{"id":1900,"date":"2024-02-22T22:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T09:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2024-02-22T23:47:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:47:53","slug":"its-not-the-mountain-we-conquer-but-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/its-not-the-mountain-we-conquer-but-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

February 21 and 22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary<\/a> was the first person to summit Mt Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay<\/a>. Hillary was from NZ and used Mt Cook\/Aoraki<\/a> as his training grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from the 5:15 a.m. alarm this morning, I think today was my favorite day of the trip so far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunrise view driving into Mt Cook Nat\u2019l Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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We drove about an hour and a quarter to Mt Cook\/Aoraki (\u201ccloud piercer\u201d in M\u0101ori) <\/a>to arrive in time for our 8:00 tour with Glacier Explorers<\/a>, the only glacial boat tour in NZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We boarded a bus to the Tasman Valley<\/a> and walked about 20 minutes to the jetty where our boat was waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We spent an hour on Tasman Glacial Lake<\/a>, NZ\u2019s largest glacier, learning about the glacier and dodging icebergs on our little yellow speed boat, specially crafted in NZ for this unique experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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