no no working holidays
no we were in hamilton so we just ran into a couple that uh is originally from auckland
and they were traveling around new zealand when auckland went into level three basically
shutting down the entire city so while auckland is completely shut down the rest of new zealand
is open and these folks were traveling around new zealand when their city shut down so they
can go back into auckland which is a pretty good situation because at least they have you know the
rest of new zealand to go around um and hopefully they don't have covid it's better to be locked out
of side of auckland right now than to be locked into because look you get to enjoy all of this
we're here at lake taupo we're gonna climb a big mountain mount tauhara
ling gets really mad at me when i don't cover the stuff in the back this is king's equivalent and
i uh yeah this morning i went to get our breakfast stuff our eggs and
pam's baked beans and the can opener and the you've covered everything
that's ling's mom voice giving me [ __ ] when i do something that i wasn't supposed to do or when i
when i don't do something that i was supposed to do in this case it's to cover the back because
you can never be too sure you don't want people looking in and being like
oh there's backpackers here steal their i don't know their lives could steal their
empty cans of wadi's baked beans and all their clothes
for the hike i've got my water water
almonds throw your hat at me why you throw your hat at me
this is grey hat from k word four dollar hat but it was just my imagination
stands at 3 750 feet in elevation it is a dormant volcano and it was one of the
mountains that lost against tongariro in his attempt to fight for his love mount p hannah
yes i'll have to check that i think it's pihanga the name is actually a maori word meaning lonely
isolated it's actually kind of a sad story he uh he lost the battle tongariro was the victor
and he maintains his love with mount p oh my god i'm terrible with the maori names the mountain
that we're climbing he got as far as north of lake taupo and um that's where he remains to this day
uh the hike is about one and a half hours round trip if you're a seasoned hiker
uh if not three hours it's a strenuous hike there's a lot of overgrown bush that's why
i'm putting on these fluorescent salomon trail runners and um make sure you have adequate water
snacks and you empty your bladder before going on the hike because there aren't any toilets
you guys doing the hike later you guys gonna you hiking to the top as well
so unlike most of the hikes that we tend to go on in new zealand
which are doc owned the department of conservation they're a new zealand government body this
particular hike to the top of mount tabhara is actually on someone's private land so
obviously because it's someone's land it's less manicured than most of the doc hikes
this one's a bit uh rougher hence the lack of long drops and manicure trails but look
at that view though you just can't beat it you can see lake topo and of course
right behind it
they weren't kidding when they said this was a steep hike
so we just crossed the beginning section which is more pasture sort of farmland and
we're moving on to the section which is more overgrown bushes and trees
how we enter the bush i'm going the easy way
i don't think it was a good idea to eat polly's yesterday what happened to the backpacker diet
wow holy [ __ ] wow your jacket's going to be oh protect your white shirt
oh wow just washed those jeans
yeah baby they were gray well pictures or it didn't happen
oh worth it for the vlog
oh we're high now we're definitely not low doppler geothermic steam my wife leaving me
this way as well i'm fine yes ah yeah i can imagine i envy you
sometimes the best thing is to not know just how close you are or how far you are from the summit
because it could be psychologically discouraging or doing good on time or closing in on one hour
past a lot of seniors pass a lot of children so this is a challenging hike but it's not
an impossible one like yeah legit senior like 70 at least in their 70s they're just crushing
this crushing this mountain we saw one dude holding a didgeridoo i guess he was using it
as a walking stick quick stop to admire the view and have a water break we must be close
so that's a hundred thirty floors we just crossed button the lanes
are still throwing out it's freezing so we are at the hour 25 mark we just passed uh
a hiker who advised us that we're about seven minutes away
did we make it we did we're so high up look at this this is ice
look at that i haven't seen ice in so long almost like wood chips wood should be looking nice
we made it to the center we did it guys good job lee push through is
i'm the king of the castle
just the castle the asian mom and me why just the castle why not the whole world