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TimBukToo: Entrance to Tongariro National Park - 1980
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TimBukToo: Taranaki Falls
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TimBukToo: Taranaki Falls
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TimBukToo: Tussock grass en route to Mangatepopo Hut
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TimBukToo: Looking back toward Mt. Ruapehu
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TimBukToo: View of Mt. Ngaurahoe from near the Mangatepopo Hut
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TimBukToo: Fellow trampers at the Mangatepopo Hut
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TimBukToo: "The Three Blokes" (Sid, Eric, and Dick), at the old Mangatepopo Hut (1980), after their day hike to the top of Mt. Ngaurahoe
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TimBukToo: Mt. Ngaurahoe from the Mangatepopo Hut
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TimBukToo: Enjoying the deck at Mangatepopo Hut
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TimBukToo: The start of the track, near the hut, for tomorrow's tramp up to and over Mt. Tongariro
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TimBukToo: Lengthening shadows on Mt. Ngaurahoe
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TimBukToo: Warm glow from the setting sun
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TimBukToo: Even the rocks glow in the setting sun
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TimBukToo: The tramp begins before sunrise
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TimBukToo: Starting the climb up to Mt. Tongariro & encountering more day hikers
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TimBukToo: Hikers spread out ahead along the trail and across the high ridge
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TimBukToo: Reaching the saddle between Ngaurahoe and Tongariro
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TimBukToo: Everyone enjoying a rest break and a good photo stop
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TimBukToo: Me with Mt. Ngaurahoe
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TimBukToo: The aptly-named Red Crater
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TimBukToo: Red Crater and the highest point on the track
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TimBukToo: Beginning the slippery descent down to the Emerald Lakes
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TimBukToo: Blue Lake
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TimBukToo: Lake Rotoaira from the Ketetahi Hut - 1980
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TimBukToo: Minerals in the water give the lakes their hue
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TimBukToo: Emerald Lakes
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TimBukToo: Striking contrasts of earth, sky, and water
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TimBukToo: Looking back up the steep "Devil's Staircase" that we descended from the Red Crater to the Emerald Lakes
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TimBukToo: More color to catch the eye