For Tim's birthday we climbed Mt Taranaki from Dawson Falls. Tracy made the snow line above Fantham's Peak while Tim pushed on to the summit.
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15/12/07

Mountain from the Dawson Falls visitor centre

Part of the climb features 535 wooden steps

Tough screes

Fantham's Peak stayed resolutely in the cloud most of the day

Tracy atop Fantham's Peak

Tracy in Syme Hut on Fantham's Peak

Fantham's Peak, 1966m

View from the crater rim

The crater rim is incomplete

Summit

Tim at the summit

Looking down towards New Plymouth

Fantham's Peak

Map of our route