sarac_energizer:
3-11 002 S Isl travel
sarac_energizer:
3-17 214 4-hr guided walk, valley up past terminal moraine onto glacier
sarac_energizer:
3-17 215 (7) 5km track to village closed due to flooding from 24 hrs of rain, 2 out of 3 days here
sarac_energizer:
3-17 216 Westland NP, World Heritage Area, west of Southern Alps' Main Divide
sarac_energizer:
3-17 219 Franz Josef Glacier descent into lush rainforest, only glaciers reach from mtn top to sea, world's steepest & fastest flowing
sarac_energizer:
3-17 221
sarac_energizer:
3-17 222 raging Waiho River flowing out from under glacier
sarac_energizer:
3-17 224 guided past terminal face of glacier
sarac_energizer:
3-17 226 looking back at the valley
sarac_energizer:
3-17 227 outfitted with rain jackets & pants, boots, wool gloves & cap and red bag for crampons, not allowed to wear cotton, worn over your own warm clothes
sarac_energizer:
3-17 241
sarac_energizer:
3-17 252 first time in crampons, these blue ice caves can melt down in one day
sarac_energizer:
3-17 259 up & down between crevasses.
sarac_energizer:
3-17 260 guides carry axes to cut steps as needed due to continually shifting ice
sarac_energizer:
3-17 278
sarac_energizer:
3-17 286 guidelines anchored into ice
sarac_energizer:
3-17 290
sarac_energizer:
3-17 294
sarac_energizer:
3-17 299 Fox Glacier track closed due to flooding from recent heavy rain
sarac_energizer:
3-17 300
sarac_energizer:
3-17 304
sarac_energizer:
3-17 305
sarac_energizer:
3-17 307
sarac_energizer:
3-17 310
sarac_energizer:
3-17 312 (4) drive over Haast Pass at 563m
sarac_energizer:
3-17 313 Thunder Creek Falls on Haast River flowing west into Tasman Sea
sarac_energizer:
3-18 320 2-hr scenic flight with Dean from Wanaka over Southern Alps
sarac_energizer:
3-18 321 (420)
sarac_energizer:
3-18 322 (418)
sarac_energizer:
3-18 327 flying over Lake Wanaka
