16
COROMANDEL LIFE
LATE SUMMER / EASTER 2017
i made my way up to the Pinnacles hut where i met
Pete the ranger. what a cool guy! he runs the hut
and makes sure nothing is going wrong.
it was still drizzling at this stage. i wasn’t sure if i
should hike the last 45 minutes up to the Pinnacles
or just wait till the morning. i looked up at the top,
and the jagged rocks were submerged in thick fog.
they were calling me. so i grabbed my camera and
started running up the hill. it was muddy.
i hit the stairs and slowed down; there are only about
160 of them before you get to an iron ladder that’s
been bolted to a vertical rock wall.
Up i went and then onto another one almost
immediately. the next bit of track has steel pins
drilled into the rock.
for the less adventurous this track is amazing. it gives
you the opportunity to push your boundaries. and for
the adventurous, it’s even cooler! there are places
you can climb or jump that even the most crazy
people, like me, would think twice before doing.
i was up high in the fog, on the edge of nothingness
looking down into the white infinity. here some
would be frozen with fear stuck on the rocks, but i
was perfectly at peace with my surroundings.