We did a tramp, up Mt Herbert. Two of my flatmates, three friends and two dogs wanted to climb the 919 meters from sea level. It is the highest point of the Banks Peninsula, near Christchurch. The farmer (and m friend) didn’t like the dogs on his property much, so we had to tie them off somewhere. At the beginning we had great weather. But the higher we got, the more clouds surrounded us. Our lunch break was basically in the clouds. No more sun. It got quite cold — for some people.
But the show must go on, so up we go… the last part of the walk way was not that interesting anymore. We followed the “road” to the summit. The last “10 minutes” where steep. It was nice to reach the top (it would have been even nicer with a clear sky). On the way down we tried to find the shelter, which was a little other direction then the way down… But because it gets dark so early now we had to turn around and “hurry” down the hill. One of my flatmates managed to twist his ankle… so the last 30min took us a bit longer.
Then the drive back to Christchurch… waa those streets are crazy. Hardly any markings of the road boundaries. Crazy.