[Cale Hoopes]

Glad you are ok! The news screwed this up again. They said you fell 160 feet into a crevasse. I'm constantly reminded at how bad the new channels do in checking their facts. I actually wonder if they exaggerate on purpose to make it more sensational. Doh.

[JennieEl]

Wonderfully written report, and I am very glad you weren't injured. It's the mark of a survivor that you not only kept your cool but were able to appreciate the beauty around you.

[DIYSteve]

Yikes, Niko!

[dicey]

Whoa! Way to keep your wits about you - glad you're ok.

[Stefan]

wow!

[GeoHiker]

Amazing! glad you're ok and 2 for a good partner and BC SAR.

[Jim Dockery]

Yowza! Thanks for the harrowing story and scary pictures. This TR might bring back a recuring nightmare I have every few years: I find myself half way up some glacier on Rainier on a hot day. I'm on the edge of a huge broken crevasse and looking down into a maze of dripping ice - no way forward there so I look behind to back-track and find I'm in the middle of an ice fall with cracks, serracs, and chasms all round (I guess some snow bridges I crossed have collapsed behind me in the heat of the day). How and why the hell did I get into this spot? and solo at that! I don't want to move from the spot I'm at, but I have to because no one knows where I am, plus I realize I may be standing on a melting snow bridge right now! There is no safe exit. Eventually I wake up incredibly mad at myself, then can't get it out of my mind for a couple days. Glad it all worked out so well for you, bad luck going in, great luck with the outcome!

[popzeus]

Wow, just saw this on CNN.com. Congratulations of having the rare distinction of being the topic of a national news story that actually has a happy ending. But, seriously, glad to see you are ok and what an amazing set of pics. I know you had a while to wait for help, but I don't think I would have been calm enough to document myself in the same circumstances. The most amazing part of this is that you did remain calm, didn't panic and didn't make your circumstances worse. Kudos to you for keeping a cool head in the face of a pretty scary situation.

[Tom_Sjolseth]

Thanks for sharing your experience.. I'm glad you're OK.

[Roald]

Talk about a Jonah-type experience! Niko, you must be so tough and gnarly that the glacier just spit you back out. I appreciate how you kept your head both in experiencing it and in writing about it. That's pretty impressive. Of course, this means that we still gotta get out this summer.

[John Morrow]

Wow Niko, unbelievable! So glad you are OK and way to keep your composure with all the potential for more hazards occurring. Impressive! P.S.: no crevasses in southern Utah....

[puzzlr]

tdd - tough damn dude! So glad you're ok. There are few that have traveled up and down more snow slopes than you, so this tells me it could happen to anyone. I had to look up "subnivean". Nothing like a vocabulary lesson along with an adventure story!

[cyohman]

Video from CNN

[reststep]

What an experience, I am glad you are ok. I was going to ask you if you thought your skis staying on might have saved you from falling deeper into the crevasse and I see you think they may have. I will have to remember to keep my bindings on a high setting.

[twodogdad]