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    Rest break with Ty contemplating his OK...can we just get back down already?? Views[195] Oh, there you are. Views[189] Hello...where did you all go? Views[163] Todd is displaying a nice form on the
     
    No, Nancy...I'm not lost. That's a different tour group. Views[176] That's better...can't see the gray in the beard. Views[164] Where's all that gray hair coming from?? Views[182] View from the second ice-fall...time to go back to town. Views[174] The guy on the left (Tim) and the two gals (Jade and Leah) are from England. They saved for 3 years then quit their jobs to take a 4 month trip through New Zealand and Australia. Views[199]
     
    In New Zealand, they call them What you can't see is the small tunnel at my feet you had to go through in order to get to that narrow crevice. Views[177] Look out below!! Views[173] Give her another swing, Ty. Views[168] Die, ice...Die!!! Views[180]
     
    Series of shots here...see the cornice at the upper left edge of the ice? Ty didn't like the look of it. Views[162] Ty made us all tired just watching him with that ice-ax. He was constantly cleaning of cutting steps. Views[187] OK...enough with the glacier pictures. Views[151] We all had Look, ma...no filters. Views[168]
     
    Cool color. huh? Views[151] Ty figured this tunnel had only just become passable and hoped they could use if for a few weeks. Views[156] Traffic jam at the Franz Josef tunnel Views[143] Look at the texture and color of the ice in the shade. Views[145] There is is...the blue ice Views[159]
     
    Almost there... just around the corner. Views[130] So...how often did you say the ice shifts? Views[129] Follow the bread crumbs. Views[185] ...and, down the other side. Views[132] Wow...steep steps. Views[144]
     
    See...I really was there. Views[172] Ty found a new cave...but they had to cut some serious steps for us to get there. Views[136] While we're eating lunch, Ty is off looking for new trails...see him on the crest up to the left? Views[194] Lunch break Views[162] Look at all the criss-crossing fault lines... Views[220]
     
    The ice moves at 1 m/day and takes about 80 years for snow falling at the top to travel to the tail of the glacier. Views[193] Wait...wasn't there nine of us a minute ago? Views[177] This pile of rock was deposited after a lake formed in the ice and suddenly burst out. Views[184] Small waterfall off the rain forest on the sides of the glacial gorge. Views[162] People in the canyon give you some perspective of size. Views[173]
     
    Such lush foliage in proximity to this huge sheet of ice. Views[155] View to the next ice-fall Views[146] Inside the ice-fall...where the ice sheet breaks up falling down a cliff then reforms at the bottom. Views[136] Semi-cool ice cave...better one coming up. Views[150] View down the valley. Views[192]
     
    Now, who brought the really big carrot for the nose? Views[180] Up and over... Views[182] This tunnel was only 4 days old and they expected it would be gone in 1-2 days. Views[156] Everyday the guides have to come out and cut new trails because the prior days tours chew it up and the sun and wind melt it away. Views[163] Looking back down the valley that drains the Franz Josef Glacier. Views[178]
     
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