{"id":12375,"date":"2024-05-12T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/?p=12375"},"modified":"2024-05-16T20:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T08:57:19","slug":"giant-steps-are-what-you-take-walking-on-the-moon-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myblogary.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/12\/giant-steps-are-what-you-take-walking-on-the-moon-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGiant Steps Are What You Take Walking On The Moon\u201d -The Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Happy Mother\u2019s Day! Mitch gifted me a 12.5 mile hike over a few volcanos. It\u2019s a pretty scorching hot gift! \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, while we were sound asleep trying to rest before the big hike, this solar storm was going on outside. We were getting messages from friends back home to see if we saw it and even from friends in Wellington who were telling us to go outside. We never got any of the those messages until we woke up and saw our friend\u2019s pictures. Maybe we\u2019ll try to catch the solar storm later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We awoke before 5 a.m., packed up the car and headed to Adrift Expedition\u2019s HQ at Basecamp in Tongariro for our 12.5 mile hike of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Often considered the best one-day trek in NZ, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing takes you over the volcanic terrain of the active Mt Tongariro and down into the Southern and Red craters past the Emerald Lakes. Almost the entire hike is on volcanic terrain, fully exposed to the elements \u2014 wind, rain, snow, ice and full sun. Formerly the Tongariro Crossing, they added the word \u201calpine\u201d so hikers would take the rapid weather changes more seriously and dress appropriately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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