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On Ice

Wednesday, November 10th, 2004

Day 7 – Franz Josef Glacier

It was another early morning for Tory and I as we awoke for our adventure on the glacier. We donned several layers of clothing and set out for the spot where we would be meeting the bus. Before we could board, however, they gave us coats, rain pants, and cramp-ons. We met an older couple there who was unusually talkative. Their names were Glen and Margaux. Margaux had this strange way of talking to you in which she would always say your name when addressing you. We talked with them for a few minutes before boarding the bus. The bus ride took us back in the direction from which we’d come. After only about 20 minutes we were at the parking lot where the trail to the glacier began. The path out to the glacier took us over the remains of where the glacier was only a few hundred years ago. [read on]

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Glacial Preparations

Tuesday, November 9th, 2004

Day 7 – Te Anau to Franz Josef

Consider how tired we’d been, we got a relatively early start towards Wanaka. Traveling to Wanaka required us to do the only backtracking of our whole trips on the South Island. We knew that we wanted to get to Franz-Josef to do some glacier hiking, but it was still undecided whether we might do a full-day or half-day. I entertained myself on the drive to Wanaka by looking at the New Zealand guides and writing on my computer. When we’d arrived in Wanaka and it was only noon though, it seemed we should continue on, for we were making good time. So, scratching the plan to do a day hike in Wanaka, we continued on up the West Coast, where the weather grew increasingly dismal and progressively rainier. [read on]

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