Magnificent!
August 13th, 2008
On Sunday afternoon my friend James whipped out his point and shoot and showed me a few shots he managed to get of the crater of Mt Ruapehu, they were great, I was envious as hell… well actually I was childishly jealous, I so wished I’d manged to get those shots with a good camera!
The weather at Mt Ruapehu is eractic to say the least, in fact it’s known for it! The fact that James managed to get up there in the first place and was able to get a clear picture was unusual to start with. What were the chances the weather would be good the next day in spite of the positive forecast?
Low and behold the weather the next day was the best (I’m told by the locals) they had seen all season! Eureaka! After an exhausting hike up the mountain (1.5 hours) I was rewarded with the image below, I’m quite sure it’s one that very few photographers have ever had the pleasure of capturing in such perfect conditions!

a few more taken while skiing…
































