fear and adrenalin

i just had to write again as i had a mad day yesterday. guess i spoke too soon about the weather as i had a day of gale force winds and plenty of rain in which to set off on my day walk to view the rob roy glacier. i would show you the photos of the glacier only my camera couldn't tell the difference between ice and clouds so you can't see it! but it was beautiful.
the walk to get there however was a bit scary. figure its ok to tell you all about it now i'm back safe and sound. so it was supposedly 15 mins across fields to get to a swing bridge, but the valley acted as a great wind tunnel so it was impossible to walk in a straight line the force of the wind against you was so strong. then the bridge was swinging well before i set foot on it. my next stop is queenstown where the norm is to pay out loads of money to skydive or bungy jump but forget that, you get a rush for free by walking across a swinging bridge in strong winds. i nearly turned back at that point, but figured it would be much more sheltered from the other side on as the path carried on below the treeline for most of the rest of the walk. so got across the bridge with adrenalin levels pretty high and beginning to question my sanity, only to find the track that was supposed to be more sheltered from there on had its own fear factors. obviously once in a while there is an avalanche or rockfall that crosses the track which is then patched up and signposted nicely as being a bit dangerous! well thats all very well if you're walking later on once its all been sorted out, but what about the poor people walking there when it happens?! i was a bit unnerved.
anyway after an hour or so i finally passed some other walkers which made me feel much better knowing that other people were as foolish as me, so it surely can't be that bad. although i did note that during the whole day i never saw another person walking alone - it was all couples or groups. last little fright was the thunderous sound of ice cracking when you stop at the top to look over at the glacier.
anyway, i'm back in one piece and it was a beautiful walk, and within limits i quite enjoy being a bit scared! might check out all the warnings a bit better before my next hike though. i am getting more clued up about the fact that one bad step and i could end up pretty injured. the walks i do are always popular enough that there will be people coming past within a short time, but still, i am taking care to avoid tree stumps and roots as i now know they get very slippy when wet, i don't plan to wear flip flops again and i try to slow myself when coming downhill! just so you know i am taking care of myself!