Tongariro Alpine Crossing - 19.4km of trekking!  

Posted by Nigel J. W. Ong







On the way - stopped for a evening sandwich in some small town.




here we go!


first kilometer up


5 k - thats when the climbing and pain starts...

stopped for a break - mount doom here i come!


mount Ngaruhoe - perhaps more known as Mount Doom in the Lord of The Rings Trilogy.

Brought out my kilt and took a fancy shot halfway up the mountain.

rest - and a bottle of crisp fresh beer comes to mind


3 bottle of shining corona - shaken too much due to the walk.


the boyz doing some funny shots.






one of the hell holes around - all they do is excreting smelly fart-like gases. geothermal activity bro!



that pool is full of sulphur, and for christ sake, dun even think about bathing there!


halfway there... stopped by for another break.

tired but still trying hard to smile...



downhill hikes...



the team - me, jess, alicia, fred, joe.

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4 comments

cool! is that where they filmed lord of the rings??!!!

March 5, 2009 8:03 AM

yup. but there are a lot of other locations as well used to shot LOTR around NZ. this is one of them.

March 5, 2009 10:24 AM

Looked like a lot of fun!

We did about the same thing last year!
Guna, Nesa & I!

March 5, 2009 9:20 PM

Nige, this is so so cool!!! keep on standing and playing hard there! >_<

March 6, 2009 5:26 PM

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