So I’ve always wanted to get to Mueller Hut. It’s a pretty old (well, the first one was built a long time ago – it’s now the 5th Mueller hut) alpine hut situated high above the valley floor with excellent views of Mt. Cook.
The weather was supposed to be pretty dodgy this weekend so initially it was called off – but Warrick had a second look and thought things looked good – so we headed off on Friday evening. Stopping for obligatory fish & chips in Geraldine. Cool chipper.. I even got to write on the walls.
Camped by the shores of Lake Tekapo on Friday night.. and enjoyed a nice bottle of white down by the shore. See tramping doesn’t have to be awful ;)
–Saturday–
Slightly cloudy start to the day – which was perfect really as it’s quite a steep hike up the hill – and you’d fry if the sun was out. Beautiful views out over towards cook and over the Hooker Glacier
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Warrick found some time to go swimming in the Sealy Tarns (1300m).. and to admire the view..
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Once we got to the hut – we left our bags there and continued up to Mt. Oliver which was Ed Hillarys first major climb. Mind you, we had steps quite a bit of the way and no snow whatsoever, so we may have had an easier time of it. Maybe.
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I think one of the things I really love about NZ – and especially about getting out into the hills – is seeing the stars at night. I could be wrong (happens occasionally) but in the Southern Hemisphere we look *into* the plane of the Milky Way – whereas on the Northern Hemisphere (losers ;) you look *out* of it. So we get to see lots more stars and you don’t. So there. Yet another good reason to move down here.
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Postcard for the first person to correctly identify the pointers, southern cross and where the south celestial pole is in the picture above)
So yes – thanks to Warrick & Hannah for a really great weekend.
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