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.Day 51 - The actual snowy tramp (**photo essay alert**)
I have been hard at work, so I have not had the opportunity to take photos today.
I thought it would nice to share a few photos from my recent trip:
This photo was taken in the morning when the roads were still closed (the sky needs fixing). We were going up Tongariro (the snowy mountain to the right).
The pointy mountain in the distance is Ngauruhoe. There is another mountain called Ruapehu (not on this photo). They are the only snow covered places on the north island of New Zealand usually.
After a 2 hours tramp from the base carpark, we were greeted with this view at Ketetahi hut on Tongariro.
Our group had a "Summit Luncheon", which was a full on costumed lunch party. The theme was 'James Bond'.
After lunch, we put on our jackets again and did some relatively more serious alpining; treading through snow and ice for about 1.5 hours to Emerald Lake, which was frozen and unfortunately not marble green like it would be in summer. We headed back down to the hut for dinner and stayed the night before heading down.
The trip was not a serious tramp per say, since the Luncheon was always intended to be the highlight.
I thought it would nice to share a few photos from my recent trip:
This photo was taken in the morning when the roads were still closed (the sky needs fixing). We were going up Tongariro (the snowy mountain to the right).
The pointy mountain in the distance is Ngauruhoe. There is another mountain called Ruapehu (not on this photo). They are the only snow covered places on the north island of New Zealand usually.
After a 2 hours tramp from the base carpark, we were greeted with this view at Ketetahi hut on Tongariro.
Our group had a "Summit Luncheon", which was a full on costumed lunch party. The theme was 'James Bond'.
After lunch, we put on our jackets again and did some relatively more serious alpining; treading through snow and ice for about 1.5 hours to Emerald Lake, which was frozen and unfortunately not marble green like it would be in summer. We headed back down to the hut for dinner and stayed the night before heading down.
The trip was not a serious tramp per say, since the Luncheon was always intended to be the highlight.
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Certainly looked like a fun day you had there! The last photo is something you'd want to print out and hand each one who attended a copy :) Review it 20~30 years later :)Posted September 8th, 2010 at 06:39 AM by noodlehaus
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Lovely set of pictures and good to read your story behind them.
Cheers, BriarPosted September 8th, 2010 at 02:49 PM by Briar
