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Post by jody on Oct 13, 2012 14:36:55 GMT 10
what goes around comes around = karma
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Post by volk on Oct 13, 2012 14:46:58 GMT 10
Holy cow, I love the look of Mt Fuji and I've always wanted to travel to Japan and photograph the mountain (it looks like a volcano should look). Maybe I'd best put it on the bucket list before it disappears. Mrs Volk and I are off to Russia next September, perhaps we should've booked a Japan trip instead.
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Post by jody on Oct 13, 2012 14:53:47 GMT 10
Mount Ngauruhoe is a beautiful stratovolcano in NZ's north island. One of my favourtie subjects to photograph when I visit the Tongariro NP. Attachments:
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Post by volk on Oct 13, 2012 14:58:56 GMT 10
Mount Ngauruhoe is a beautiful stratovolcano in NZ's north island. One of my favourtie subjects to photograph when I visit the Tongariro NP. Plus Mt Egmont on NZ's north island Jody, they look like volcanos should... cone shaped and symmetrial. But Mt Fuji has always looked the most beautiful (well... to me that is... and that's what's most important isn't it... as long as I'm happy?) |
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Post by jody on Oct 13, 2012 15:00:21 GMT 10
I haven't seen Mount Egmont yet but yes I agree, the stratovolcano is the best to look at.  |
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Post by volk on Oct 13, 2012 15:01:35 GMT 10
I haven't seen Mount Egmont yet but yes I agree, the stratovolcano is the best to look at. Is that what you call the cone shaped, symmetrical volcanos Jody... a stratovolcano? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2012 15:27:46 GMT 10
Mount Ngauruhoe is a beautiful stratovolcano in NZ's north island. One of my favourtie subjects to photograph when I visit the Tongariro NP. Don't just photograph it....climb it! Seriously....you would never, ever regret it. Hire a guide and do it. Perferably in winter when it is a snow & ice climb. You'd only need one day's instruction in the basics of using an ice-axe and crampons along with a few safety issues (a good guide would chuck that in the day before the climb), then off you go. It isn't a technical alpine climb with HUGE exposure or anything like that, just a steep 35° slope that gets a bit frozen towards the top. However, once you get up there, the feeling of standing on top of the actual summit peak (which is slightly towards the side of the crater), then walking around the crater rim would be an experience you'd never forget. And on the way back down, once you get below the frozen stuff, you take your crampons off, then sit down on the snow and go for it down the biggest slide you could ever imagine. What takes you three hours to climb up, you can slide down it in a matter of a few minutes! |
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Post by jody on Oct 13, 2012 18:27:24 GMT 10
lol....KTJ I am now middle aged.....they'd probably have to air lift me off the bloody thing  Believe me I would LOVE to do it. I wish I could go back 20 years and get serious about mountain climbing.....just wasn't something I had the opportunity to do back then. I have some health issues that could get in the way now.  I forgot to tell you too......when we were leaving the Chateau, not far past where you no longer can view the volcanoes from the road, Katrina and I had the privilege of seeing four Kaimanawa horses. They were happily grazing in front of the all of pines on the left side of the road. A lovely sight. |
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Post by jody on Oct 13, 2012 20:55:31 GMT 10
I haven't seen Mount Egmont yet but yes I agree, the stratovolcano is the best to look at. Is that what you call the cone shaped, symmetrical volcanos Jody... a stratovolcano? yep |
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