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My view after failling 30...

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My view after failling 30 feet into a crevasse in the Ingraham Icefall on June 6, 2005. My teammates hauled as I climbed and we made the summit by 11:30am.

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SherpaKroto

Calm under Pressure!

Hasn't voted

Nice shot! I doubt I'd be that composed from inside a crevasse! I'm heading out on 7/30, up on 8/1.

SK

Posted Jul 14, 2005 8:03 am


	Old Ickabod	Re: Calm under Pressure!
	Hasn't voted	Thanks for the message! Shock will lead you to do some real weird things and fortunately I got a good photo from it. Best of luck on your climb!
		Posted Jul 14, 2005 9:18 pm


	SherpaKroto	Re: Calm under Pressure!
	Hasn't voted	I hear you on that one. Hopefully I won't need shock to get some great shots. I've been waiting a long time for this opportunity. 2 days until I fly out. Thanks for the good wishes! SK
		Posted Jul 28, 2005 1:04 pm

gimpilator

Ingraham

Voted 10/10

Great Picture. Thanks for sharing with us. I hope I never have to see something like this in person.

Posted Feb 26, 2006 6:10 pm

BigLee

Nice photo

Voted 10/10

How did you not see that monster!?

Posted Jun 3, 2007 12:55 pm


	Old Ickabod	Re: Nice photo
	Hasn't voted	We had just navigated up and around several seracs and the crevasse ran perpendicular to the slope I was crossing. It was a jumbled mess and I let my guard down for a moment after seeing a nice flat rest stop for our team about 150 yards ahead. The snow broke on an small angle that had footprints from an earlier party. The entire crevasse was covered except for the downhill section that I couldn't see because of the angle to the left. Fortunately, the second member of the team saw me drop and sank his axe immediately, but was still dragged quite a distance toward the crevasse. He rules!
		Posted Jun 16, 2007 7:33 pm