7.26 Roy’s Peak, Wanaka—(A premier day hike)
( Due to technical issues, hike 25 was omitted. It will follow soon.) Consider clicking on a photo to get better perspective. Jenni deservedly elated at being a little high One of multiple great views of Lake Wanaka It feels like the top of the world Much steeper than it looks When our editor pauses , puts down the red pen and uses superlatives at machine-gun rate, then a person sits-up and listens. She is the cool and collected team member not prone to outbursts of emotion like her mate. As she likes to remind us, our favorite hike of all time is…at least ten hikes; our top ten comprise at least thirty, at last count. She makes a good point. On the trail today that reached over 4,000 feet into the sky, 16 kilometers return, strained countless muscles, wore out our boots but lifted the souls while filling our brains with images that will remain burned into our memories forever or at least, until next week, if we can remember. Here comes the editor, full of enthusiasm Ever...