So, to sum up yesterday, we tramped along a busy road/path, and at the end, saw brief glimpses of part of a mountain, and the rather sad looking terminal face of the Hooker glacier. This all left us in a bit of a glum mood.
What a difference a day/mountain can make!
Today, we climbed the 2000 steps to the Sealy tarns, and then as far again up boulders and scree, to reach the Mueller hut.
Hannah was very glad that we weren't planning to stay at the hut, as it meant that our bags were blissfully light.
What could we see from the top? Glaciers, glaciers and more glaciers, each with multiple waterfalls, and one that even calved an ice fall every 1/2 hour or so, with some accompanying thunder to essentially say 'look at me'.
Oh, and whilst we were sat at the hut gawping at the stunning scenery, the weather finally cleared, and Samuel came out from his cloud! YEAY!!
This of course means that I can safely delete the 100 photos that I took yesterday of a partially cloudy mountain.
Today, we are not in a glum mood. :-)
It must have been all the exertion from me playing badminton yesterday - obviously, through some sort of mystical link, all the sweat and steam was transferred to the mountain and wrapped it in cloud. No badminton today, so a clear mountain!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you really wanted that image.