We arrived in Queenstown and had a place to stay for free. We had picked up four guys that were hitch hiking back home after doing this few day backpacking trip called the Routeburn. It starts in Queenstown and takes you over the hills into the next valley. We thought it looked like a cool trail so we decided to do it the next day. Most people do it in three days. My father and I decided to charge it through and were done in a day and a half. Probable the most beautiful hike I have ever done. You go way up into the alpine regions and hike near huge alpine lakes and along all these ridge lines with snow just above you.
After Queenstown we headed more up the west coast to the glacier areas. The two biggest glaciers in New Zealand are called Fox and Franz Josef. I have never been in a helicopter so I thought this would be the perfect place to splurge and ride in one over the glaciers. I also picked a perfect day and the mountains werent covered in clouds like usual. We even got to land on top of the mountains and walk around. My dad decided to not spend the money and go but I totally thought it was worth it!
The next day I went ice climbing at fox glacier for 8 hours. Man it was insane. I have been wanting to ice climb for so long!! It was for sure a dream come true. I cant wait to take my skills back to California.
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