Franz Josef Glacier Experience
OMG!!! Nothing could have ever prepared me for what I saw. Seriously, this was the most amazing experience of my trip to New Zealand.
I got to Franz Joseph at about 1pm on Dec 29. I had 2 hours to waste before my trip up to the glacier. So I went to the camping site in attempt to put up the tent, one that I had borrowed from the sexy Toby and Carlos, but since I didn't know the tent and it was windy the final result was more like the Leaning Tent of Franz Josef.
At 3pm everyone met at the HQ of the guide company, we all got our boots, rain coats and instructions. We were finally on road at about 3:45pm. After a 5min ride, we hiked about 3kms to glacier face, or the terminal marine as it is called. We treked about 1km or so to our high point, and then enjoyed the view for about 20 mins before doing the return trip. We got back to town about 8pm. (BTW the sun went down at 10pm which is still mind boggling for me).
The good news is that my ankle survived with flying colours.
For all the pics, have a look at my MobileMe gallery - http://gallery.me.com/willgauvin#100008
I got to Franz Joseph at about 1pm on Dec 29. I had 2 hours to waste before my trip up to the glacier. So I went to the camping site in attempt to put up the tent, one that I had borrowed from the sexy Toby and Carlos, but since I didn't know the tent and it was windy the final result was more like the Leaning Tent of Franz Josef.
At 3pm everyone met at the HQ of the guide company, we all got our boots, rain coats and instructions. We were finally on road at about 3:45pm. After a 5min ride, we hiked about 3kms to glacier face, or the terminal marine as it is called. We treked about 1km or so to our high point, and then enjoyed the view for about 20 mins before doing the return trip. We got back to town about 8pm. (BTW the sun went down at 10pm which is still mind boggling for me).
The good news is that my ankle survived with flying colours.
For all the pics, have a look at my MobileMe gallery - http://gallery.me.com/willgauvin#100008