Earlier start today: we're breakfasted and underway by 8:20. The plan is to move up into some interesting terrain we saw on Day 5, get up to a ridge, and see what we can see. Back across the streams/rivers and towards the glacier, but we head to the left-hand side this time. Up through a mix of glacier, talus, and snow, up, up until we get to a glacial "lake" that we had seen before. Now left over a col, around another lake, some climbing, some traversing, some snow, out onto another glacier, and then up and across. At some point we put on the crampons and continue up some gradually steeper snow. Ropes on towards the top and then we are at the col and onto rock.
A quick break and some looking around before making the (obvious) call to do the easier peak to the left. Up, up, up on easy talus terrain until we reach the peak (pt680 on one of the maps). Break, views, cairn building, views, discussion of what to do next, no agreement (groups are "fun"). Eventually J decides for us and we head back towards the peak two over from the one from Day 5 (pt802).
Down, down the way we came, back across the glacier, back onto the snow but now up, up. It's sunny and hot! hot! up! hot! up, up until we hit the col. More nice views, this time in different directions. We turn right and follow the ridge to the peak with a bit of snow and some easy scrambling. Great views from the peak. More eating, photos, and cairn building. Then it's time to go down, down. First repeating the way up, then diverting off onto a big snow field which we're able to take down a few hundred meters. A bit of unpleasantness through a couloir and then we rejoin the path from the morning.
Back to camp, food, food, and sleep.
Another very, very nice day with great weather. Yay! We are in Greenland!
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