Due to the race being altered, YIC didn't make it to the top of Avalanche Peak. So he decided to scale it again the next day. He climbed it with Joe whom he met in the youth hostel. The weather was initially a bit inclement, but there was a lucky break on the top when the clouds cleared. There was no-one else at the summit, apart from 6 keas who made their presence known by pinching Joe's biscuits from his pack when his back was turned.
YIC travelled to Arthur's Pass on the Tranz Alpine railway, a scenic route over the Canterbury Plains and through the foothills of the Southern Alps by numerous viaducts and tunnels.
Joe at the summit
YIC there too
The Tranz Alpine arrives at Arthurs Pass.
