Some of the guys had never been on a glacier and didn't know they were about to until coming over a rise 100m from it, they were delighted!
It always has to be tried of course
Being on the lightest bike still didn't help Baz, the melting snow offered no grip at all
Getting ready to leave a blizzard hits us, it's freezing cold and a strong wind driving sleet on our backs.
There's nowhere to stop in shelter until here, miraculously although the wind's still hard the sun comes out and warms us.
From here we have a choice of direction, everyone's up for my preference
Geoff taking it all in, he's been here before
Soon we're not alone
The Quads were ahead of us and fast, of course that was like a red rag to a bull and we pick them off one by one on the sweeping trail that has everything from deep sand to twisting lava fields.
Once past them a few of us keep this fast pace for the next 25 miles or so where we're going to turn onto a smaller trail
We need to wait quite a while to regroup
John takes a rest