In the mountains again

Wow! It's so good to be in the mountains again, and these mountains are like none I have ever seen. My buddy and I have gotten to meet incredible people, do some trekking into the hills, camp on a glacier, stay with a friend, and make some plans for this next week. We have gotten lucky in every aspect except one night of bad weather. We were in the shadows of Mt. Cook camping when we met a guide from Canada looking for some guys to climb with. We immediately made plans to get up onto a glacier the next morning. After trekking for most of the day we got onto the glacier. In just a few minutes the weather turned on us. We were getting knocked over by the winds. Our new friend estimated the winds at 90 Km/hour! The rain was pelting us and we were barely able to get ice screws into the glacier and anchor our tents in before our hands were freezing. We warmed up in our sleeping bags and rode out the crazy storm all night. The next day we woke up to beautiful views of Mt. Cook and the surrounding glaciers. I would love to write more, but internet is expensive here. I will try to keep blogging and putting pics on.