Up the Naki
The weekend just gone was my first 'proper' NZ bank holiday weekend - proper because I was working so got to benefit from an extra day off rather than travelling when every day is a day off. I was going to go to a party at a famous party mansion in Auckland, but Shanyn suggested we escaped Auckland for the weekend instead, so that's what we did! Clemence and Ben from climbing came along as did Ben and Shanyn's uni friend Owain, who met us in Hamilton and rode share the rest of the way. this picture made me realise i need to cut my hair... It took a while to get down there due to traffic and the fact it's actually really quite far away, and we arrived at the hut at 12.45am. It was absolutely freezing and we didn't get the best sleep, also hampered by a bunch of super loud people getting up really early and having no respect for anyone else trying to sleep. Having arrived in the dark, I went outside in the morning and did a double take at th