Crossing a Cravasse
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- Date created
- April 13, 2009
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- Nepal
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- Journey to the top of the world: Climbing Mount Everest: This slideshow tells the story of a North Carolina adventurer's ascent of Mount Everest in photos, video, and text, including excerpts from his journal. (Page 13)
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Ciprian Popoviciu’s climbing partner, Vance Cook, crosses a crevasse on the ice falls of the Khumbu Glacier at Mount Everest in April 2008. Climbers use ladders to cross crevasses. It is dangerous and climbers must use both hands on the guide ropes to keep themselves steady on the ladder.
Transcript
- (00:03)
- Approaching *cav one. Interesting little spot here.
- (00:24)
- Extra careful, because I only have one hand on the rope. I wouldn’t dare do this on one of the longer ladders.
