On Sunday, because we’d been making good progress, we took a day off. We got to sleep in and enjoy Sunday brunch. In the afternoon, Tyr, Natalie, and I set off for Castle Rock. This is the highest nearby point, and along the longest recreational hike that isn’t out to LDB and back.
Beneath Castle Rock is also a large hill where the glacier flows off land into the ice shelf. Here’s the best place around for downhill skiing, or, in a pinch, sledding on a galley tray.
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Off we go!
Castle Rock expedition
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Tyr brings skis
And tries to shoot me with them. I survived
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The Apple (shelter)
Natalie runs to check it out
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Me
Having just finished my "Natalie's in the apple" dance
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Rock sighted
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Tyr and Castle Rock
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Burgers, burgers, burgers
Natalie was motivated to go fast, so as to return in time for Burger Bar
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Castle Rock
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Natalie, snow, clouds, and a bit of rock
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Stopping to Pose I
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Stopping to Pose II
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Coming soon
I can hardly wait
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Climbing
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Goatlike, Tyr prances up the hill
And has time to pose majestically
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"What, you guys don't just leap up mountains?"
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Summiting
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Obligatory LDB shot
From summit of Castle Rock
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The one time I was above Tyr
When he explored downwards from the summit
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Sledding down the hill
Natalie gets some good speed
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And zooms past where I wiped out
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Tyr finally gets to take advantage of the skis he lugged along
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Skiing
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Passing
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The Kress
A giant transport, and "successor" to Ivan the Terra Bus. Smooth, roomy, quiet ride. Very slow
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Posing with the Kress
On the way back into town
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