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Ailsa heading in up the Hokitika in the evening light
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Ailsa. - I think my portrait photography has improved a lit recently. Or maybe I'm just a bit less slow, so I can actually keep up to take pictures!
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The comforts of Rapid Creek Hut
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Fun times on the track
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Up on the tops, knowing time was going to be super tight for getting the loop done.
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Sun starting to set, there would have been some fairly dodgy snow and rock scrambling/siddling to get around to that ridge and we just didn't have the daylight to find a good route, nor the crampons...
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Rapid Creek Hut the next morning, we opted for a later start aiming to have the sun on us for our paddle out.
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Ladybug ready to go
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I took the waterproof camera case on this trip, so be prepared for lots of weird looking river selfies. Still working on packrafting photography! Also I look extra weird here because one of the nurses held me down and did my eyebrows on night shift! She did a great job, but I don't think I'll be doing that again in a hurry - eyebrows are very sensitive.
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Group shot with the double Ailsa and Emily were in. I'm doing something weird with my legs and Emily has her eyes closed! Great team effort!
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Sunshine!
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Here we go, a string of strange river selfies for your enjoyment!
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