Tight squeeze!

Franz Josef and Fox Glacier

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January 22nd 2007
I have been on many glaciers in the alps but this place is unreal. Imagine glaciers starting at sea level near the sea which is surrounded by rainforest. It just doesn't seem real. Instead of the normal hikes people do I did ice climbing. This involved a 5 hour walk on the glacier followed by picking walls and scaling them with crampons and ice picks. Very demanding but a bloody good buz. I eve ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more