The first adventure on our road trip was the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. We arrived at the carpark too late the night before to make the short hike to the hut. Also, it had been raining heavily all day and night. The hike to the Hut would have been 40 minutes and the total crossing was estimated at six hours.
We ended up staying in our car for the night and planned to start the hike early the next morning. The weather was still acting up the next day and made the crossing too dangerous to do. For one, shuttle service between opposite ends of the crossing were cancelled. Secondly, there was a chance to get stuck in a hail storm on top of an active volcano with no visibility. Instead, we did the first leg of the hike and then made our way, soaking wet, back to the car.
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