Greg, Ashlee and I went to Te Aroha (means the loving in Maori) to go walking, or "tramping" as it is called here.
We wanted to climb Butler's Incline, something we'd planned for a while but never got around to doing.
We knew it would be difficult, lol, but had no idea how difficult.
I had to stop 7 or 8 times.
I'm reasonably fit, but was totally knackered when I got to the top (see my next post).
Despite this I actually enjoyed the "torture".
From Greg's FB page:
Waiorongomia Valley Gold Mines.
We walked up the famous Buttlers Incline-just over 400 metres long at a 25-30 degree incline (approx 845 sleepsers/steps) The visitors guide map says it takes approx 30-45minutes. Today more like an hour+ of constant uneven climbing in 27C temp. Hot and humid as hell under the forest canopy.
We wanted to climb Butler's Incline, something we'd planned for a while but never got around to doing.
We knew it would be difficult, lol, but had no idea how difficult.
I had to stop 7 or 8 times.
I'm reasonably fit, but was totally knackered when I got to the top (see my next post).
Despite this I actually enjoyed the "torture".
From Greg's FB page:
Waiorongomia Valley Gold Mines.
We walked up the famous Buttlers Incline-just over 400 metres long at a 25-30 degree incline (approx 845 sleepsers/steps) The visitors guide map says it takes approx 30-45minutes. Today more like an hour+ of constant uneven climbing in 27C temp. Hot and humid as hell under the forest canopy.
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| This is me in the beginning still smiling |
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| I'm beyond exhausted |
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| I made it |
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