Climbing karioi
In some places chains have been added to help over rough terrain .
The view was sort-of-ok I suppose :smile:
That's Raglan in the distance ...
55 minutes to the top , 45 minutes back down and some more pics right across the road at the bottom which is actually the top of the Te Toto gorge ....
And then one overdone sunset shot with a "sunset" filter and a ''gold'' filter at the same time ...
A few months later I went back up with a 63 year old man - he left me behind . We both got to the top in 50 minutes but I was finished - I needed to get fit again . I started exercising a bit again and went back and did it in 47 minutes . Apparently some of the fitter runners do it in half that time .
Sept 6 2008 :
Today I visited a new town and when I looked back at Karioi in the distance [ close to my home ] and saw how good the weather was for a change I decided it was time to climb it ...
3pm I was at the start of the climb to the lookout rated at 2 hours .
The beginning of the track is close to the sea right next to "Te Toto gorge" .
Past a dead tree with lots of potential .
Today I visited a new town and when I looked back at Karioi in the distance [ close to my home ] and saw how good the weather was for a change I decided it was time to climb it ...
3pm I was at the start of the climb to the lookout rated at 2 hours .
The beginning of the track is close to the sea right next to "Te Toto gorge" .
Past a dead tree with lots of potential .
Sept 6 2008 :
Today I visited a new town and when I looked back at Karioi in the distance [ close to my home ] and saw how good the weather was for a change I decided it was time to climb it ...
3pm I was at the start of the climb to the lookout rated at 2 hours .
The beginning of the track is close to the sea right next to "Te Toto gorge" .
Past a dead tree with lots of potential .
At one point there's a ladder Today I visited a new town and when I looked back at Karioi in the distance [ close to my home ] and saw how good the weather was for a change I decided it was time to climb it ...
3pm I was at the start of the climb to the lookout rated at 2 hours .
The beginning of the track is close to the sea right next to "Te Toto gorge" .
Past a dead tree with lots of potential .
In some places chains have been added to help over rough terrain .
The view was sort-of-ok I suppose :smile:
That's Raglan in the distance ...
55 minutes to the top , 45 minutes back down and some more pics right across the road at the bottom which is actually the top of the Te Toto gorge ....
And then one overdone sunset shot with a "sunset" filter and a ''gold'' filter at the same time ...
A few months later I went back up with a 63 year old man - he left me behind . We both got to the top in 50 minutes but I was finished - I needed to get fit again . I started exercising a bit again and went back and did it in 47 minutes . Apparently some of the fitter runners do it in half that time .