Summer Season #3

Another perfect morning, another opportunity to conquer Mt Kaukau - but this time with the advantage of track knowledge.

Interesting Fact of the Day
The Northern Walkway is a section of the national Te Araroa Trail - which will apparently take you from Cape Reinga to Bluff, or of course in the reverse direction.

The climb itself was no less challenging but at least when at the top we were at the transmitter and not faced with a trek across the hilltops to reach it.

While climbing my mind went to that often used Irish blessing. Now I'm quite happy with the whole wind, sunshine, soft rain and God parts, but that first line always strikes me as the very opposite of what would be a blessing to a walker.

Walking on the flat is fine. Walking down a hill is great. Walking up is a torturous necessity if you want to gain a stunning view. Surely the road rising up to meet you would effectively make a pleasant stroll into a hill climb, and the worst kind of hill climb, similar to actual stairs rather than a gentle incline. A blessing would be if the road fell before you and you spent your life walking downhill.

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