January 22nd was an all-day rain at Mt. Cook, with high winds too. We decided it was a good day to simply read, laze, blog, what have you. The remaining hikes in the area we had not already done were both step-climbs: stairs the DOC put in years ago up to tarns above the valley, one 1800 steps, the other, 1500 steps. January 23rd was a sunny day, and we pondered doing one of the tarns hikes, mostly to see the glaciers closer-up. But climbing such staircases seemed a poor idea for Vicki's knees, also descending them, and we decided to move on again, now toward Wanaka, Mt. Aspiring National Park, and the Rob Roy glacier hike we love.
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Amazing to me how many people went hiking despite the rain;
I guess maybe they had deadline issues |
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| Next day, before we left, Rooby is just visible on the left |
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| Glacier-view from the Whitehorse campground |
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| Thus |
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| Last look toward Mt. Sefton and the area |
1 comment:
Yep, all those stairs would not be good for the knees. I don't even like going up one flight!
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