Glacier Travel Etiquette

Climbing etiquette is a weird and wily thing. What is acceptable in one area may not be considered acceptable in another. What is common practice in one spot, may be looked upon with horror in another. In the larger climbing world, there are millions of etiquette questions, but on a glacier there only tends to be a few.1) What is the etiquette for passing a rope team on a glaciated climb?It is acceptable to pass a rope team on a glacier. However, this must be done without hindering the other team’s progress that you’re passing. If a team has a pace and continues to hold that pace, then they have a right to the boot-pack trail no matter how fast they’re moving.