"Climbing, At Last" Christineanne's photos around Long Beach, New Zealand (otago semester flat)
Preview of Christineanne's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/christineanne/1/1272827144/tpod.html This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Long Beach, New Zealand Entry Title: "Climbing, At Last!" Entry: "Since I last wrote, I haven't had many adventures worth writing about. I have just gotten over the halfway point of the semester -- I took my mid-semester exam for Hydrogeology and submitted my essays for Māori Society. Just last week, I finished my Field Studies class completely -- the Borland report (15 pages plus map, cross section, strat columns and chronostrat columns) was submitted and the Lab Practical completed. I now only have 2 classes to worry about, which makes my already lax schedule that much more so...which gives me plenty of time to plan fun adventures. Autumn has most certainly arrived and turning to winter -- many of the leaves are off of the trees and our flat has become quite cold. The extra blankets and hot water bottles have come out and been used by a few of my fellow flatmates. I am holding out -- it's still not cold enough to validate using them. It will be interesting, however, not having heat for the winter. I have never actually not had heat before -- I'll let you know come June how I am doing. I'll probably be spending a considerable amount of time in the library -- not to study but to get warm. Also, I'm thinking about looking into flights to the North Island. My exam schedule would allow me to travel a week before my first exam (12 June) and a week in between (my other exam is 21 June), so by that time I will probably want to head to the tropics... Anyway, I write because I finally have some exciting news. My friend, Callum, took me climbing this weekend, and I (despite being completely out of shape for it) had a great time! Yesterday, we went to Long Beach (North of Dunedin, near Port Chalmers) where the weather was sunny and warm (contrasting with Dunedin's weather of cold rain). The beach was lovely and there were a bunch of neat caves -- one where people often camp on the weekends and another that has good bouldering (if you're a spider monkey who doesn't actually need holds to hang onto the rock...). We did a few easy climbs to give me confidence (I told him to be nice to me, as I haven't been climbing since January), and we had extraordinary views of the beach and ocean below. He totally made my day by taking me... Today in Dunedin, the weather was spectacular. It was sunny and warm, so Callum called me up and we went back to Long Beach to do some more climbing (how lucky I was this weekend!). Interestingly, Long Beach was a little colder than Dunedin -- there was a chilly breeze, and although it was pleasant in the sun, as soon as you were in the shade it got quite cold. Callum set up a top rope over a route that features a nice crack for us to climb (ended up being a project, really). The crack was rated a 19 on New Zealand's rating system, and after climbing it I would guess it would be close to 5.8+ or 5.9- in the States. It was quite difficult but overall a very fun route (once I got it). I haven't been crack climbing for 2 and a half years, and it felt pretty good to be back on real rocks. I felt pretty good this morning (not too sore from the previous day's climbing), but I can already tell that my body is not pleased with me. I am quite sore and my hands took a beating (just a couple of bleeders and ripped up pads), but it feels good to finally be back climbing again. Hopefully there will be some more nice days so that I can go again. Beth is coming to visit on Saturday -- she will be coming from Singapore, so it will be interesting to try and outfit her for winter as she is lacking in warm weather clothes. I have booked our next great adventure -- I will be taking off of school (just Thursday, I think) and we are taking a bus to Te Anau. From there we head to Milford Sound to take a cruise on the fiord and we have booked a tour of the glowworm caves in Te Anau, which I am so excited for. It should be a great trip, hopefully the weather is on our side. Fiordland can be quite rainy, and this past week Te Anau, Manapouri and Queenstown have all experienced major flooding. We shall see!" Read and see more at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/christineanne/1/1272827144/tpod.html Photos from this trip: 1. "Bouldering Cave" 2. "Callum, Rapelling" 3. "View of the Beach" 4. "Callum, Free Soloing to set up a top rope" 5. "View from the top" 6. "Rainbow over the Peninsula" See this TripWow and more at http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00e8-a32a-6607?ytv4=1
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