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Weleft the Chateau camping ground at. 8.00 am, or was it 7.00 am. It depended upon whether gr not time was recorded in daylight saving or Wew Zealand standard. Two hours later, we heard the singing of the climbers:on:the bluffs _ by Mangatuipopo Hut. There we met the first of hordes of'school kids, meny cf “Wop were about to climb Ngauruhoe. Not to be outdone, we climbed : it too, 1 hour 20 up, 17 minutes down. We spent an hour on eOp. No view, but the crater was worth it. We. ‘camped at. “Blue. at on & “pédeh: Sunday was sort of fine, sort of cloudy. .A-trip across the N North Crater and then on to dlimb Tongariro where our of. ‘the natser came the ‘'FEs'. Down to Ketetahi for. ay bathe. dunch and, -out to. the. pus. Topic for eee ~ is Matthew 4 school : boy, or. a. student? Those on the ie dpe were peony, “Holland. (leader), Rozlyn Greenfield, Peter Jackson, Matthew Komesky; Mike Holiis, Neil Smart, Stuart Lusty, and Kit Withers.