tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post7473973803178890145..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Death of a glacierEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-64893804536600118362015-12-25T13:55:00.854-05:002015-12-25T13:55:00.854-05:00A wolf was a good guide the one time I unintention...A wolf was a good guide the one time I unintentionally followed one. I thought I was following the melted out steps of a climber, until the prints got smaller as I went uphill. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301230860904555513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-68030426540707552672015-12-24T12:09:34.720-05:002015-12-24T12:09:34.720-05:00There was a small glacier in the Sierras where a f...There was a small glacier in the Sierras where a friend and I practiced ice skills every year for 20 years. Then, about 12 years ago, I was crossing it, and the whole thing just slide away and over the cliff below -- leaving me hanging 15 feet in the air from my belay to the rock above. That was the point when I was sure that discontinuous ice dynamics was important to ice sheet behavior.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-78191970614609449872015-12-24T07:46:43.814-05:002015-12-24T07:46:43.814-05:00Dead ice. Like e.g. the Zugspitze glacier.
"...Dead ice. Like e.g. the Zugspitze glacier.<br /><br />"I couldn't stop but I got my feet underneath me and jumped it (it wasn't very wide)."<br />Damn do I know that kind of movement..<br />On a somewhat related note: you can follow reindeer tracks safely. But not a lynx's. cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.com