The highest crevasse on an alpine glacier, formed where the mass of moving ice pulls away from stagnant ice on a headwall.
[German Bergschrund : Berg, mountain (from Middle High German berc, from Old High German berg; see bhergh- in Indo-European roots) + Austrian, Bavarian, and Swiss German Schrund, rock crevasse, bergschrund, from variant of German Schrunde, crack, fissure (from Middle High German schrunde, from Old High German scrunta, from scrintan, to crack, tear, rip open, of unknown origin).]
"It is a huge mountain to climb and I am still at the bottom but climbing mountains is what I do and with the progress so far I am at least over the bergschrund [mountain crevasse].
Similarly, the serious nature of ambient tracks such as Ashes To Oceans and Bergschrund, a collaboration with neoclassical auteur Nils Frahm, are undercut by The Sideshow, a burst of deranged old school scratching and Nobody Speaks, a wild Tarantino meets Tijuana team-up with rap duo of the moment, Run The Jewels.
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