Glacial Surfing Flirts The Line Between Bravery And Insanity

Posted by Mike Richard on September 23, 2007
Filed under: Alaska, Odds + Ends, Sidelines

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OK, maybe it’s both. According to Gadling, the “sport” of glacial surfing is simple: “Head to a glacier, wait for the edge to fall off, and, when it does, ride the tidal wave on a surfboard as the ice chases you down.”

Right. Sounds like a cake walk.

The guy comes out like he just stepped out of the shower. I felt my netherbits tightening up just watching him.

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Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.



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