Sunrise Take 2

Dear adventurers!

This past weekend I went on one incredible adventure!  Along with my fellow explorers World Wide Adventurers Porangi and Aoturoa, we pulled our behinds out of bed at 4:45am so that we could hit the trails before the sunrise.  Our goal for the day: to reach Butter's Peak before sunrise and perform some form of ritual morning dance.  Was it a success?  Well, you tell me.

We were meant to meet up with a group of explorers from the University Tramping Club, but for some reason the walk to the base of the trail took longer than expected.  So it was just the three of us.  About two thirds into the hike, we could see the sun was beginning to rise but had not crested the horizon yet.  We still had a good 20-30min to go, so what did we do?  We booked it up there.  Of course this would not have been such a problem had there not been left-over snow and ice along the trail, which made it twice as hard.

But we made it!  May I just point out how views can be three times more breathtaking when you crest over a peak?  For instance, as you look at the video below, I was climbing up the rocky side of Butter's Peak and as soon as I crested over the top, I was almost blown off the mountain by the view of the red fireball in front of me.  Don't you agree?

Once we calmed down from the excitement of the view (yes, we got quite psyched, especially WWA Porangi), we started to perform the ritual.  Now we had no clue what we were doing, but to thank the good spirits for the new day and the success of our hike, we were told by anonymous sources to climb upon one of the jutting rocks and performed a myriad of poses/ dance.  Again, the instructions were lacking in information and we had no clue what were doing.  Here are just a few photos of the best poses:

The Bird

The Cat or Panther or something...

The Swan

The Gorilla or Monkey

The Toilet Squat or Frog

The Gecko

The Warrior

Which is your favourite?  Have you heard of or recommend any other rituals or regions you wish me to explore?  Break is coming up, so depending on my already scheduled trips, I may be able to satisfy the masses.

Until then, this is W.W.A. Rhondiggity, signing out.

PS: Porangi= crazy, be insane; Aoturoa= earth, nature

Photos 2-8 courtesy of  W.W.A. Porangi.