In Dunedin I met up with my old friend Yukio Flinte and we took off for 3 days of tramping. We weren't really sure where we would go but ended up in the Mount Aspiring National Park near Wanaka. On the first night we stayed at Mount Aspiring Hut then on the second day we climbed up to French Ridge. It was a very steep climb. We went from 400m to around 1400m in about 4 hours. The first 2 hours were relatively flat just going along the Matukituki river and the next 2 hours were straight up. I was completely exhausted when we arrived at French Ridge Hut but after a lunch stop, I soon found the energy to keep climbing to get closer to the glacier. I reached the snow line but could only look at the Glacier as it was too far to reach. Here's a picture of it.
Then we headed back to the hut. On the last day we walked out, taking a side-trip to the Rob Roy glacier on the way. There we met a kea. Kea are alpine parrots native to New Zealand. They're like the monkeys of Monkey Mountain in Taiwan in that they like to steal food. Some poor tourists had their lunch stolen.
The long-drop at French Ridge Hut
Can you spot the two trout in the river?
Lake Wanaka
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