It ain't no thing! I'll try to get up some more pictures tomorrow, but the Franz Josef Glacier hike was awesome! We were in Group 1, which was designated as the "fast" group (of course). But, I have to say, it was a really easy hike. Mark and I were the only ones in our group who had used crampons before. We had to stop often for our guide to cut out the steps in the ice because we were the first group, so it was pretty slow going. We also didn't need to tie off or use ice axes. We went through a few crevasses that were pretty cool and the views were awesome, as per us in the NZ. :) There was one crevasse that was brand new and the guide had to cut through a bit more before we could make the attempt. It was soo narrow! I was a little nervous that I may have been the biggest one and had the chance of getting stuck! We were a group of 8 guys and 3 girls, but all the guys were like 18-22 and very lanky. But, I successfully got through no problem! ::phew:: There were some incredible waterfalls cascading down the mountains on either side that I couldn't get enough of, they were just so beautiful. I think if we were to do it again we may have chosen to do the ice climbing which is more of a challenge. But, overall I was very happy with our full day hike. I'd never been on a glacier before!
Thank you everyone who has emailed or commented! NZ does feel pretty far away and it's really nice to hear from you :)
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