Te Araroa: new year's summit

Send us a textBlissful Hiker watches the sunrise from the summit of Mount Taranaki on the first day of the year and learns that getting to the top is optional, while getting down is mandatory. In this episode:Blissful leaves Paekakariki in pouring rain to head off-trail for a side-trip to climb the stratovolcano, Taranaki, an almost cliché of a cone-shaped, snow-capped mountain. To see the sunrise, she needs to climb in the dark and is treated to a rising moon amidst a sky full of stars,...