Tapuae-o-uenuku silhouette
after a successful summit,we were heading back to our vehicle near Branch Cottage & had the sun popping out of the Pacific Ocean,as we conjured up images of lattes & real food.Our 3rd attempt;this time with flat calm & warm for our 4 days on the mountain.When we got off the top & back to our tussocky camp at 1500m,we were surrounded by 18 goats on the adjacent ridges,who appeared to spurn the aliens who had vacated the valley earlier that day.