fastest growing ranges, but also means that there's 47,500' equivalent feet of rockfall in the same period.

Cheers, Roy
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Nov 1, 2011 - 06:50pm PT
mooch, that's skeery!
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
bouldering
Nov 1, 2011 - 07:25pm PT
It's funny how when you almost get killed it's very often funny.
I'll take your word for it.
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