Scott - Nov 25, 2003 4:44 pm - Voted 10/10
Now that's cool!cool picture
rpc - Nov 25, 2003 5:38 pm - Voted 10/10
Amazing Shot!What ARE we looking at?
desainme - Nov 25, 2003 5:55 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Amazing Shot!I think they are inclined slabs of snow and they are called Neve Penitents- Snow prayerful souls i guess- I never heard of em much except around this mountain.
Drazil - Nov 25, 2003 6:17 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Amazing Shot!That's right - Pennitentes. At this point we were leaving Base Camp and carrying up to Camp I. Interesting formations caused by a combination of the heat of the sun at high altitude and the wind on the snowfield. They are tough to manouver especially for a not so tall person like myself wih a full pack, wider than myself! :-)
Diego Sahagún - Nov 25, 2003 6:33 pm - Voted 5/10
Just a little thingThe Spanish name is "penitentes", wich is the plural of "penitente"
Drazil - Nov 25, 2003 6:48 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Just a little thingThanks for the correction. :-)
Diego Sahagún - Nov 25, 2003 8:24 pm - Voted 5/10
Re: Just a little thingNo problem Drazil. For you and all the SP'ers: please ask me when you have any doubt with the Spanish, I could help you
Drazil - Nov 28, 2003 7:43 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Amazing Shot!Thanks.
We found it better to go through them rather that going around. On both sides of them the scree was very loose and quite steep. We attempted a few hundred feet of that and it was exhausting! Had to kick in with the front of my hard shells to keep from sliding back.
Drazil - Nov 28, 2003 7:44 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Just a little thingWill take you up on that , thanks for offering
Liz
Dean - Jan 2, 2004 11:20 am - Voted 10/10
Re: Amazing Shot!Wow, those things are tall. I saw some on Mt. Rainier that were large (I thought at the time) but they made it easier for us to go up the cleaver but good grief, they were midgets compared to these monsters. GRRRREAT pic.
Drazil - Jan 3, 2004 3:14 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Amazing Shot!Thanks Dean. Interesting aren't they?! The ones in the photos are not the tallest ones we encountered on Aconcagua either. I have more photos however did not want to post too many ...
Aaron Johnson - Nov 29, 2003 9:52 am - Hasn't voted
FAST MELT!We're talking rapid melting forces here. Very impressive!
merrill - May 24, 2010 9:47 pm - Voted 10/10
I guessthat's the mountain for awesome penitentes.
Merrill
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