Well, after a brilliant day with glorious blue skies throughout, verdant greenery surrounding the glacier we started to make our way down. We descended into one of the deepest narrow cracks to find that part of the wall had caved in. Ok now it is about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and the guide wants to get us down quickly so she begins to hack away at the debris. We are in a crack with no room to pass each other, little chips of ice falling down on us for about fifteen minutes waiting for a path to be cleared. Finally a path is cleared but there is a problem, we have to wade through thigh deep ice cold meltwater. The piece of ice that has fell is melting and beginning to fill the crack with water. Oh boy, this was too much adventure. It was freezing and we still had half an hour descent. We couldn't feel our feet but it was still worth it. What a fantastic day and fantastic way to get up close and personal with a glacier. The photos show the crack we descended and Vicky wading through the ice cold water.
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