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Centennial Hut is an alpine hut in New Zealand above Franz Josef glacier. We first became enchanted by this hut when we saw a picture of it at the Banff Film Festival hosted by the New Zealand Alpine Club. Having just finished a high alpine skills course ourselves where we climbed neighbouring 2,900m peak Mt Walter we decided to try and bag our first 3,000m peak, The Minarets, which is located a few kilometres from Centennial Hut. Unfortunately the recent run of incredibly hot weather had opened up a large number of crevasses on the face. We set a boot track the day before and headed off at 3:30am to make an attempt anyway. A pair of more experienced climbers had set off ahead of us and we watching them zig-zagging across the face to avoid the crevasses. We learned that the upper crevasses were impassible so the four of us retreated and climbed up Frechay Col instead for some views. Centennial Hut requires a helicopter to get there and this video would not have been possible without the support of The Helicopter Line! To get to Centennial Hut yourself check them out at: http://www.helicopter.co.nz/ To read about our experience at Centennial Hut check out the blog Jenna put together: http://www.stokedforsaturday.com/2016/02/adventures-at-centennial-hut/ About the Series: Living a Kiwi Life is about a Canadian couple (me and Jenna) who have lived in Canada all our lives and made the decision to move to New Zealand having never gone there before. We quit our jobs, sold our houses and cars and left everything we knew to explore an unknown. Stoked for Saturday Links: Blog: http://www.stokedforsaturday.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stokedforsaturday Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stokedforsaturday Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Stoked4Saturday Snapchat: @stoked4saturday Music: KingLeo – An Adventure (audiojungle.net) Shot with: GoPro Hero 4 http://bit.ly/GoProHero4Camera DJI Phantom 2 Drone http://bit.ly/DJIPhantom2Drone Canon 5D Mark III http://bit.ly/Canon5DMarkIIICamera Canon 16-35mm F/2.8L lens http://bit.ly/Canon16-35mm Canon 70-200mm F/4L lens http://bit.ly/Canon70-200mmLens Glidecam HD-2000 http://bit.ly/GlideCam2000 For business inquiries and licensing email info@stokedforsaturday.com