plateau - prospecting ice stalagmite
Sat 29 Jul 1978
John Bowers
John Bowers
Well we went down this hole somewhere near 106 but after c
30' it got tight so returned to brilliant sunshine. We continued sweating
around the plateau looking down things - the only one of interest was a huge
entrance c 200 yds from 106 which ended after 50-60' free climb in a small
snowfield with a beautiful 7' 6" ice stalagmite. On the way back to the
van I attempted the left hand variant of the superdirect route across the
plateau, but as I was laybacking up this flake, the whole thing fell off with
me on it - do they have helicopter hearses ? John.