February 10th takes me to Franz Josef, NZ where a giant glacier exists in the middle of a rain forest. Crazy, but so awesome! The Franz Josef Glacier originates in the Southern Alps and descends into the Westland National Park. I took a guided hike of the glacier and it was amazing! We had to hike about 3 miles just to get to the actual ice and then were on the ice for about 2 hours. The guides cut steps for us and lead us over crevasses and what not. The guide company gave us all the gear, pants, jackets, boots, crampons...the whole nice yards. It really wasn't too cold though unless we hit a shady spot. The guide was wearing shorts, so it obviously wasn't that cold. Anyway, is was a moderately difficult hike and very worthwhile. There is nothing like being on a massive, moving piece of ice in the middle of a rain forest. Very unique!
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