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Day 6 - Franz Josef Glacier

Posted by jro-blog | 16th October 2009

Sue here doing todays blog on behalf of the girls. After a long and very wet drive the previous day we awoke to beautiful blue sky and sunshine which meant no postponement of the Glacier hike - dam it!!

After signing our lives away (and that of our children) we kitted up with boots, socks, raincoats, waterproof raintrousers and crampons (for those of you like me who had no idea what these were, spikey accessories to put onto your boots to stop you slipping - apparently).

Short 10 minute drive later and then a 2.5k walk we were at the bottom of the Glacier. After bypassing the 'Danger' sign climbing over the security fence by this point I was feeling pretty nervous but there was no turning back now. We elected to go in the second, slower group in the very capable hands of Zack (in shorts and pick-axe in hand) and crampons securely attached, we began our climb up some rather helpful stairs made of ice.

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