New Zealand has quite a few glaciers (giant ice blocks) with its two most famous being Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier. Shawn and I decided to do a half day tour of the Franz Josef glacier. The glacier is constantly changing so it is pretty important to go with a guide. Also, since it is so slick, we had to wear crampons on our feet so we wouldn't fall. We started out our day by walking about 45 minutes up to the mountain base. The after putting on our crampons, we climbed the glacier for about 2 hours. The glacier changes depending on the weather and we were told that only a few years go the glacier was quite further our then it is now. It is one of teh few glaciers left that retreats and advances. Most glaciers just advance.
This looks incredible! I sure am glad you had the guide. Was the glacier retreating or advancing while you were climbing around on it? You sure can jump high!
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of you leaning over the side with a deep hole or whatever to your right...but the best part of the picture are the mens faces in the background. They looked annoyed or confused or something...I thought it was funny!
ReplyDeletesorry...that would be my right and your left in the picture...
ReplyDeleteYou sure can jump high! It looks like Shawn's about to accidentally maul you in that picture. This glacier looks AWESOME! What a fun thing to get to do!
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