icerock
Extreme Travels lll
Eager to get underway, we head outside to where the snowmobiles are parked with their engines running, we went through the operation and safety instructions. And in the small print, explains what to do if we get lost: “Stop and we’ll find you – you won’t find anything,” Not encouraging.
Nevertheless, the prospect of actually having to confront my fear of driving one of these machines is not especially appealing. So, when I find out that one on the team is there to assistant me (the guides reasoning being that the photographer needs more freedom)
I panic. Before I even have time to conjure up a decent excuse for chickening out I hit the accelerator and follow the guide and the rest of the group up the hill or where ever we are going. Even at 20 km/hour, fear quickly turns to an adrenaline rush. This isn’t so bad.
“Do I lean in or away from the turn?” I try to remember. Even the simple laws of gravity seem too complex to grasp when I’m nervously trying to remember all of guide instructions.
Our first stop allows us to soak in the panoramic view of the glacier below and the countryside. Cold is there and also the beauty of this powerful country.
Extreme Travels lll
Eager to get underway, we head outside to where the snowmobiles are parked with their engines running, we went through the operation and safety instructions. And in the small print, explains what to do if we get lost: “Stop and we’ll find you – you won’t find anything,” Not encouraging.
Nevertheless, the prospect of actually having to confront my fear of driving one of these machines is not especially appealing. So, when I find out that one on the team is there to assistant me (the guides reasoning being that the photographer needs more freedom)
I panic. Before I even have time to conjure up a decent excuse for chickening out I hit the accelerator and follow the guide and the rest of the group up the hill or where ever we are going. Even at 20 km/hour, fear quickly turns to an adrenaline rush. This isn’t so bad.
“Do I lean in or away from the turn?” I try to remember. Even the simple laws of gravity seem too complex to grasp when I’m nervously trying to remember all of guide instructions.
Our first stop allows us to soak in the panoramic view of the glacier below and the countryside. Cold is there and also the beauty of this powerful country.