translate English to German: The surface of the ice is solid to start so we make good ground but before long we start to sink up to our calves and not long after up to the hip. It is hard to understand how the snow stays put on such a steepslope and even harder to believe how long it takes us to cover such a short distance in this soft snow.
Oben angekommen staunen wir aber nicht wenig als wir merken, dass uns max.