Page 50 - Wish Stream Year of 2018

Exercise CHILLY CLIMB
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Monday 17 December 2018. The days being quite short, we left the lodge at 0900hrs, as it was starting to get light.
The first climbing venue was at Krokan, south west of Rjukan, and took about 45 minutes to get to. The aim of the first day was to introduce everyone to the gear and how it is used. The first lesson was learning to place ice axes and then moving your feet on the ice. A game was used
A game was used where we would follow a trail of ice axes...
where we would follow a trail of ice axes and then place a new one at the end of the trail. Then the next person follows and places a new axe.
Tuesday 18 December 2018. Tuesday saw the team embark to a new area, Ozimosis. The crag
consisted of a sheltered and iced over gully nes- tled towards the end of the Rjukan Valley. The ropes were set out to allow each member to further refine their technique with tips learnt the previous day. The final test saw members of the group climb a frozen waterfall without the use of ice axes, relying solely on crampons. This was only made possible by correct technique and complete trust in their own equipment to bite into the ice in order to hold the climber’s weight. The latter half of the day saw the instructors
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