Showing posts with label "Fox Glacier" hike "New Zealand". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Fox Glacier" hike "New Zealand". Show all posts

Sunday, December 7, 2003

Fox Glacier Hike

Alan and I decided to go on a full day glacier hike here. The guided hike took us on an hour hike through the rainforest to the Fox Glacier. We were on the ice about 3-4 hrs. Our guide axe picked his way through to create a path for us, and we saw crevices, caves which we could walk through, etc. We had clamp ons on our borrowed boots, and a walking stick, to help us on our way through the slippery, and often narrow, paths. Although it turned out to be another cloudy day, it didn't rain, so I didn't get wet. Hiking the glaciers was definitely a neat experience. When I'm older and rich, though, I am going to do the heli-hike to get to the very top of it where it's supposedly more massive.

Alan, Mike, and I spent the evening playing scrabble. The French guy won. How embarassing is that??