Things just got BIG
Ok, things get even BIGGER now. We said g'bye to Wanaka and headed up to Mt. Cook. Michael had this circled with "HIKING" on the map when he did his initial research, so I knew I was in for it. Before getting there, we found the perfect spot on the side of the road to cook a delish pre-hike dinner with a view of what we would conquer the next day. Our process for finding the right spot: Michael drives and focuses on keeping on the wrong side of the road and I yell out "NO SIGN OR FENCE! PULL OVER!" W e drove the next morning to the base of Mt cook which is a monster of a beast standing at 12k ft high. We decided that might be a bit much, so instead we decided on the 4K foot climb. In the guidebook it said our hike was "an unpaved track that will give you beautiful views. And there are some stairs". What it didn't really say is, you will climb up 1k feet by all stairs and then enjoy a scramble that will take it all out of you for 2 hou...