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Ice Climbing

Phil reaching the top of the 2nd ice wall.


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Blog: Day 21 - Ice Climbing at Franz Josef Glacier
Date: November 27th 2006

Phils Day...

Today I went Ice Climbing on the Franz Josef Glacier. The day started at 7.45am where we met our 2 glacier guides and 7 more participants (8 including myself). We headed off up the Franz Josef valley in a rickety old van which had a fragant smell of probably hundreds of other peoples sweat. nice. We parked and started walking up the valley until we met the glacier's terminal ... read more


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