Monday, April 16, 2007

Franz Joseph Glacier, April 16




Today was a day I was definitely looking forward to!! I signed up for the full day glacier hike on the Franz Joseph Glacier, I won't bore you with a lot of details as the pictures sort of speak for themselves. What I will say is that the sheer size of this things is spectacular!!! After 6 hours of hiking with a guide, crampons, and ice axes, (they were purely for show mind you!) we had only just reached the half way point and the view was amazing. I did manage to make an ass of myself at one point by losing my balance and bailing over the side of a crevice but luckily it wasn't that deep so we all had a good laugh! Enjoy!









That's Matt from Hamilton and Ben and Ryan from Tennessee.