NOW TO NAVIGAT THE BLOG

To view everything on our blog follow these simple directions:
#1 - The most recent blog posts are immediately below these instructions. As you scroll down the page you can get to older posts by clicking the "Older Posts" button at the bottom of the page.
#2 - There are 9 separate pages besides all the posts on this blog. To get to the separate pages, scroll down the front page looking on the right side and you'll see the page numbers and the dates each page was last updated. Click on the one you'd like to view
#3 - To get a full list of all the posts, just below the pages you'll find a chronological listing of all the posts, the most recent to the oldest. Click on any one of them you want to view.

Saturday 4 February 2012

Mt. Cook & Surroundings

We arrived at Mt. Cook Sunday evening after a drive of some 370km or 220 miles.  There was lots to see there so I've created a separate post for this area.

Highlights of our excursions include:
  • A visit to Tasman Lake and a view of Tasman Glacier, Mt. Tasman (2nd highest in New Zealand) and Mt. Cook.  The Tasman Glacier is 27km (17 miles) in length and the largest in New Zealand.  It is retreating at a rate exceeding 500m annually and it's estimated that it may be totally gone in 20-25 years...sad!
  • A visit to the Alpine Monument - A memorial to all those that lost their lives trying to climb Mt. Cook.
  • Our stay at The Hermitage - Established by Sir Edmund Hillary who used this as a training site for all his Mt. Everest climbs.
  • Seeing Mt. Cook #6 on the 101 Kiwi Weekend list and tallest mountain in New Zealand, nearly 12,500 ft in elevation.
Tom with Tasman Lake and Glacier in the background - he's the only one who made the steep trek to this spot!



Mt. Cook near sunset


Mt. Cook in the morning light


The Alpine Monument with Mt. Cook in the distant background


These are some of the views around the area







A trip to Lake Tasman













More of Mt. Cook









The Alpine Memorial











Posted by at

1 comment:

  1. Sue5 February 2012 at 18:55

    All I can say is New Zealand must be one of the most beautiful places on earth! You guys are so lucky!

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)