Paul's norway trip

Post on 02-Jul-2015

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Norwaylooks

Cold!!

Bjørndalen

My gear that made it!

Trying to get in for the Friday night social

Everyone takes their shoes off at the entrance. Then you go to class or your office in socks!

After Dinner Hike

Climbing up Larsbreen Glacier

Longyearbyen at night

Longyearbyen at night

Nybyen(old mining barracks turned student housing)

Looking from Nybyen towards the Larsbreen Glacier

AT Skiing up Larsbreen— with KiyaRiverman.

Up we go!

View of Longyearbyen from Larsbreen

Cave Entrance

Gearing up at the cave entrance.

Mixing Sports!

Entrance pit

Entrance Pit

LarsbreenIce Cave

LarsbreenIce Cave

LarsbreenIce Cave

Ice Crystal Flakes

KNICKPOINTS!

Claw Feet. I have never had such good traction in a cave: ever.

Ceiling Channel

Sediment bands in the ice.

Tiny little ice stalactites

Excited about ICE!

Rock caught in the ice!

Pit we climbed down on right, ice climb lead on the left.

My ascender.... just wont.... grip... the .... ice!!!!

Back in the real Arctic aka my back yard in State College, PA. Much colder and more snow than the Arctic Circle.......