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Few snaps from a recent day out in NZ. We did the Tongariro crossing back in March, "some light drizzle" ended up being <10m visibility from start to finish so we decided to head back when better weather was forecast and just do an out-and-back from Mangatepopo carpark to the summits of Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Tongariro.
Set off with blue skies, about 2/3 of the way up Ngauruhoe the cloud came in and the dicks ahead dislodged a few chest-sized chunks of rock without thinking to call out/shout anything. After dodging those and a lot of yelling we scrambled across to a slightly more solid ridge and set about heading back down to the crater and pushed onto Tongariro instead. No scree and no dicks on the way up to the summit, in fact no people at all! Got some great views in/out of the cloud and definitely salvaged the day.
Walking into a brilliant sunset on the way back and luckily glanced back to catch the whole cliff face lit up behind us, photos don't really do that justice.
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