Foray to the Ice Fall

Short foray into the Ice Fall today – first quarter of the route up to Camp One – before we venture up there tomorrow. We only encountered one small ladder today but expect we'll encounter many more, and much larger ones, as we progress up the ice.

Might be off the air for a few days now – so here's a few more pix!

 

 Base camp from the ice fall.  It's huge!!

 

Giles on the only ladder we found in the first quarter of the route up to Camp 1. There will be many more ladders in the upper, more complicated part of the ice fall and much bigger ones at that.

Our team at the start of the ice fall.