So, I have been hanging out here in Wharepapa South for about a week now. It is very beautiful here, in a very Lord of the Rings sort of way! The area was formed through volcanic activity and so there are features and landscapes unlike anything I have seen. At first the weather was good and I got a lot of climbing in with different people that I ran into at the closest crag. On monday I took a rest day because no one was around and it was rainy. Later, I met two really cool German cats that I climbed with for a while until it started raining again. It has been raining now for the past couple of days, but I hear it is supposed to clearup soon. After this weekend I may head out to the West and attempt to hike the summit on Mt. Taranaki, which will be a lot of fun but also hard, if not just because the weather there is supper fickle. We shall see what happens, but until then Im staying in this nothing of a town to climb as hard as my little body can!