In the interest of revealing what Ian and I were up to in New Zealand, we have a final set of photos from our trip! After Abel Tasman, we headed South to Nelson for a day - we spent a day recovering, taking showers, and finished off the day with a very tasty Indian meal and some local micro-brew pilsner. After a few beers, we decided it would be a good idea to climb one of the higher mountains on the northern part of the South island, Mt. Owen.
We packed our bags again, headed up a muddy canyon (into the rain), and camped at the trailhead (in the rain), preparing to start the 5000 ft ascent the next day. The next morning, we started out on the hike, which was actually straight up.
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| Most of the trail was marked with orange triangles. There's always an orange triangle about 500 ft higher than you are. |
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| We're not going up there, are we? |
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| Yeah, we are going up there. |
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| We went to the "Mt. Owen Massif" |
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| Hiking through alpine fields |
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| This is the unmarked way to the peak and the path we took. |
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| One of Ian's sweet nighttime photos of Mt. Owen. Check out the stars. |
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| Taking a break in the middle of the granite maze. |
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| We had to watch out for these sorts of things - 25 ft pits randomly interspersed in snowfields. They hurt. |
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| Ian celebrates. |
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