08.03.2010
1st trek after pausing for waaaayyyyy too long was the Rob Roy Glacier, together with Amanda and Damien.
Was more a nice walk as the way itself was not too challenging, but nevertheless it was a really nice day!!! :)
To road out there was a looong gravel road. If the car is still working after the way out and back, u can be sure it won't break down too soon ;)
The fords were at least dry and not flooded...
...and to just hang around a little while :)
carpark and start of the walk up. It's supposed to be round 5h back, if I remember it right
nice to have views like this every once a while
every step brings us closer to the glacier :)
lot's of waterfalls everywhere...
in the Te Pappa museum in Welly I saw a video about some guys doing base jumps down there. That must be such a stunning thing to do!!!
the setting of it all is just sooo nice
hat's already a bit further then the “official” end of the trek. If a trek ends and it's not yet the the top of the mountain it just doesn't feel right... but after several more meters on paths that were more or less (depends on your imagination ;) ) visible, we decided to turn round. We could have walked there for some more hours I guess, still without reaching something like a summit. Was fun anyway :)
thats the ice opposite of the treks end. Every few mins we could hear and sometimes see some little ice avalanches going down
was already towards sunset, so the light was once more fantastic and got better and better
Amanda and Damien on the swing bridge 15mins away from the carpark
singletrail?! ;)
last view back... Was a real lovely day out here!! Perfect for the 1st walk/trek after few weeks :)
1 comment:
Beautiful photographs and fantastic memeories. Was such a gorgeous day and the glacier was stunning wasn't it. I still think of the beauty of New Zealand each day and how lucky I have been to have seen so much natural wonders. Enjoy!
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