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Mt Taranaki - the eastern team Saturday 14 March
Up the eastern route to the summit. We went up via the ski field and Sharks Tooth. We joined the northern team on the route down. Then split at the junction on the route to head back to the cars. All 23 of us spent Saturday night at the 24 bunk backpackers quarters at the Stratford Motor Camp. On Sunday most of us did the loop walk to Dawson Falls.
Nice shot Pistol
We had a nice sunrise and view to Ruapehu & Ngarahoe
Warning signs!!
Start of the ski field...shame the chair lift wasn't operating
Queen Elisabeth (with the ski lodge and car park behind)
First stop the white hut at the end of the fence line
Come on you lot
Kane
The white shed
Monsta and DW
Karl
Righto off we go again...GUO is clearly happy
The landscape was stunning
Nicola and Kohen
Climbing up a crevice (not to be confused with a crevasse)
Helping hand
Now for the rock climbing
Another rest stop
The rock climbing was so much fun
And suddenly we were at the top
Down the chimney to the crater
We made the crater
Interesting shot showing 'real Karl' and 'ghost Karl'
Just a few metres to the top of Taranaki
Lunch at the top - happy days!
It was an awesome feeling...especially that 23 of us had all reached the top this day
Pistol and DW with the crater and sharks tooth behind
The 'Boys'
We met a man that had stupidly walked up with no shoes. He said he 'wanted to feel the mountain'...I say he wanted his head read
Packing up ready for the trip down
Across the crater
and down we went...the northern route this time
Scree run
GUO was still happy
Nicola and the North Egmont Visitor Centre (the start and end for the northern crew)
Down the 400 odd steps
Looking back to where we'd been
At the intersection of the tracks back to the north and east car parks
Monsta
The house that Wupert built
The car park coming into view
The sun setting over our days walk
The GPS track of our route up
The mountain the next morning
You'd think they'd never seen a mountain before...tourists huh!
Ting and Ariane
We did the Kapuni loop track Sunday...can you see the face?
Old relic - one of the oldest working power stations in the world
Older relics - some of the oldest people in the world
Dawson Falls
