He fights to live another day…
Posted by: cyberevolution in General, tags: Fragile Human Body, General, New Zealand Life, Real Life Adventure!Or is that the other way round??? :loopy:
well I did it?! I walked there and back again (but this was no Hobbits Tale?!)….went for a bit of a “tramp” (aka hiking) with Andrew (bossman) and Ann-Marie up the ridge line to the top of Mount Lowry, then on to Day’s Bay for a bite to eat, and then back by a ’slightly’ different route - probably the longest one we could take too!!
This whole round trip took somewhere in the region of six hours, yes you read that right six hours…..I am currently creamed crackered to the Nth degree. I may be having a lie in tomorrow that’s not entirley by choice. Still was worth it for the exercise since it is a close comparison to Mount Butler - I’ll be looking at walking this a few times (Rachel?? Bring it on!!) unfortunatley Mount Lowry is only 1224 feet high; but there are a lot more ups and downs (and if you walk our route back) some barely visible track and fallen trees to navigate around, which when you are trying to climb up to the ridge line is certainly a challenge!
The above picture was taken approximatley a quarter of the way to the top of Mount Lowry at the beginning. When I do this walk again, one lesson I have learned is that I will be taking a lot more fluids?! I needed to ration my water supply slightly on the way back. Anyhoooo…. one last photo for you picture junkies out there - this was taken of the “Shrooms” we saw along the way; and my guess is they could be bonifide Toadstools!!! Certainly looked the part…I’m currently boiling some up now to give em a try! (joke!!)
Fun Fun Fungi… (cough)
…(waits for tumble-weed)…
That about sums up today, I’m gonna grab an early night to sleep this whole thing off!
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