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POUND THE MOUNTAINS. (May. 23-15) Es Be notes "See peewee sg 5. 30am we made use of the facilities provided and nad our in a~kitchen!~ Moving off past the Chateau befforé ‘7am we were able to , wateh the sun ¢ome up :as.we strolled along the track towards Mangatepepo. Stopping-by the- nut -enly to take a photo of Ngauruhoe, we acec off into ths’ snowsand up into South Crater, ° Trying to: save some time by sidling® ‘below: Emerald. Lakes) we had to negotiate a bluff. As Eric passed’ Glen's’ pack.down to him it got away ani tumbled down the hill, to everybody but.the Trip Leader's delight. Shortly afterwards we rejoined the track.on its = to Oturere and had lunch at ‘the hut there,” the f A ai wo # i 4 er eo ite ike aaa
SEE age. in past Mew Waihohonu Hut, we exenituakiy:. coached the road to fukino as the sun Was setting. Tt was Gark when we reached Rangipo Hut but within an hour wé were heartily tucking into mounds of, macaroni eheese, followed by instant pud, a brew and’then our pits. sunday ;morning and Mike was up before dawn to photograph a sunrise over wne Faimanawas. Away by 8am- ‘we travelled around the southern side of iit, Puapehu and arrived at Mangaheuhu=Hut in. time.for an_early lunch. Lounging 2round absorbing the sunshine-we: admired crispy clear views of Suapehu and Girdlestone Peaks. ph fate “Va site plodding through loads of mud we reached the scenic Waitonga Falls on the early afternoon. We met some tourists. with movie cameras around ‘where and sure enough 10 minutes later we were at the road, After basking Tn the sun for awhile we wandered off cdown the road. to the tarseal where ws had a brew -and waited for the bus : —) oe Visitors to the Pongariro National Park were: ~" Ts, oe ‘ Glen Turner (leader), Mat Comeskey, Mike Moran, Peter Hodge, tie Evans, Greg Ord (agar ties ha. Ped ot ae Ee :