In reply to llechwedd:
Yep, still persevering, but as said above, it's grating on me.
My wife was watching with me last night, and she was perplexed as to the whole point of it - 'It looks like he just wants to get into trouble with bemused border folks who are kind of doing their job, and then is kind of disappointed when he doesn't.
And as for the vertical ice slope......
And why has he got one of these man-bag satchel thingies rather than a rucksack? Hardly practical I would have thought.
And originally he said he'd be alone predominantly, or with his guide. So where's all his kit?
Hmmmm