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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 13, 2018 - 05:35pm PT
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Let’s give some just due to one of nature’s marvels. They come down to the sea in Patagonia in a latitude as close to the equator as central Italy and cover an entire continent. They are in retreat in most of their range but still dominate some of the special places alpinists play.
Lets see some pictures!
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cavemonkey
Ice climber
ak
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Feb 13, 2018 - 06:12pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 13, 2018 - 06:55pm PT
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The Mer de Glace in 1915...
Today...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 13, 2018 - 07:15pm PT
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You want glaciers? Okay, here's a glacier for you.
The tent in this picture is parked on an icecap, rather than a glacier, but then, an ice cap is really a kind of glacier, isn't it? And behind the tent is the top of the Coronation Glacier, as it leaves the icecap and begins its 35 km journey to the Arctic Ocean. (Lined the entire way with 1,000 meter walls.)
And here's another. Some unnamed glacier draining into some other unnamed glacier which, in turn, drains into some other unnamed glacier in 20,000 sq km of unnamed glaciers. All of which are lined by immense granite walls.
If only we were younger...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 13, 2018 - 09:15pm PT
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I have only pedestrian fare, but always love traveling on glaciers to get to a climb
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MarkWestman
Trad climber
Talkeetna, Alaska
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Feb 13, 2018 - 09:30pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 13, 2018 - 09:43pm PT
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The Big Daddy of glaciers outside Antarctica - the Fedchenko, as seen from the tail gunner’s
seat of a Mil Mi-8 ‘Hip’.
Yeah, the Fed moves a lot of dirt. Prolly protects it from melting as much as others.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 13, 2018 - 09:54pm PT
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hey there say, donini... wonderful share... thanks so much!
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seano
Mountain climber
none
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Feb 13, 2018 - 10:15pm PT
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Feb 13, 2018 - 11:12pm PT
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Not gonna win the thread with this one, but: remnants of terminal moraine from long-gone glacier north of Strawberry Peak, near L.A.
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Chossboss
Trad climber
The GNAR
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Feb 14, 2018 - 12:08am PT
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2018 - 02:12am PT
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There are many small glaciers guarding unnamed and unclimbed peaks in Aysen. You have to fight your way thru thick rainforest just to get to them.
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silverplume
Trad climber
Boulder
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Feb 14, 2018 - 07:52am PT
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Hey donini: congratulations on your recent FA with Tad of Cerro Chueco!
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michael feldman
Mountain climber
NJ
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Feb 14, 2018 - 08:11am PT
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There are so many out there, and yet so many less than there used to be during our lifetime.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 14, 2018 - 09:26am PT
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always liked the feeling of being trapped in a very malevolent maze... hazards from above and below... and baking in the Sun one moment, plunged into arctic cold the next.
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newport
Sport climber
UK
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Feb 14, 2018 - 09:57am PT
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Someone mentioned the South Georgia glaciers, and how Shackleton's journey would be different nowadays- this is the glacier at the head of King Haakon Bay, from where they started the trek over to Stromness
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Feb 14, 2018 - 10:00am PT
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Great thread I need to spend more time amongst them.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 14, 2018 - 10:03am PT
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I need to spend more time amongst them
Why, Russian Roulette doesn’t do it for you?
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cavemonkey
Ice climber
ak
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Feb 14, 2018 - 01:56pm PT
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Feb 14, 2018 - 03:05pm PT
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sween345
climber
back east
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Feb 14, 2018 - 03:52pm PT
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The West Trapps Glacier approach to the Uberfall is treacherous this year. Reports have several bruised hips and derrieres already this season.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 14, 2018 - 03:58pm PT
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Same over here,they all eventually.......recede
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TwistedCrank
climber
Released into general population, Idaho
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Feb 14, 2018 - 04:17pm PT
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Blue Glacier, Mt. Olympus
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 14, 2018 - 04:20pm PT
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Nice photos folks.
Looking down the Gillam Glacier from under the north-side of Mt. Deborah in 1976. After we decided we were done nearly dying, Chris & I hiked down to the hill at center-left to get line-of-sight to Fairbanks, so we could radio Cliff Hudson to come pick us up. Unfortunately, we neglected to take a rope or harnesses, since we had not noticed any crevasses in our area.
Here's Chris approaching where the Gillam interesects two other valley glaciers. The moraine debris fields combined with huge crevasses, were "very-interesting" to solo across, on our way to the hill at left. The fresh bear tracks in the same area, added some more spice to our adventure.
Fritz on top of a spur peaklit of Deborah, with the west face of Deborah at top left, & the upper Yanert Glacier below.
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sharperblue
Mountain climber
San Francisco, California
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Feb 14, 2018 - 04:35pm PT
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