Ruatoria, visit around
October 17, 2012
After discussing with Maila about the point of interest around this region, she advised me to go to Mount Hikurangi (Wiki). I will go tomorrow. I’m going to stay one night in a hut :-). Maila will bring me to the bottom before her work. She also recommended to visit the forest next to the city where we have a beautiful view from the top. That’s my plan for today :-)
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I’m not 100% sure but that’s the mountain I’m going to climb tomorrow. Maila said it takes generally 6h30 to reach the hut and 1h30 more to reach the summit.
She also confirmed that I was wrong about East Cape. The first place from where to see the sunrise is onto the top of Mount Hikurangi (Wiki) because it is the highest point of the region.
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On the way to the forest
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I asked to Maila if I could ride here but she recommend to go by walk. When I see that track it’s like it’s OK. I can try at least for the beginning :-)
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I asked Maila if I could ride here but she recommended to walk. When I see that track I feel totally fine, at least for now :-)
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It’s going up but it’s still possible to ride. Without my trailer I feel so light! My legs move by themselves :-)
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The atmosphere is a bit different here :-)
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Ah, the summit should not be far away I think.
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That’s the east coast view! I’m in the field with goats and sheep. Naturally they got afraid and ran away… I didn’t have the time to take a picture.
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Another goats’ gang is passing down to the hill front of me. They are escaping quickly since they saw me. The little black one is jumping down the hill.
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I continued along the track to see the other side. I can see Ruatoria down there.
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Mount Hikurangi (Wiki) must be one of these mountain but I cannot tell which one exactly.
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