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Mountaineering Courses. 3-Nov-2008 At 9:27:55 PM miss crag

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ahh well dmnz that's a good question - we had 2 days good weather from plateau:
- flew in late arvo, built snow cave (threw more snow than building cave but we got there).
- full day self arrest/crevasse rescue/snow anchors.
- next day we had a choice to cruise up the anzacs and fly out or walk out.

i recall hanging about in a crevasse when the question was posed what i wanted to do - fly or walk. i
decided to walk which made it perfect ratio for the guides splitting the group 50/50. i also figured i
could use the downclimbing, moraine drudgery etc experience.

admit while it was good to save some $ walking out it was quite the learning curve and i sure earned a
bevvy that night - got some respect from locals after they found out we'd come via the freshfields.