04 feb 2006

i LOVE life as a hut warden! had a good crew in last night but they were all away early this morning so i finished tidying up and was out myself by about quarter past 9. headed over to otorere to meet up with chris and jen... only took 2 hours to get there so that was a nice surprise. and i finally saw the crossing! well, 1/2 of it anyway... when we did that walk during orientation all i saw was cloud. it's gorgeous! took a detour to the top of red crater on my way back... views to kill. took loads of photos...

after lunch at otorere, chris and jen helped me make a set of poi. basically tennis balls on string that you spin... eventually you can graduate to fire poi but i think that'll be awhile for me... got an introductory lesson from jen before we both had to head back to our own huts for the evening.

checked the track counter when i got back... showed about 600 across today, but i only saw about 10 daywalkers... a very good day!