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bergschrund Phys. Geogr. (ˈbɛkʃrʊnt) [G., f. berg (see barrow n.1) + schrund cleft, crevice.] A crevasse or series of crevasses often found near the head of a mountain glacier.1843 J. D. Forbes Trav. through Alps 298, I perceived an enormous Berg-schrund, or well defined crevass, which separated the...
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Bergschrund
It is often a serious obstacle for mountaineers, who sometimes abbreviate "bergschrund" to "schrund". In winter, a bergschrund is often filled by snow from avalanches from the mountain above it.
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Mont Dolent
Then there was a little bergschrund, then a little wall of snow [. . .]
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schrund
schrund (ʃrʊnt) [Ger.] A crevasse; spec. = bergschrund. schrund line, schrundline: (see quot. 19042).1870 A. G. Girdlestone High Alps without Guides ii. 36 We could see into the great blue ‘schrunds’, in which innumerable and gigantic icicles depended from the roof. 1871 E. Whymper Scrambles amongst...
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Kirti Stambh (mountain)
On 20 October after negotiating the bergschrund difficulties on the summit snowfield, he reached the summit of Kirti Stambh at 9.20 a.m.
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rimaye
‖ rimaye (rimɑj) [Fr., f. L. rīma fissure + F. -aye, collective suffix.] = bergschrund.1920 H. Raeburn Mountaineering Art viii. 107 At the foot of the snow-slope, just where it eases into the glacier, runs a long chasm in the ice, the bergschrund, randkluft, or rimaye. 1949 A. Roch Climbs of my Yout...
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Pirámide (mountain)
The route starts from a base camp at the east of Lake Parón, follows the crest of the moraine and goes right rocks to the glacier, Once the bergschrund
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randkluft
‖ randkluft (ˈrantklʊft) [Ger., lit. ‘edge crevice’.] A crevasse between the head of a glacier and a surrounding rock wall.1934 C. F. Meade in S. Spencer Mountaineering vi. 122 Another sort of chasm closely related to the bergschrund is the randkluft. This is the name given to the gap between the gl...
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Bolam Glacier
The Bolam Glacier flows from a cirque on the north side of Mount Shasta's main summit, with the moving ice starting below a large bergschrund which spans
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Palisade Glacier
Another feature of the glacier is a moulin, which was formed in a drought during 1977, and a bergschrund.
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Alec Trendall
The Scott Polar Research Institute's digitised archive includes 305 images of Trendall including images of a bergschrund - a hole in an ice sheet - which
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Coalman Glacier
The Bergschrund is another widely known feature where the glacier pulls away from the stagnant ice leaving a large crevasse.
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Konwakiton Glacier
climbing route up Avalanche Gulch skirts along its western edge above Thumb Rock saddle, with the boot track often only a few feet (about a meter) from the bergschrund
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Ruderhofspitze
there are two options to get to the firn field on the south side below the summit: one leads across the steep WSW flank on fixed ropes (negotiating the bergschrund
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Matthew Sunderland
In 2016, Sunderland played the role of a drunken man resisting alien abduction in the music video for "Bergschrund" by DJ Shadow and Nils Frahm.
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