Wookey looking up the unclimbed ice-column of question mark C0000-40-03 in Schneevulkanhalle of Schwarzmooskogeleishöhle. This is about 10m of vertical ice in late summer, but would apparently be much easier earlier in the season, before the ice had eroded this much. When seen in May 2000, the angle was much easier, more like 60 or 70° rather than vertical. The lead was not tackled on Expo 1999, as there seemed more promising things available. However, as more was explored and some geological information became available, it looks increasingly as though this climb would be worth tackling.

The climb was pushed in 2000 by Olly Betts. The ice was in similar poor condition to the photo, so he bolted up the rock to the side, and discovered the Mission Impossible series, which came to within less than 40m of Steinschlagschacht without a connection being found.


Photo © Andy Atkinson, 1999