Roger Hodson presented a brilliant opportunity last week, 3 days touring around Brewster Glacier.
All in the name of science, geography.
Andrea from Switzerland was here to measure snow accumulation on the Brewster. So there we were skinning about with drills, conduit, flagging tape, probing for the glacier below, digging density pits. Heaven
Great to make the first turns of 08' out in the backcountry. Stunning wind crust that ranging from breakable to bullet proof and yet only 1 or 2 inches thick. Found some awesome turns on one aspect that just made it all so good!!!!!
Makarora
No there is not anyone in those boots , maybe we could transport more folks that way though
Great to have Harvey Hutton flying again
Camping by the terminal lake
Easy access to the Glacier
The first night was windy and cold, spin drift and all with the days being sunny and warm, it just got better and better... with the anticyclone moving over NZ, Perfect
All for the greater good of science
So when you are grovelling around on the Glacier later in the winter in a white-out and you bump into one of thesemarkers don't make the mistake that they are a flagged route off the Glacier
The density kit storage box proved itself a worthwhile companion, with all its real estate you would think the University of Otago and all the w@#$ that it loves to spout about itself, would be able to shell out for a digital set of scales and a nice small pelican box to keep the nick knacks in!!!!
Timing is everything, Harvey picking us up 40mins late, just as we watching the sun drop into the Horizon.
Roger travelling with the rice and chickens in steerageCheck out the turns in the crustiness
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