My posts can't keep up with my adventures. Sigh! There's much planned for this month and I assure you that much will be written about it when I return. But I have to clear my blog-debt first. I have to let you guys in on my previous great walk - Tongariro northern circuit. I did walked it in March and haven't had time to write about it.
I scribbled a few notes during the walk, while resting at Mangatepopo Hut. I might have written it in a more diary-entry fashion, so pardon the TMI moments. It's incomplete and incoherent, but here are my thoughts from 26th March 2016.
*** Transcript from Great Walk #3 - Tongariro northern circuit walk ***
It's only been a month, or has it!? From Nelson to Tongariro, off I came great-walk hopping. Life's moved at an incredible pace. Work has been more exciting than ever and I'm struggling to catch a break with women (this may or may not have always been the case). After a 5 day walk in the gorgeous Abel Tasman (the a/c of which I'm still recounting as I write this), I'm dropped on the footsteps of Mt. DOOM. For a third time, I'm here to scale the beast, Red Crater. But unlike the first two times, this is a whole lot better (read challenging). I've graduated from a day crosser (Tongariro crossing) to a proper hiker.
The Tongariro Northern Circuit is one of the great walks of NZ. I needn't elaborate for peeps who've read the previous posts, but for completeness great walks are pieces of incredible scenery stitched together in concise multi-day walks. As the lucky third, Tongariro was bound to be hard. It gave me comfort that I knew a fair bit of the terrain before getting there. Unfortunately having done a 23Kms crossing twice doesn't equal the 46Km Northern circuit. Although personally, we weren't keen on doing it, wasting away a good 4 day weekend was a shame. Milford track was my first choice but being the most popular great walk, it's impossible to get a booking this late in.
The three stooges were meant to do the walk but the two hobbits ended walking up to Mt Doom instead. Faiz, the drop out, decided to get hitched. Hurray for him, but we almost cancelled the trip if not for the trusty CC.
*** End of transcript ***
It's probably the vaguest entry that you'll see from me. Well, in my defence, I had just walked more than 20Km and scaled a bloody volcano that very day. After reading that transcript, it's clear that I didn't have a chance to finish what I started that day (I was busy socialising), so I'll try to dive back into my penseive (harry potter style) and bring to life those three days in a fresh post.
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