At the end of yet another long hard day of work, about 12 of us (3 old year-team members, 3 new year-team members, and a bunch of summer peeps) had the opportunity to go on a trip to Crystal Palace. It is about 15minutes drive from the base by Skidoo. We hooked a couple of passenger sleds, packed our gear, and off we went. Nobody really knew what exactly to expect, except for the part that there must be crystals there (yea, don't know where we got that clue from either, we just totally figured it out by ourselves!).
After an awesome skidoo ride, a little hike up the hill, a slide down on our bums, and a few slips and falls on some really slippery ice, we finally made it.
The one part is like a frozen lake, but as you walk over, you can actually see bubbles as the water under the first layer of ice moves.
I bought some crampons before I came on the trip, so this was an ideal time to try them out. It feels really weird walking with them the first bit, but after a while you get used to the feeling. The scariest part is when you are walking around on the ice and it makes all these really loud cracking sounds...made my heart stop a few times!
Was an awesome trip, and the best part is nobody was mamed and/or killed by 'the crampons'...
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