Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
Greymouth to Franz Josef - Wednesday 7th & Thursday 8th December 2011.
After a rather slow 11am start and a second coach jump start for the week, we're finally on our way to Franz Josef and the Rain forest retreat hostel for a half day glacier walk. This was a half day walk up onto the Franz Josef glacier which took a good 4 hours, up some tough inclines and made that little bit easier with snow crampons.
Upon arriving at the base centre we were kitted up f...