Showing posts with label Whakapapa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Whakapapa. Show all posts
Monday, October 4, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Night time.
A most excellent night.
I stumbled down the mountain after drinks at another lodge, the moon was bright overhead and it was bitterly cold.
I stumbled down the mountain after drinks at another lodge, the moon was bright overhead and it was bitterly cold.
Good days
I enjoy days like these -spent boarding with blue skies, fresh pow and no worries.
Today was not one of them.
Today was not one of them.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Storm
Last week after beginner's weekend, there was a fair amount of snow and a few extreme gusts of wind, it wasn't great weather to be out in. The soft powder was exciting, but the thought of driving down the mountain was not a cheery one.
My canvas shoes sank into the snow as I ferried bags to the car.
Sophia hopped in, snapping pictures as I freed the car from the powder that had swallowed up the tyres.
I Scraped the ice and snow off the windscreen with my orange headed shovel.
As well as off my windows with my trusty AA membership card...
We then left. A few hundred metres down the road Sophia announced that she had forgotten her phone at the lodge, I did a doughnut onto the ice covering daypark 3 in an effort to turn around. I realised then that I probably should have put chains on my tyres to begin with. After a vain attempt to climb back up the road, in which I did a fair amount of slipping, sliding and stressing, I put chains on. My hand were frozen after that.
When I took off the chains, I learned that they had chipped a most of the remaining paint off my wheel arches.
It's not like my car had a pristine paintjob to begin with, but I was still not a happy camper.
There was a lot of snow, finally Whakapapa looked a bit wintery.
I took a roof full of snow most of the way to Taumaranui.
It was quite and arduous little adventure and I was definately a little grumpy for most of the trip.
Since then it has rained and all that snow and more has been washed away.
Photos by Sophia Jenny.
My canvas shoes sank into the snow as I ferried bags to the car.
Sophia hopped in, snapping pictures as I freed the car from the powder that had swallowed up the tyres.
I Scraped the ice and snow off the windscreen with my orange headed shovel.
As well as off my windows with my trusty AA membership card...
We then left. A few hundred metres down the road Sophia announced that she had forgotten her phone at the lodge, I did a doughnut onto the ice covering daypark 3 in an effort to turn around. I realised then that I probably should have put chains on my tyres to begin with. After a vain attempt to climb back up the road, in which I did a fair amount of slipping, sliding and stressing, I put chains on. My hand were frozen after that.
When I took off the chains, I learned that they had chipped a most of the remaining paint off my wheel arches.
It's not like my car had a pristine paintjob to begin with, but I was still not a happy camper.
There was a lot of snow, finally Whakapapa looked a bit wintery.
I took a roof full of snow most of the way to Taumaranui.
It was quite and arduous little adventure and I was definately a little grumpy for most of the trip.
Since then it has rained and all that snow and more has been washed away.
Photos by Sophia Jenny.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Bluebird
Maybe the title of my blog is a little optimistic, considering I am in the only country in which we ski in the rain, on the windiest, rainiest, most unpredictable hill on the planet, Whakapapa.
When everything works out however, on those perfect days, I know there aren't many other places I'd rather be.
When everything works out however, on those perfect days, I know there aren't many other places I'd rather be.
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