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Published: January 28th 2009
Fox Glacier is a miracle to me. The base is only 200m above sea level and the top is only about 700, I think. why does it not melt awy faster? I am told that there is a large basin at the top which feeds into ice and the glacier moves down the gorge at 1 meter per day. It was receding until 1985 and now it is growing again very slowly. It is an amazing experience to go up onto the ice itself and see the crevasses and qwater running along the top and down into the 'moulins' - holes only to reappear at the base as a river. The walk to the glacier goes along the hillside and covers 700 steps upwards. One of our party felt faint and had to return - a shame. The ice steps are cut every day since the ice is forever melting and changing. If anyone passes this area it is a must to do. The weather was very warm and sunny again today, which is unusual since it rains 200 days per year. I got lucky. Tommorrow I have a long hard ride to Ross. I am now carbo loading and resting. My leg has been good for the past three days, so let's hope it stays that way.
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Richard Jnr
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Sounds Great So Far
Hi Pop. Glad to hear your having a good time & the leg is holding up. That bloke at the dodgy hostel sounds like a moron. Perhaps you should write to the Lonely Planet & Rough Guide when you get back so they can be wary of reccommending that place. I always sway books with other travellers at hostels when I need a book. Sometimes hostels have a book shelf where you can find a new book & leave your old one & they don't mind. Kind of an honesty system. I've read some classic over the years from this method, including Joesph Conrad's Heart's of Darkness. England is grey & wet at the moment. No frosts at the moment but it's set to go below zero saturday night in the Peak District for this stag weekend I've organised. There are 14 of us in a farmhouse cottage. Hill walking & a meal at country pub supplanting strip clubs & discoteques as the pastimes of choice for the modern man! Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip & may the wind be always behind you.x