Tongariro Crossing
March 20th 2010 (above is a panorama photo with me in it, on the right, taken by Kevin Hutchens)
Tongariro National Park is an amazing volcanic landscape in summer and a ski destination in winter. It has three major peaks, Tongariro (1967m), Ngauruhoe (2287m) and Ruapehu (2797). The area is featured as the land of "Mordor" in the Lord Of The Rings Movies where the Ngauruhoe peak stars as "Mount Doom". There ar
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