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Day 24: Speed and
Melt of Glacier
Today's going
to be another relatively easy day for me and Ellen. All we have to do
is spend the morning walking up to the glacier face, take a couple of
simple measurements, and then return to town, from where a helicopter
will fly us up into the mountains to join the rest of the team. The morning
goes like a dream. The weather's perfect yet again; clear, blue
skies, and lots of warm sunshine.
 The
morning passes quickly, and by 3 pm, we've been helicoptered up
to Luncheon Rock (two thirds of the way up Franz Josef Glacier) to meet
up with Kathy, Jon and Mikey L. Their spirits seem high. They appear to
have had a pleasant night of it, and it looks like they‘re all still
speaking to each other. Mikey L tells of a scary moment when he went out
for a pee in the middle of the night. Apparently, he turned the wrong
way out of the Alma Hut, and made his way, unknowingly, to the edge of
a precipice. It's a good job that the glacier guide that stayed
with them overnight had banned alcohol, otherwise things may have been
even more hairy!
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