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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 232838" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's funny you mention not seeing mountains until you werein your 30s - technically anything called a mountain in Australia, doesn't really qualify to the rest of the world. husband & I went to Greece in about 1990, and to Malaysia for our honeymoon in 1978. That was my first time out of the country, the first chance to see REAL mountains. In Greece I was amazed by the height of the mountains there. New Zealand mountains were just as high, so much higher than anything in Australia. I would look up about as high as ever I need to at home, and have to keep looking up... and up... and even further.</p><p></p><p>The first thing that struck us about New Zealand, was it was GREEN! Lush pastures, nothing flat, all very green. Back in Australia even our lawns are not that green. Those of us obeying the water restrictions have brown lawns, or no lawns.</p><p></p><p>There have been a few snow-ice related deaths in New Zealand in the last few weeks - Aussies. Two brothers were on Mt Cook and one fell into a crevasse, they still haven't recovered the body, I don't think. They got the other brother out, they were amazed he was still alive. Both were experienced mountain climbers and experienced with snow and ice, but they got trapped. The surviving brother and family have said that Mt Cook is a fitting burial place for their loved one, he was happiest when in the snow on top of a mountain. husband & I were remembering our own visit to the foot of Mt Cook when there was a lot of snow right down to the lake edge. At the moment, all of that would be green. Mt Cook has permanent snow and glaciers, though.</p><p></p><p>And the other death - two brothers travelling with their parents visited the Tasman Glacier. We wanted to go see it but couldn't get across the mountains due to the snowfalls being so bad. These brothers did what a lot of tourists do, apparently - they clibed trough the barrier and walked up to the glacier, which then dropped a wall of ice on them. They rescued one brother who was off to one side, but the twin who was underneath the biggest part of the fall, they knew he was dead and have had to leave the body there. Those guys were there with their parents, just tourists who didn't know how dangerous snow and ice can be. Very sad for them all. Maybe if it hadn't been midsummer in NZ, the ice wouldn't have been so precarious?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 232838, member: 1991"] It's funny you mention not seeing mountains until you werein your 30s - technically anything called a mountain in Australia, doesn't really qualify to the rest of the world. husband & I went to Greece in about 1990, and to Malaysia for our honeymoon in 1978. That was my first time out of the country, the first chance to see REAL mountains. In Greece I was amazed by the height of the mountains there. New Zealand mountains were just as high, so much higher than anything in Australia. I would look up about as high as ever I need to at home, and have to keep looking up... and up... and even further. The first thing that struck us about New Zealand, was it was GREEN! Lush pastures, nothing flat, all very green. Back in Australia even our lawns are not that green. Those of us obeying the water restrictions have brown lawns, or no lawns. There have been a few snow-ice related deaths in New Zealand in the last few weeks - Aussies. Two brothers were on Mt Cook and one fell into a crevasse, they still haven't recovered the body, I don't think. They got the other brother out, they were amazed he was still alive. Both were experienced mountain climbers and experienced with snow and ice, but they got trapped. The surviving brother and family have said that Mt Cook is a fitting burial place for their loved one, he was happiest when in the snow on top of a mountain. husband & I were remembering our own visit to the foot of Mt Cook when there was a lot of snow right down to the lake edge. At the moment, all of that would be green. Mt Cook has permanent snow and glaciers, though. And the other death - two brothers travelling with their parents visited the Tasman Glacier. We wanted to go see it but couldn't get across the mountains due to the snowfalls being so bad. These brothers did what a lot of tourists do, apparently - they clibed trough the barrier and walked up to the glacier, which then dropped a wall of ice on them. They rescued one brother who was off to one side, but the twin who was underneath the biggest part of the fall, they knew he was dead and have had to leave the body there. Those guys were there with their parents, just tourists who didn't know how dangerous snow and ice can be. Very sad for them all. Maybe if it hadn't been midsummer in NZ, the ice wouldn't have been so precarious? Marg [/QUOTE]
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