Sunday 2nd December

We were booked for a walk on the glacier. The weather was forecast to be rain and high winds so we thought the trip was unlikely to take place. We were lucky. The cloud stayed away and the trip went ahead. A short helicopter ride dropped us on the ice. We put on crampons before our guides led us off. We spent more than 3 hours clambering through crevasses and over ice boulders before being lifted back to base. Then the clouds came in and all other trips were cancelled. We took a short drive to the ocean at Okarito to walk along the deserted beach. The low cloud merged with the ocean and the waves rolled in. Twisted driftwood tumbled smooth by wind and surf littered the foreshore. It was then back to the room for a rest before a take away pizza.