Preview of Roundtheworld's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Kepler Track, New Zealand Entry Title: "Kepler Track Christmas!!" Entry: "60 k, 3 days, 2 rucksacks and Christmas ! Day 1 After presicion planning we got up and set off for the starting point to the Kepler track. Decided not to go on the 8.30 am bus so we could get a good head start and avoid bunching up with other people at the start. Succeeded in avoiding other people apart from some runners who set off ahead of us and we never saw again ?! 60 kilometre trek which apparantly you can run in the yearly Kepler challenge. Yeah right ! Today was supposed to be a steady walk though forests around the lake before a incline up to limestone bluffs then out onto the mountain top for a night in the first hut - The Luxmore Hut.No problems with the first leg but quite a steep climb through the forests before breaking out into the alpine grassland. Rain had been light all morning in the forest and the raindrops were reflecting the light off all the moss and hanging greenery. Very Lord of the rings ! The limestone bluffs had some walkways guiding you through the forest, soem of which had been washed away so we needed to do some sidetracking on alternative paths. As we walked out across the alpine grassland there were mountain daisys sprouting from the ground and every different colour of moss on ...
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