After Mount Taranaki I wanted to climb Mount Ruapehu. Mount Ruapehu is the highest mountain on the North Island of New Zealand at 2797m (9177ft). It is situated on the central plateau of the North Island near to Mount Ngauruhoe (of Mount Doom fame) and Mount Tongariro (of the crossing Continue Reading
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Mount Taranaki
A glance at a map of the North Island of New Zealand will reveal a bulge on the west coast perhaps a quarter of the way up from the bottom. This is balanced by a peninsular jutting out from the east coast a little to the north. This marks a line of volcanic activity. In the middle of the west Continue Reading