Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
With financial reality biting hard, Rachel struck out on her own by paying over $100 dollars to attack the face of Franz Josef Glacier with crampons and ice climbing gear. I settled on a tramp around the mountainside to the best vantage point i could find without paying for the privilege. Armed with my sophisticated ration pack (a bag of cookies, a litre of fruit juice and a can of insect repellent) and my ill fitting Adidas Sambas i set out on my solitary ascent...