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Definition of icefall in English: icefallnounˈʌɪsfɔːlˈaɪsˌfɔl 1A steep part of a glacier like a frozen waterfall. Example sentencesExamples - But Kato was undeterred even though the French expedition declared the icefall destroyed and unusable.
- The glaciers, the icefalls, the three summits - we can see none of it.
- These are some of the thoughts running thru our heads as we headed up into the actual icefall today.
- For the reward will be a classic view of Everest and the Khumbu icefall.
- Just as Kato's team was making probing forays over the icefall successive avalanches forced a French expedition to switch its climbing route.
- We are all looking forward to going into the base of the icefall tomorrow to try our luck on the crevasse ladders.
- For all we knew it could well have carried on getting steeper, ending at an icefall or in a crevasse field.
- As we negotiated our way through icefalls and crevasse fields, I experienced feelings of awe and wonder instead of terror and dread.
- One swing and one screw at a time we slowly made our way up the bottom icefall.
- And the following day they are base camp bound, which also means the last trip down through the icefall.
- Crackling clouds of ice obscured the floor and vast red-gold icefalls blocked the only exit.
- From the northeast, toward China, the icefall from Teram Shehr cuts a broad swath across the east side of the Siachen.
- Instead of powdery slopes, we'd be attempting sheer icefalls on the weather-whipped southwest face.
- Check out that smooth sunrise turning all the pointy peaks and deadly icefalls a soft, deceiving pink.
- For us a serac is a big block or pinnacle of ice sticking up in the middle of the feature of a glacier called an icefall.
2An avalanche or fall of loose pieces of ice. Example sentencesExamples - Just as long as you don't forget that, in the end, it's not lightning or rapids, avalanches or equipment, rockslides or icefalls that are going to get you.
- So, we've been pretty much surrounded by quadraphonic icefall throughout the course of the night.
- This is usually attributed to objective dangers - unpredictable acts of God, such as avalanches, icefalls, rockfall, and horrid weather.
- Dozens of icefalls (ice avalanches) now occur per day all around us.
Definition of icefall in US English: icefallnounˈīsˌfôlˈaɪsˌfɔl 1A steep part of a glacier that looks like a frozen waterfall. Example sentencesExamples - And the following day they are base camp bound, which also means the last trip down through the icefall.
- Check out that smooth sunrise turning all the pointy peaks and deadly icefalls a soft, deceiving pink.
- For us a serac is a big block or pinnacle of ice sticking up in the middle of the feature of a glacier called an icefall.
- But Kato was undeterred even though the French expedition declared the icefall destroyed and unusable.
- These are some of the thoughts running thru our heads as we headed up into the actual icefall today.
- Instead of powdery slopes, we'd be attempting sheer icefalls on the weather-whipped southwest face.
- For the reward will be a classic view of Everest and the Khumbu icefall.
- Crackling clouds of ice obscured the floor and vast red-gold icefalls blocked the only exit.
- One swing and one screw at a time we slowly made our way up the bottom icefall.
- Just as Kato's team was making probing forays over the icefall successive avalanches forced a French expedition to switch its climbing route.
- As we negotiated our way through icefalls and crevasse fields, I experienced feelings of awe and wonder instead of terror and dread.
- We are all looking forward to going into the base of the icefall tomorrow to try our luck on the crevasse ladders.
- From the northeast, toward China, the icefall from Teram Shehr cuts a broad swath across the east side of the Siachen.
- For all we knew it could well have carried on getting steeper, ending at an icefall or in a crevasse field.
- The glaciers, the icefalls, the three summits - we can see none of it.
2A fall of loose ice; an avalanche of ice. Example sentencesExamples - So, we've been pretty much surrounded by quadraphonic icefall throughout the course of the night.
- Dozens of icefalls (ice avalanches) now occur per day all around us.
- This is usually attributed to objective dangers - unpredictable acts of God, such as avalanches, icefalls, rockfall, and horrid weather.
- Just as long as you don't forget that, in the end, it's not lightning or rapids, avalanches or equipment, rockslides or icefalls that are going to get you.
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