How Do My Calves Look?

Everyone who knows me knows im not one to exert myself; i spend most of my time sittin down whether it be at work, on the way to work or at home. Im in fear of developing a ledge of an arse like that fat kid off that documentary had where his backside had moulded into the shape of the settee because he sat so much. So with that in mind you can understand my smugness, no, lets say proudness, of having done the Tongariro Crossing. A walk that amy described as just that - a walk. But which turned out to be a well warned of alpine trek of 19km up a couple of volcanoes and their craters. The same area where a lot of Lord of the Rings was filmed.

We did around 10 miles / 16 or 17km as we trekked to the summit then back the way we came rather than keep going down the other side along the full crossing as our car was at the one end and we werent going to pay $30 each for the bus back to it from the end of the crossing!

We climbed rocks and up steep muddy paths but the real killer was the stairs they had put in every now and again. I think the repetetiveness of them really wore your legs out. Or atleast they did mine! It was at these points Amy trudged on ahead and on the rocky less defined climbs that i pushed on in front. Oh and we only got lost once and that was on the way back. Where we also saw, what amy thought was a bussing bee's nest but turned out to be, flies swarming around the biggest brown snake you have ever seen in your life. And not the animal kind but the kind that occurs when someones come down a mountain that has only one toilet on it and they cant wait to reach it! My god, it was like a calypo. Needless to say we swiftly moved on from there!

All in all, we were both really happy with ourselves for doing such a long hike, startin off at 9.45 and getting to the summit by 1ish and back again by 5ish. Amy suffered some blisters and i was afflicted with a sun burnt face! But it was worth it and i reckon my moobs have shrunk you know!