Glacier Climbing - El Chalten, Argentina

 

This was a first for me. The most difficult part was trying to hold on while removing the ice picks from the glacier. The key was to get the ice picks in deep enough to hold your weight, but not too deep that they couldn't be removed without loosing balance.

Afterwards, I had a better understanding as to why mountain climbers do what they do and become addicted to it. While we only climbed a small wall of the glacier with major assistance from the guides, but after returning to the bottom, I must admit, I wanted to do it again, possibly a little higher with a little more difficulty.