Day 9 - Glacier Hike

Hello, from sunny Kandersteg. Firstly, apologies for the break in service, but we've had wifi issues and Josh has added some bits but had to go to hospital yesterday with an abscess. He's OK, and we're hoping to have him back later today. Yesterday we were up at 4.45am and got trains to Frutigen then Spiez then Brig. From there we walked to Brig Bahnhofplatz (across the road) and got the mountain railway to Betten Talstation then cable car to Bettmeralp where we met Bernhard & Peter Stucky, our guides for our day. The daay involved walking on the Grosse Aletschglacier, which (at 23km) is the longest in the Alps. Apparently it weighs about 27bn tons! Unfortunately I wasn't actually on this walk; me, Roger and Mick accompanied Jack (who was injured) to a gondola then up to Bettmerhorn, where we were able to watch our group on the ice and enjoy a bowl of chips. We were back an hour earlier than planned and had dinner then went to the International Campfire. Bedtime routine was very good - they were all so exhausted! Some spectacular photos later...!