During what would have been during todays lesson we were scrambling around a cave. A cave covered in an inch of ice, which is very slippery and very scary.
Apparently it's not supposed to be that icy and our Icelandic tour guide kept telling us it's only a "little slippery". He was lying, it was a death trap in there. The only way forwards was to bum shuffle-fact! But to be honest it was one of the most exciting things we haver ever done and very very enjoyable. The fact that it was so icy made it more exciting and made us group together more as a team. That led us to sing most of
Bohemian Rhapsody,
the Bed Intruder Song and (to James' disgust) some Take That (which I refuse to link to). Eventually we made it through the cave after some tricky climbing only to be faced we a crawl through the smallest gap imaginable up some ungrippable snow...
We were actually caving through a lava tube which formed about 4000 years ago. This formed by basalt lava flows cooling on the top and sides providing insulation for the centre which can remain active for several years. Lava tubes on Hawaii are still active and they work for a long time. Lavascicles are formed when lava cools and drips down from the ceiling (just like water does).
Vicky looking as glamorous as always...
We were actually caving through a lava tube which formed about 4000 years ago. This formed by basalt lava flows cooling on the top and sides providing insulation for the centre which can remain active for several years. Lava tubes on Hawaii are still active and they work for a long time. Lavascicles are formed when lava cools and drips down from the ceiling (just like water does).
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