I had no clue what to expect. First surprise - you get to wear hard plastic shoes! Not exactly fashion statement, but as I found later on, they do the business quite well. Crampons, ice-axe, climbing harness and we're ready to roll.

Well, first we had to get onto the glacier, which meant climbing 750 steps (seriously, the guide had them counted). Then we got all dressed up for the ice and went to do some intro work: how to walk in crampons, use ice-axe, etc. Then finally, the climbing itself!
To be honest, it was fairly easy in the beginning. I found it much easier than regular climbing. You get to choose your own spots for feet, have 2 axes in hands which are fairly easy to hold onto... So we progressed quickly, gradually to steeper and steeper walls. It seemed to me like there's nothing i can't climb.

Well, there is... The last site of the day was a nice overhang. I went up fairly ok, but then i got stuck underneath and just couldn't figure out how to move from it. Hands (not arms, hands) tire quick when you have to hold most of your body-weight on them... Long story short, I didn't make the final climb, short by just 3-4ft :( The guide then showed us how to do it - at least he was struggling on it a little bit as well, so that gave me some satisfaction :)