Howdy, I've hijacked Clare's blog for a couple of posts to stick some piccies up of my excursion across the Tongariro Northern Circuit . A couple of friends of mine, Derrilin and Mike, have been talking about doing for a couple of months and i decided to tag along as part of my New Year's resolution to loose some weight and get fit.
We 'trained' for about 6-8 weeks, going on walks around Wellington. The last three weeks, we loaded up some backpacks to simulate the weight we'd be carrying on our three day hike.
We drove up on a Wednesday, and stayed at a hotel in the The National Park village. Our hope was to beat the crowds and not end up tramping around with another 20 people. (Little did we realise how crap the weather was going to be on the first day!)
So the first night was getting our heads down in a relatively comfy bed and preparing for the journey ahead. Derrilin brought the 'smallest towel in the world along' as he thought it would be useful...
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