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JETNZ: Start of Panama Road
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JETNZ: Starting the climb on Panama Road
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JETNZ: The only flat section where we stopped for a quick scoff
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JETNZ: 20kg heavier, Rog was able to ride further than me on the steep section but eventually even his rear tyre began to spin (at min psi)
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JETNZ: Losing traction means pushing time
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JETNZ: When Rog tiptoes up a hill, it's steep!
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JETNZ: Looks promising, back on the bike
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JETNZ: Nearly there! Point 610 on the right
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JETNZ: Lavericks Ridge Road and Point 610 (a lava dome). We will take this road back to Le Bons in the afternoon.
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JETNZ: Lavericks Bay down there on the right...
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JETNZ: Intersection Panama and Lavericks Ridge Roads
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JETNZ: Looking back down Panama Road - the record time up this road on a bike is 31 minutes!
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JETNZ: We continued on this road until it intersected with Camerons Track
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JETNZ: On the move again
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JETNZ: An old Bedford truck… in its final resting place with a view
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JETNZ: Point 610 quite striking in the distance
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JETNZ: Riding north west towards Camerons Track
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JETNZ: Rog wanted more photos of the old Bedford so I carried on....
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JETNZ: At Camerons Track intersection. Looking back towards point 610, now a prominent landmark
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JETNZ: Looking east back along Camerons Track. We will be climbing this ridge on the left in an hour or so... or so we thought!
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JETNZ: Camerons Track. More hilly than we expected. The Summit Road can be seen on the right
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JETNZ: Looking down on Okains Bay. Big Hill Road runs up and over the peak far right
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JETNZ: Rog knows when I'm pointing the camera at him!
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JETNZ: Hazy Okains Bay
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JETNZ: We joined the Summit Road for about 900m before leaving it again at the Okains Bay intersection
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JETNZ: Brief view of Akaroa Harbour
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JETNZ: Mindful of the short daylight hours, we sped down to Okains Bay, bypassed the beach and started riding up Big Hill Road…
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JETNZ: Just beyond these trees we allowed ourselves a hasty stop to eat our lunch
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JETNZ: Remembering the time we camped in those trees back in 1988…
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JETNZ: Our trusty Merida softies