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jayoma

Climbing Mount Doom!

Mar 08, 2011 11:25

Remember way back when I put together a to-do list of things to be accomplished in New Zealand? Well, I can officially cross “Climb Mount Doom” off the list now. Well, sort of. Let me explain.

As soon as I made the conscious decision to leave Taupo for real and start traveling around the country, the weather spontaneously decided to do a ( Read more... )

ruapehu, hiking, ngauruhoe, mount doom, tongariro, new zealand

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Mt. Doom anonymous March 12 2011, 03:36:06 UTC

Beautiful country and great descriptions of your journey/adventure. Parts of it kind of reminds me of Lassen Park. I was wondering where all the trees were but then you talked about coming back into tree line. So you must have been pretty high in elevation. Can't wait to hear about Wellington in the next post. Dad

Re: Mt. Doom jayoma March 15 2011, 08:13:40 UTC

Yeah, it was pretty awesome! I don't know about the elevation, but it was about 19km altogether for the hike, which is quite a ways uphill. Glad you liked it! Wellington soon to come!

Mt. Doom madre27 March 27 2011, 12:53:03 UTC

Finally gott to this one. I didn't realize how much you've written. I just spent a week touring with you after reading this post and Wellington. You are an amazing writer and brochure writer.

Re: Mt. Doom jayoma March 27 2011, 22:56:03 UTC

Aww, shucks. Don't make me blush. You know me, I just can't summarize. It's annoying in person but useful when writing a short novel. Look forward to South Island soon!