Gallery
The final walk to the glacier front.
Waiting to climb the enormous glacier—others already inching up.
Dillan, George and Jude.
Attaching crampons before the climb.
Earlier groups on the first stage of the glacier climb.
Roped up and ready to go.
Partway up Stage 1, waiting for a descending group to clear.
Looking back towards the start.
Dillan, ready for Stage 2.
Pausing at a very large crevasse.
Waiting again for a descending group to pass.
The final stage of the climb.
Easier going on the upper part of the glacier.
Looking back to the lake from the upper glacier.
Lunch break at the highest point of our climb.
John and our guide at the top of the glacier.
Dillan and Jude at the top of the glacier.
The second group taking their lunch break nearby.
Panorama from the top of the glacier.
Panorama section with our group and the view down the valley.
Panorama section featuring our group.
A very deep crevasse spotted on the way down.
John on the glacier.
Heading back down the same route.