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| On the rim |
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| Crossing over to the summit |
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| Ruapehu, another volcano, on whose slopes we spent Christmas, 2008, at Whakapapa; the relevant LOTR filming was done on Ruapehu, where there's a ski village and resort |
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| Actual summit of Ngauruhoe |
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| Summit selfie |
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| The trailhead and car park in the distance |
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| Up closer |
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| On the awful descent |
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| Looking back up; surprisingly, I got back down with no bruises nor abrasions and with no rips nor tears in my clothing |
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| It was still a two hour walk back to the carpark |
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| Vicki came out to meet me on the trail, and we were treated to a fine sunset behind Mt. Taranaki, a hundred miles away |
4 comments:
Gorgeous, but looks like a grueling hike!
Beyond grueling, worst I've ever done; not for any other mountain would I have done this.
Glad you made it back in one piece with another momentous hike under your belt.
This really does look scary!
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