Everest Trek blog: Crossing Khumbu Icefall
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At such a significant milestone on the journey, both Jay and Johann provided their thoughts on the crossing. Jayanthi commented: “It was like a dream come true to actually walk through the icefall! The scenery was stunning but also stark – just massive blocks of ice everywhere and you sort of felt like an ant crossing through it. I found it tough – it was sort of like an obstacle course, as we had to ice climb up some vertical sections as well as cross deep crevasses along vertical and horizontal ladders. Walking across those ladders with crampons on and the wind howling around you was really a bit nerve racking but we did it safely, and it was good to get back to Everest Base Camp. During our altitude acclimatization rotations we will have to cross the ice fall multiple times as we go up and down, and we’ve been told it will only get easier as our bodies acclimatise to the lower levels of oxygen. So I’m looking forward to that!”
Johann said: “Seeing it in photographs and in movies is all so beautiful but actually being in it, you really experience the magnitude of it. It seems so overpowering but yet it is magnificent. And it certainly isn’t a walk in the park. It is tougher than anything you could ever imagine. A huge physical as well as mental challenge. But the idea is to push on and move forward as we keep facing the challenges that are ahead.”