Saturday, February 4, 2017

Mt. Cook / Hooker Valley Hike

This was a very long hike, 8 miles round-trip, but it wasn't particularly difficult although there were several swinging bridges high above gushing glacial rivers to cross. Terry, a structural engineer in the group, declared the bridges quite sound, although I'm not sure how comforted Jennifer, who isn't super-thrilled with heights, was by this assessment. 


photo by Terry L. 
The hike ended with the Hooker Glacier in the background, icebergs floating in front of us, and a picnic lunch with a view.