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A Beginner's Guide to Hiking the Tongariro Crossing

A Beginner's Guide to Hiking the Tongariro Crossing

I did question my sanity at times. The 12.1 mile (19.4km) hike turned out to be quite the test of endurance, but the hike turns into a story of triumph once you're standing at 6,000+ ft with 360 degree views of Northern New Zealand.

Waitomo Caves: The Fault & Near Stars

Waitomo Caves: The Fault & Near Stars

Lights out. Our senses raced to process while our eyes recover. We inhaled the dampness of the air as its coolness tightened our skin, while the roar of a distant waterfall grew closer. One-by-one, then cluster-by-cluster, the watery corridor was illuminated by tiny blue lights. We'd entered a literal wormhole to a galaxy inside the earth.