Glacier swimming.

Yesterday I was guiding a trip with one of the Icelandic guides who is working for his first season. The idea being that I lead the trip and he comes along to see a different way of telling people about the glacier and what I think is good route selection. The first thing I did was lead the group through a series of ponds and lagoons at the front of the glacier to look at the rate of melting. Crossing over a small water filled crevasse I warned the group not to stand on the ice in the middle but to skip across to the other bank. It was a distance of about 40cm. Doddi (the other guide) promptly ran up to help people across this section and jumped on the ice in the middle, which sunk taking him with it, up to his neck in freezing water. I of course acted with speed, skill and professionalism and doubled over in laughter! To add insult to injury, Doddi was then pulled from the water by the very clients he was trying to help, and was forced to return to base having completed about five mins of the trip. Not a good look for the guide!!
Later.
Ben.