Thanks to the Conville Trust, I was in the Alps to learn.
Tamsin and Matt were our long suffering question-answerers, chaffuers and water bottle fillers
Glaciers are hazard in the Alps, so we learnt how to cross them safely and how to rescue a teammate from a crevasse if they dropped in for a dangle.
We learnt about short roping, moving together and using natural features to quickly protect exposed moves.
We had a go building Belays and v-threads on the glacier, we played ice-axe belays and crampon stomping on the snow.
One memorable moment was being encouraged to put my hands on my knees and take some small jumps down a small icy slope to build confidence in my crampons.
My Cha-Cha Slide on ice is now much improved.º I’m grateful to Matt and Tamsin to the skills, support and endless patience when I asked “why” yet again
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