Coming closer to our final resting spot we stumbled across yet another wonder of melt stream creation. This cave once had a flow of nearly two meters depth running through it and proved to be very hard to get around but has now been refilled with spindrift off the Plateau. Leaving a gap of about half a meter and with a few inches of ice over head it was irresistible to crawl through. Poses were struck and photos were taken by all before heading off again arriving at Platcha Hut shortly after the photo shoot where the adventures were just beginning!
Funnily enough our food and beverage drop had ended up in the right place and was waiting for us in the hut. What else should we do but knock over a couple of beers and a bottle of Champaign before dinner. This resulted in the first outrageous trip to the Heli-deck! Although not that far away from the hut the atmosphere had been set with toasting and posing for an arrangement of shots. At first, rather tame with the timer doing more of your traditional group shots. This soon morphed into a semi human pyramid with supporting crazy people. Then into a bit of acro-balance which I am not really sure how we got to that but it was very fun!
Reflecting back on our experiences of the day and the trip to date it is definitely a memorable moment to exchange the odd chuckle about in the future and the start of long friendships for all! Shortly after this we all crashed out in a blaze glory totally exhausted and satisfied with the Antarctic experience!
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