The mulit-pitch rock climbing excursion mentioned earlier in the Southern Alps was just part of the whole picture. It was followed up by some ice climbing and more training of technical mountaineering skills last week at Fox Glacier, this time with Emma also part of the team:
Ice climbing on Fox Glacier
Not a bad day in the office
Presently, the chief is on a workshop in Mt Cook to keep up and refresh with expertise in his field(s) but a few more shots from the Fox Glacier mission where a couple of days were spent on the ice:
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- Fox Glacier New Zealand
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- Ice climbing
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- learning crampon technique on a private mountaineering instruction course
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- Safety: part of the fun
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- Fun on ice
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- getting of the ground and up up up
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- Belaying, an important role
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- checking foot work
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- getting higher
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- looking good
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- some technical parts
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- up or down
