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Nunatak
Nunataks are only common in the Antarctic, but there is one beauty just below the neve of Franz Josef glacier in New Zealand. It's at about 9,500 feet so it's above the bush league, er, line. They're dangerous to get too close to in temperate climates because the rock heats up in the sun and a melt pool of indeterminate depth, but a relatively narrow width, can form around them. A friend of mine tried to climb on to this nunatak and slipped into the melt pool, which was only a foot wide, but he would have gone in over his head but for the fact that he was still wearing his pack, which jammed him against the rock. We hauled him out, wet, but wiser. One very frightened fella!
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