23.07.2015: Day 3

Glaciology

3rd day of our I.C.E. camp began in remote Anton-Renk-Lodge. Yesterday we found out that near the lodge was supposed to be a lake. Unfortunately yesterday's rain und thunderstorm had stopped our search for the lake just five minutes from here. So we planned to wake up at 5.30. But sleep in our amazing home was just too good to get up that early. We all simply turned off out alarms and finally we got out of bed at 6.00 a.m. and just ten minutes later hit the mountains again in hope to find that lake.
Our hike took us up the rocks, beside the river and finally to the long expected lake. Then it was already past seven and breakfast started at 7.30. As you can see we were hopelessly late to our breakfast. For breakfast we had bread and toast with jam or jelly or marmelade, as we could not agree what it was called, we also had cheese and salami. Then we had to make some bread for our hike back from Anton-renk to Gepatschhaus.

Under discussion were several questions connected to the safety of marine life

But before we could leave we had to clean the lodge. At 10.00 a.m. we left our home for a night and headed back down from the mountain. Still on a mountain we all had really tasty ice creams at Fendler Alm. Afterwards we reached a playground where Merlin and Kamil found trampolines and went crazy. Then it was time to go back to Gepatschhaus.
At 16 hours we had our first serious meeting of COSPRED 2015 (our simulation game). Under discussion were several questions connected to the safety of marine life and oil-rig workers. For example what kind of equipment was necessary for rescue missions and who was actually going to pay for the damage caused and the upkeeping of the rescue facilities. We agreed to make some changes to the first proposal by "StarOil".

Gepatschferner

After the conference we had a little free time. Boys went out and found a slackline. However they had to pratice it much more even to be able to stand on the line, but since they were really confident they promised to walk across the whole line at the end of the camp.
Then it was time for our next great dinner. Today we were served with soup with baked peas then spaghetti with schnitzel and for desert we had apricot cake. When everyone was full we had a presentation by Ph.D. Kay Helfricht about glaciers. It was called "Glaciers - a part of the Global Cryosphere". We learned how glaciers are formed, and which types of glaciers are there. We can even see part of a real glacier from our windows, called Gepatschferner. This is the second largest glacier in Austria. This presentation was in part a preparation for a hike tomorrow.

Then everyone was tired but our evening wasn't done yet. For today we had planned a movie night. We watched "The Girl Next Door" and when it finally ended everyone simply fell asleep waiting for the next day with a hike to the glacier.

Kaius (Estonia) & Lucia (Germany)