14 August 2014. She certainly is no Eiger, nor K2, but the Kapakapanui is a mere 1100 metres above sea level, and quite close to the coast – a minor peak is what they call her.
But she is ours and she is close by. Now for a bit of an admission – I am not 100% certain what part of the mountain makes up the Kapakapanui, but I wait for a reader to enlighten me…
Just over 100 years ago Captain Titus Oates went outside on the Ross Ice Shelf. Today just over 100 years later I went outside, down to the S-bend corner, where I had a decent view of ‘Kapa-kapa’, our very own K2. I wasn’t outside for very long, because I almost froze my butt off!
(Above): View of our K2 from the S-bend. This morning I was busy painting weather boards in relatively pleasant weather. This afternoon, the temperature had plummeted, we’d had a bit of thunder and lightning and some hail. Then it became colder… Although the snow is not comparable to the falls anywhere else, we are a stone’s throw from the beach.
(Above): The pictures are not very much to look at, but I preserve them for the record. Snow-capped pines along a very definite altitude line.
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