Maddog Murph
Crystal Palace
A great adventure into the unknown. The swiss climbing duo I ran into on my way here were inspiring. I had to come here at first light to get this cave nearly to myself, I had found it the day before solo exploring an edge of Vatnajokull - the largest glacier in Iceland. This was taken on a 70-200, single shot... interestingly enough it was my favorite because I can feel the massive case of ice that encapsulates and surround me in this picture. I only wish I had discovered this earlier in the year before the "guides" trampled and disfigured it. As a side note - I do not suggest that anyone does solo-glacier travel. This was extraordinarily dangerous, and I was actually fortunate on this trip that when one of my crampons broke there was a nice guide (in the lower right of the picture) that had a spare bracket for my footplates. I'll be moving forward with a more technical pair of crampons next glacial adventure...
Crystal Palace
A great adventure into the unknown. The swiss climbing duo I ran into on my way here were inspiring. I had to come here at first light to get this cave nearly to myself, I had found it the day before solo exploring an edge of Vatnajokull - the largest glacier in Iceland. This was taken on a 70-200, single shot... interestingly enough it was my favorite because I can feel the massive case of ice that encapsulates and surround me in this picture. I only wish I had discovered this earlier in the year before the "guides" trampled and disfigured it. As a side note - I do not suggest that anyone does solo-glacier travel. This was extraordinarily dangerous, and I was actually fortunate on this trip that when one of my crampons broke there was a nice guide (in the lower right of the picture) that had a spare bracket for my footplates. I'll be moving forward with a more technical pair of crampons next glacial adventure...