"attribution"&colon;Contains text copied from Accumulation zone and Bergschrund and Terminus. Above the bergschrund the snow was easier. The other climber required technical climbing equipment and was assisted down the Bergschrund. The French word "rimaye" covers both notions of randkluft and bergschrund. It is often a serious obstacle for mountaineers, who sometimes abbreviate "bergschrund" to "schrund". However, the randkluft is sometimes called a bergschrund. In French, the word "rimaye" covers both notions of randkluft and bergschrund. They cross the bergschrund and climb a little on rock. Moving glacier ice can sometimes separate from the stagnant ice above, forming a bergschrund. Unlike a randkluft, a bergschrund has two ice walls.