Mount Cook Escapades
[picture courtesy : the Internet] Day 4. [Mount Cook] I should've learnt a lesson when I fell on my behind one too many times during that hike to Roy’s Peak, and got myself a proper hiking shoes. I should've learnt a lesson when the reality of Roy's Peak was marred too badly by our expectations, and set a realistic hope. I should've learnt a lesson when the weather report had said sunny and yet the visibility had been 0.5% at the peak, and not trusted the weather forecast of "some suns in the afternoon". I should've. I didn't. When we set out of Wanaka, the weather was sunny. So far so good. I meant to buy a pair of hiking shoes but then I thought we were going to do the Hooker VALLEY track; we won't be going too far up to even see snow. I had all but given up seeing lupins (what a silly dream it was), seeing a clear sky was proving to be miraculous. The drive from Wanaka to White Horse Hill Campsite, which is the starting point of th