Queenstown
Friday 26th August 2005
In Queenstown since last night and today I climbed Ben Lomond (up and down in 4.5 hours against a recommended time 0f 6 to 8). Only met one other climber all day - he was coming up to the saddle as I was coming down to it. A lot of mountain to have to oneself. Quite steep and slippy with hard snow and ice on top - I could have done with an ice axe. Yesterday we visited Mount Cook and I jogged up to the end of the Tasman Glacier and back to get some closer up photos. It was quite busy there. Tomorrow and Sunday I'm doing things with Dylan (jet skiing/white water rafting and bungy jumping etc - he does it and I watch)and Monday we'll jointly visit the fox and franz joseph glaciers. Queenstown is very picturesque and a nice place to spend a few days after all the driving we have been doing. I might do a day trip on the Routeburn Track from Glenorchy on Sunday, but shall make a decision on that later. Tonight we ate sushi. The souvenier shops we visited this afternoon all seem to be run by Koreans with restaurants above the shops, so we might try Korean cuisine before leaving.
posted by Fred 65 @ 1:19 AM
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