finally downhill!

Kepler Track

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November 29th 2006
November 26th - Day one of the KT was mostly uphill. We gained quite a bit of elevation for the distance, though I don't remember specifics. Even so, at the top we were only around 4000 feet above sea level. Most of the day we hiked through beech forest covered in ferns and wildflowers and crazy mosses and lichens. That landscape was beautiful. Toward the end, though, we came out of the trees ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Te Anau

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more