For a more in-depth travel diary, see Katja's LiveJournal
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All glacier guides wear shorts. The rest of us wear rain pants. It rains 180 days each year, so a raincoat is essential. The sun was shining when we left the village. |
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Katja all geared up as an explorer with Ice Talonz(TM) and rain clothes. |
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This is what the less gritty side of a glacier looks like. You have to go up a bit before you can see it. From the bottom it is mostly gravel and rocks. |
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See the little goblin walking down the hole... |
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Here's another goblin working like a mole. |
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As you can see, we have finally beaten the glacier. Katja makes the universal sign for "I have power like Godzilla". |
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Scenic waterfall. This was mostly rain water and not glacier water, so the stream running from it was pretty warm, maybe even batheable. |