Today was when we were originally scheduled to fly to the ice. But it is Labour Day, so we had a day off instead. A party of us decided to spend the day hiking in the hills around Christchurch.
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- Train and logs in our starting point: the port of Lyttelton
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- The hill starts with a street going up through town
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- Street art. Good thing we didn’t have to pull wagons
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- The Party: Juan, Nick, Adam, Stef, Annamarie, me
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- Juan performs some strange Colombian rest ritual, on an interestingly decorated bench
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- Yellow Flowers, Green Grass, Blue Sky
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- As the climb progresses, the view starts to get scenic
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- The destination: a cabin arrived at via gondola from the other side
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- High pressure oil pipeline
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- Nick is eager to explore the concrete mystery place
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- “They Passed This Way.” I pose, Nick looks on dubiously
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- Stef Jumping, courtesy Juan
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- View from atop the ridge (panorama to come, if I ever stitch it together)
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- Lyttelton, courtesy Juan
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- Town from other side, who’s name I don’t know. Courtesy Juan
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- Out first sheep encounter
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- After staring at us for a while, the sheep decide they don’t want to be encountered any longer
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- Juan Climbing
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- Adam posing in front of the view
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- Annamarie poses to commemorate her triumph over the mountain, and asthma
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- Nick the Conqueror
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- We approach our destination, climbing a bit further up the ridge
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- Red Rock (encountered after gondola place, where Stef and Annamarie decided to call it a day)
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- Landscaping. Nick ponders, Juan sketches
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- We find a WWII anti-aircraft battery
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- Adam storms the bunker
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- Bunker
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- From this side we can see the beach going on forever
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- More sheep. Freshly shaved this time
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- Foundations
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- Water Break
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- Road, Trees, Ocean
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- The hill we descended after leaving the track. You might observe that it doesn’t look particularly good for descending. You’d be correct
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- Sumner, where our hike ends and we have some beer by the beach before catching a bus back
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- The beach in Sumner, courtesy Juan
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- Portrait on Garbage Bin, courtesy Juan (from the bus ride back)
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