This is the first part of my ski touring adventure on the Tasman Glacier in the Mount Cook region in the South Island of New Zealand, with Ewan and our ever patient guide Dave!
Ski Touring, New Zealand, 2010
 
Ewan prepared for anything
 
 
Mount Cook airport
 
Do it yourself baggage handling
 
 
The Tasman Glacier
 
Ice shelf raised up from the lake
 
 
 
 
 
 
Skinning up the mountain
 
Top of the world
 
Perfect S’s on the way down!
Is he sprouting comedy ears?
 
Quick way to the first floor
Hanging around
Ewan and me at the Kelman Hut
Pouring a whisky
View from the Kelman Hut
The toilet block!
Sunrise
 
 
Dave our plucky guide with Ewan
 
 
Skinning up
 
Rescued from the glacier
 
A well earned beer (or two)